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Spectacular Corpses - Death and the Corpse
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2000-09-30 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2000-05-03 |
| Announcement ID: |
125781 |
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We are soliciting critical papers to be included in a collection on death and the corpse. Essays should investigate events or cultural phenomena that focus on the actual display of corpses in public, for example the German exhibit "Koerperwelten". Of particular interest are works investigating the spectacular aspects of such events.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
- the real corpse as art, art and the corpse
- the aesthetics of death
- the corpse as public phenomenon
- corpses and freak shows
- anatomy and the public, public anatomy
- ethical questions.
Please send abstracts (2 pages) by September 30, 2000, completed papers will be due by November 30, 2000. Please do not e-mail attachments.
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Eva Tettenborn
Department of English
Binghamton University, SUNY
PO Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Email: bg25201@binghamton.edu
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