[ecrea] CFP Journal Culture, Language and Representation

Journal/ Culture, Language and Representation/, ISSN: 1697-7750, seeks 
contributions for its next volume to appear May 2014. Volume 12 will be 
devoted to:

“Representations of the global economic crisis”

Given that representation conditions our responses and interpretations 
of events, at present, the attempts to control the symbolic space of 
discourses about the crisis is dominated by the struggle between the 
institutional and financial powers, and a number of counter-discourses 
that dispute such a space. The former appeal to and refashion 
mythologies and narratives, among which the moral one about sinners and 
redemption has become prominent, to regain their hegemonic place and 
lost credibility. The latter emerge from social movements like Occupy 
Wall Street, Arab Spring, 15-M, etc., that contest those narratives with 
grassroots intervention. In such a light, the representations of the 
crisis can be regarded as the ground where the ethical discourses that 
have become urgent and relevant are being articulated at the social 
symbolic level. And it would seem that the directions our societies will 
adopt in the near future will be strongly dictated by the outcome of 
such conflicting positions.

Contributions are welcome that tackle the representation of the global 
economic crisis from a cultural perspective in the Arts, film, 
literature, journalism, as well as the linguistic, socio-economic, 
political, community, or other, dimensions.

Areas of interest would include, but are not limited to:

The role of emerging social movements in shaping alternative discourses.

The mutation of millenarist or War on terror discourses to collude with 
institutional narratives about the crisis.

The resurgence of popular genres (catastrophe, terror, science fiction, 
children’s tales) as symptom of social unrest and instability.

Discourses of realism and reality as opposed to narrativization.

The language of the media and politics in dealing with the crisis.

The representation of the economic crisis as trauma.

Contributions of approx. 7000 words should be sent to the Editors, 
either as an attachment to:

Articles in English:

Jose R. Prado

(prado /at/ ang.uji.es) <mailto:(prado /at/ ang.uji.es)>

or through the OJS platform in which the journal is included.

http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/clr

Deadline for submissions: 30 October, 2013.

For any questions or queries regarding this call for papers or the 
journal, please do not hesitate to contact the Editors.

Jose R. Prado

(prado /at/ ang.uji.es) <mailto:(prado /at/ ang.uji.es)>