[ecrea] cfp A Diamanda Galas Monograph

The Journal
Gorgon is an independent, non-profit, nonpartisan journal published
online in Italian. The Journal=E2=80=99s International Edition in English i=
s
set for release with this monograph in autumn 2011. For more
information head over to www.gorgonmagazine.com


Call for Papers


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A Diamanda Galas Monograph
(tentative title)


With her astounding vocal power and versatility and the intensity and
depth of her performances, Diamanda Gal=C3=A0s has been holding under a
spell listeners, musicians, critics and musicologists for three
decades.

Her piano skills and three and a half octaves vocal range, coupled
with her ability to alternate the sublime and the uncanny by
unraveling an astounding variety of singing, operating and shrieking
techniques, have allowed her to explore and transcend genres and
styles ranging from classical to blues, from rock to avant-garde, from
jazz to Mediterranean chanting.

On top of the astonishing vocals skills which gained her a prestigious
Demetrio Stratos Prize, and of the exceptional array of experimental
and popular collaborations (including Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones),
Diamanda Gal=C3=A0s distinguished herself as one of a kind for the notable
intellectual depth of her work. Blending composition and performance
with intellectual commitment, the Greek-American artist has been
focusing on themes like suffering, stigmatization, condemnation and
injustice, and has become an advocate for the causes of homosexual and
women rights, AIDS awareness and the memory of the Armenian, Greek,
Assyrian and Hellenic victims of the Turkish genocide.

A charismatic persona, capable of inducing tongue-tied suspense or
interminable rounds of applause in cult followers from any
demographics and extraction, Diamanda Gal=C3=A0s has been recognized as one
of the most unique and important contemporary singers, as well as a
defining figure in feminine representation and performance from the
70s onward.

As the 30th anniversary of her first official album release
approaches, Gorg=C3=B2n will be celebrating Diamanda Gal=C3=A0s with a mono=
graph
aimed at investigating the complexity and depth of her work and
artistry from multiple perspectives: musical, aesthetic, intellectual,
cultural, political. We are looking for papers and contributions from
different approaches, including audiovisual and figurative arts,
musicology and ethnomusicology, aesthetics, anthropology,
Greek-American culture and heritage, music history and criticism, as
well as literary, dramatic, gender, women, queer, subcultural and Goth
studies.


Deadlines for the submission of abstracts and proposals is October 15th, 20=
11.
Written contributions should not exceed 25.000 characters + spaces,
excluding references. Final papers will be delivered by November 15th
and expect release by the end of 2011.
Please send abstract or proposals to (info /at/ gorgonmagazine.com)


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