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Oceanic dialogues

Oceanic dialogues

Publié le par Marielle Macé (Source : Pascale De Souza)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Oceanic Dialogues: From the Black Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific

International Journal of Francophone Studies

 

In his The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1992), Paul Gilroy's defines black identity as an ongoing transnational process within a region united by its historical heritage of displacement through slavery. Gilroy's "desire to transcend both the structures of the nation state and the constraints of ethnicity and national particularity" (19) echo recent approaches to Pacific literatures seeking to explore the impact of migration on the culture and literature of Pacific nations/states/territories ranging from French New Caledonia to the formerly white settlers' colony of New Zealand and the US state of Hawaii. Such approaches and issues also extend to recent writing reflecting parallel experiences of pluralism and encounter both on the Indian subcontinent and in such political entities as the French DOM of La Réunion and the island nation of Mauritius.

 

How can these two parallel approaches to cultural and literary studies engage each other in an oceanic dialogue? To what extent does the concept of the Black Atlantic continue to frame cultural and literary studies in an increasingly globalized village? How does the historical heritage of forced migration through slavery or economic need' create cultural and literary bridges between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific? What role does island identity play in framing such transnational dialogues? To what extent does the "striking doubleness that results from this unique position" (58) infuse culture and literature from the Black Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific?

 

We are seeking papers exploring such issues for a forthcoming special issue of the International Journal of Francophone Studies. Papers may deal with   cultural/politics/historical/literary topics but must_deal at least in part with a Francophone author or region. All papers must be written in English. Please submit a 200-word proposal along with a brief biographical statement by November 1st 2004 either to Prof. Pascale De Souza, Johns Hopkins University via email rmpdesouza@starpower.net or Prof. Adlai Murdoch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via hmurdoch@uiuc.edu.

 

 

You will be informed on the status of your proposal by November 15th and will be expected to provide a completed first draft of your 7000-word submission by February 1st, 2005. Each paper will go through two rounds of evaluating and editing. The final copy must be submitted by May 1st, 2005 for publication within a year.

 

 

 

You will be informed on the status of your proposal by November 15th and will be expected to provide a completed first draft of your 7000-word submission by February 1st, 2005. Each paper will go through two rounds of evaluating and editing. The final copy must be submitted by May 1st, 2005 for publication within a year.