CFP: NeMLA 2014 "The Arts and the Body" (9/30/2013; 4/3-6/2014)

45th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 3-6, 2014

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Host: Susquehanna University

What role did ideas about race and sexuality play in nineteenth-century British conceptions of art and aesthetic response? Papers might consider (but are not limited to) such topics as: The figure of the gypsy musician; artistic temperament and homosexuality at the fin de siècle; Orientalism and fashion; the arts and crafts movement and British nationalism; or the body of the dancing girl. Please send 250-500 word proposals to Anna Peak at anna.peak@temple.edu.

Deadline:  September 30, 2013

Please include with your abstract:

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A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)