CALL FOR PAPERS
SIXTY-Ninth ANNUAL CONVENTION
&
SEVENTY-Second ANNIVERSARY
of the
COLLEGE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION

March 25-29, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND

"Liberation as Theme and Strategy in Language and Literatures"

hosted by
University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Paper, Panel, and Workshop Proposals:

19th Century African American Libratory Narratives
Liberation as Theme in the Passing Novels of the Harlem Renaissance
Subversive Language as Liberation Strategy—“Blackenizing” the King’s English
Liberating the Black Male: Literary Performances of Masculinity
“Ain’t I a Woman”: Black Female Liberation in Afro-Diaspora Literature
Pan-African Expository Writings as Liberationist Texts
Black Liberation and the Literature of the Civil Rights Movement
Black Women’s Liberation Narratives
“Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow”: Black Men’s Political Writings
Black Religious Narratives as Exercises in Liberation
Liberationist Ideology as Critical Pedagogy
21st Century Liberations and African Diaspora Texts
Themes of Liberation in Francophone Literature, Linguistics, and Culture
Themes of Liberation in Hispanophone Literature, Linguistics, and Culture
By Any Means Necessary: Performance Theory and Liberationist Thought in Literature
Strategizing Perspectives on Globalization in Latin American & Caribbean Literatures
Mass Movements and Liberation Themes in the African Diasporas
Black Liberationist Ideology and the African Diaspora Text
Black Intellectuals and Liberation in the US Academy
Transnational Liberation and the Black (Con) Text
Black Political Organizations and Literary Movements
Codified Liberation: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Afro-Latino Literature
Themes and Strategies for Using Technology and Science Fiction as Critical Media
Pedagogical Approaches to Reading Themes and Strategies in Afro-Hispanic Literature

Send brief biography (3-5 lines), paper abstract (300-400 words), and/or panel proposals to the appropriate representative. Send special session proposals with paper abstracts and biographical sketches to the Program Chair.

Deadline: October 1, 2008.

Please use the following links to forms to submit papers, workshops, or panel proposals. Please choose either the

English Area Representative

or the

Foreign Language Representative

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