Call for Papers! Conference! (From the conference web site, which you can find here.)
“Food Networks: Gender and Foodways”
An Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Notre Dame
Organized by the Gender Studies Program
January 26-29, 2012
This conference seeks to address gender issues as they relate to food. We welcome papers from all disciplines – Anthropology, Literary Studies, Film Studies, Sociology, Theology, Cultural Studies, Visual Culture, Gender Studies, Food Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, History, Agriculture, and more. We seek a wide range of papers dealing with food in all its variety and complexity, as it relates to gender, sex, and sexuality. Possible topics and areas of interest include:
Gender and food figures: the gourmet chef, the housewife, the family, the writer, the food critic, Julia Child, Martha Stewart, Michael Pollan, Mark Bitman, Rachel Ray, Iron Chefs, Top Chefs, etc.
Gendered food spaces: The kitchen, the grocery store, the dining room, the farmers market, the café, the restaurant, etc.
Gendered representations of food: in literature, in film, in television, in magazines, in ephemera, in metaphor, etc.
Food and Gender/Sex Identities: queer food, feminist food, masculine food, food and family, food and singles culture, race and gender, national and transnational cultures, ethnic cultures
Gender and: eating, diets, starvation, foodies, localism, sustainability, cookbooks, fat, sexuality, gastro-porn, disgust, shame, pleasure, sensuality, food communities, slow food, raw food, cleansing, Weight Watchers, Whole Foods, fast food, calorie counting, lunch boxes, bento boxes, vegetarianism, veganism, hunger, nostalgia
Proposals should consist of a 200 word abstract of the paper, a list of three keywords, and a brief biographical statement listing your title, the name of your college or university, and your areas of research and writing. Please indicate technology needs, such as powerpoint or DVD. Proposals are due by 30 June, 2011
Preconstituted panels will not be considered.
Submit proposal electronically here.
Questions can be addressed via email to: Pamela.Wojcik.5@nd.edu with subject header “Food Networks”
posted by David Beriss
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