<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Posted on behalf of Dr. Paul Walker from Murray State University, the deadline for proposals is December 1, 2014.<br><h1 class="">Submit Your Essays! Unbecoming Queer Narratives</h1>
<span class=""><a href="http://www.critical-theory.com/submit-your-essays-unbecoming-queer-narratives/" rel="bookmark">November 17, 2014</a><br><br></span><h2>Edited Collection: “I am not what I once was”: Unbecoming Queer Narratives</h2>
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<div><a href="mailto:pwalker1@murraystate.edu" target="_blank">pwalker1@murraystate.edu</a> , <a href="mailto:jadair1@murraystate.edu" target="_blank">jadair1@murraystate.edu</a></div>
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<p>This essay collection will focus upon the intersection of personal
narrative and conceptions of self constructed through the lens of queer
theory. In order for us to wriggle free of the shackles forged by the
modern construct of the individual imbued with an infallible facility
for self-sovereignty and an impervious, fixed identity, we must first
acknowledge the fluidity, illogicality, and unpredictability which
characterize most of our lived experiences. Subjectivity as outlined by
recent antisocial and affective work in queer theory may give the
impression of solidity, of inherence – but typically only because we’re
either not looking closely enough or because we are enculturated to
perform our subjectivity in ways which deny or overlook their
incoherencies. It is those incoherencies we hope to highlight and
interrogate.</p>
<p>We are seeking essays which strike a balance between serious
engagement with queer theory and personal creative non-fiction. Our goal
is to assemble a collection of essays which examine a significant
moment in the life of the author or authors which highlights a time of
crisis, trauma, and/or transformation that underline the performative
and free-form nature of the subjectivities that shape our experience. We
encourage innovative and provocative topics and approaches which
amplify the nature of the experience under examination. Topics may
include, but are not limited to, the following:</p>
<p>Sexual fluidity<br>
Gender fluidity<br>
Professional/career shifts<br>
Religious conversion<br>
Religious apostasy<br>
Racialization<br>
Death<br>
Illness<br>
Education<br>
Parenthood<br>
Loss of ability<br>
Geographical identity<br>
Aging<br>
Economic loss<br>
Failure<br>
Technological influences</p>
<p>Please send a 300 word proposal to Dr. Paul Walker (<a href="mailto:pwalker1@murraystate.edu" target="_blank">pwalker1@murraystate.edu</a>) or Dr. Josh Adair (<a href="mailto:jadair1@murraystate.edu" target="_blank">jadair1@murraystate.edu</a>) by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">December 1, 2014</span></span>. Full essays of 4000-5000 words will be due by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">March 15, 2015</span></span>.</p></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>carlos palombini<br>professor de musicologia ufmg<br>professor colaborador ppgm-unirio<br><a href="http://goo.gl/KMV98I" target="_blank">ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Palombini2" target="_blank">www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Palombini2</a><br></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>
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