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Comparative Feminism, Postmodernism, Postcolonialism: Gender and Sexual Identity in
Contemporary Turkish Literature and Culture
| Call for Papers Date: | 2012-11-01 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2012-07-01 |
| Announcement ID: |
195497 |
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Turkey is considered a space where there is a perfect mix of Eastern and Western cultural mores and traditions, but one can see conflicts and contradictions within various texts depicting gender and sexual identity constructions. Despite nearly a century of reform and advancement toward equality for women, there is a disjuncture between the ideology of modernism and the implementation of it. How are these disjunctures and contradictions reflected in modern Turkish literature and the media? Who writes about women and how are they depicted? Turkish television continues to portray women’s bodies as commodified and sexualized in order to sell products. These representations of rampant sexuality in music videos and commercials do not reflect the current material reality of the women in households and Turkish society. How are women rewriting themselves from being objects to subjects?These and other issues will be considered for inclusion in the anthology. We welcome essays that analyze the repertoire of texts - fiction, biographies, films, documentaries, poetry, short stories, and so forth - that are engaged with examining issues of gender identity from feminist postmodern and postcolonial perspectives. Please send 250 words abstract, along with a one page CV by November 1, 2012 to: jsingh@nmu.edu,
mloneil@khas.edu.tr, sehnazsimsek@khas.edu.tr
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Mary Lou O’Neil
Department of American Culture and Literature
Kadir Has University
Cibali 34083
Istanbul, Turkey
90 212 533 6532/1339
Email: mloneil@khas.edu.tr
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