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"Re-Approaching the 'Patriarch': The "Father" in Asian North American Literature," NeMLA 2010 Convention, Montreal, April 7-11
| Location: | Quebec, Canada |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2009-09-30 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-05-18 |
| Announcement ID: |
168784 |
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Many Asian American writings deal with the mother-daughter relationship. However, this matrilineal narrative tradition overlooks the image of the Asian father. In most female-authored works, the "father" is either a ghostly presence or a symbolic absence. His silence and suffering have been insufficiently explored. Given that Asian males are also racial minority, their struggle with cultural emasculation in a predominantly Anglo-based society and their melancholia and silence have been under-represented. How do we locate the father's corporeal presence in Asian American/Canadian Literature? Are the male characters simply domineering patriarchal villains? Or are they equally traumatized by racialization and stereotyping, like their female counterparts? How does the "Asian father" cope with his struggle between family and society? This panel will focus on the discussion of the Asian father's actual presence—his corporeality. Please submit a 500-word abstract by September 30, 2009.
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Brian Guan-rong Chen
Laurentian University at Georgian College
One Georgian Drive, Barrie, ON L4M 3X9 Canada
Phone: 647-893-7087
Email: gchen@georgianc.on.ca
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