CFP: Latin American Women Writers and Filmmakers Caring for the Environment (NeMLA 2022 Panel) 30.09.2021

Victoria Jara Discussion
Type: 
Call for Papers
Date: 
September 30, 2022
Location: 
Maryland, United States
Subject Fields: 
Environmental History / Studies, Film and Film History, Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies, Literature, Women's & Gender History / Studies

 

Over the last twenty years there has been a significant increase in the literary production and critical analysis of environmental matters in Latin American literature. Scholars have established the relation between ecocritical and decolonial studies (French, 2005; DeLoughrey, 2005; Taylor Kane, 2010; Barbas-Rhoden; Heffes, 2013) but there is still need for further exploration of the relation between ecocriticism and gender studies in the region. This panel seeks to explore how Latin American women artists narrate the intersectional nature of environmental matters and to what extent art can effect change in attitudes and behaviours. We welcome papers that address questions, among many, about

 

matters of care (Puig de la Bellacasa, 2017)

vulnerable and precarious populations (Butler, 2004)

indigenous nations (Moreton-Robinson, 2016)

girls (Taft, 2011)

and non-human animals (DeVries, 2019).

 

Submissions in Spanish, Portuguese, or English are welcome.    

Contact Info: 

Please submit 300-word abstracts by September 30th, 2021, through the NeMLA portal: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/19280, and direct any queries to the panel organizer Victoria Jara (vjara@uwo.ca).

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