Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures

Literatura peninsular, Estudios culturales, Literatura comparada, Catalán, Literatura hispanoamericana

Abstract requirements: - Open: January 20, 2012 - Closed: April 20, 2012 - Limit of 250 words - May be written in Spanish or English Online submission (via link placed on this page) - Include: Author¿s name, affiliation, contact information (indicate need for projector & screen; speakers will be required to provide computer).

igonzalezallende2@unl.edu

The Conference's Organizing Committee seeks proposals for individual presentations and panels on aspects of Hispanic literatures and cultures related to the conference theme: Exiles, Migrations, and Movements.Topics:- Narratives of history - National identities and movements - Sexualities in exile - Literature as political resistance - Communities in flight - Comparative literature - Cultural movements - Social class and migration - Traveling - Concepts of exile - Teaching exile and migration - Autobiography and letters - Transnational identities and connections - Movements in space and time - Gender and/or race - Patriotism and the politics of culture - Aging in literature - Politics of migration - Evolution of characters - Metaculture: culture against politics - Globalization - Minority groups - New technologies and communication - Nomadism

Estados Unidos