[Commlist] CFP Abortion in Hispanic Imaginations

*CFP Symposium
Abortion in Hispanic Imaginations: The Personal and the Political in 
Popular Culture*
*25-26 May 2027
Lancaster University*
Abortion rights, laws and access are at the forefront of social, 
political, medical, legal and cultural
discourses across the Spanish-speaking world. While Argentina, Chile, 
Colombia, Mexico and Spain have introduced and/or liberalised 
legislation in the past decade, provoking backlash from reactionary 
socio-political movements, strict bans continue to impede access in 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Peru, where feminist organisations 
push for access. Through a shared language and analogous cultural 
histories, discourses – of all ideological positionings – are 
interconnected across the diverse Hispanic world, with debates becoming 
increasingly polarised and transnational.
Critically, scholarship attests to a link between popular culture that 
explores reproductive rights and legal shifts that impact women, both 
regressive and progressive. Alarmingly, some research indicates that 
fictional depictions misrepresent and/or overstate the health risks of 
abortion, both legal and clandestine, with narratives peddling myths and 
misinformation.
This interdisciplinary symposium will explore the affective, 
socio-political and revolutionary capital of Spanish-language cultural 
output on abortion, examining the ways in which media can engender 
understanding, disseminate information, and help individuals navigate 
complex emotional experiences.
We invite proposals for papers that analyse literary, visual and digital 
texts from across Spain and Hispanic America from a range of theoretical 
and methodological perspectives. We are specifically interested in 
papers that explore the following:

  * How popular culture dialogues with domestic and global discourses
    about abortion rights, access and care;
  * How competing ideological positions are portrayed in cultural texts;
  * The affective and political capital of popular culture, particularly
    how it provides a space and tool for protest;
  * Diachronic approaches that explore how depictions of abortion have
    evolved;
  * Comparative analyses of distinct geo-political or historical
    contexts, or different forms of cultural texts.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words and a short (50-word) biography 
should be sent to Dr Deborah Madden (P-I; (d.madden /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)) and 
Dr Abigail Loxham (co-I; (abigail.loxham /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)) by *15th 
January 2027*. Selected speakers will receive accommodation and a 
subsidy towards their travel expenses, and hybrid facilities will be 
available for those unable to attend in person.

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