The Fifth Congress of the Americas is being held at University of the Americas-in Puebla, Mexico, on October 18-20, 2001. The program and panels are both multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary.

This area will explore the Beat Movement and Mexico. Topics might include presentations on particular Beat writers and their works, for example Kerouac or Burroughs with emphasis on cross-cultural analysis; the Beat Movement as represented in media; the drug culture of the Beats; jazz and the Beats, and other Dionysian strains of the movement. The Beats were attracted to Mexico as an alternative culture where Cold War repression was lacking--where drugs were plentiful, and the booze was cheap. In many cases the hallucinogenic elements of Beat Art were identified with the Mexican and Latin cultures.

See the web page at www.udlap.mx/congress for additional information about the congress, the charming city of Puebla, and registration. You may register online.

The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2001. Please submit a 150-200 word abstract via email to:

Deborah Carmichael
English Department
205 Morrill Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater OK 74078
405-372-1883 (phone & fax)
debcar 6569@aol.com