[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Theorizing the Boss: Critical Readings of the Songs of Bruce Springsteen

[carlos palombini]

Theorizing the Boss: Critical Readings of the Songs of Bruce Springsteen

We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume of critical theoretical 
essays on Bruce Springsteen's work.  We encourage a wide range of 
approaches, particularly literary and cultural studies, but chapters 
should be written in a style accessible to a non-academic audience.  
Chapters might use any number of theoretical approaches to consider 
relevant themes in Springsteen's oeuvre.  Here are a few possible themes:

Readings of genre, including the dramatic monologue
American voices: the American dream, Manifest Destiny, or American
Ideals versus American Reality
Prophecy and visionary voices
Narratives of the immigrant and oppressed
The nuclear family and conservatism
Considerations of violence
Springsteen as Catholic apologist/liturgist

We are especially eager for readings of Springsteen's work alongside the 
work of those writers and musicians who have most influenced him, 
including, but not limited to, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, John 
Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan.

Please send a 500-word proposal and full vita to Roxanne Harde (rharde 
at augustana.ca) and Irwin Streight (streight-i at rmc.ca) by 7 January 
2008.  Upon acceptance, articles of around 8000 words will be due 1 June 
2008.  Please feel free to get in touch with any questions.

-- 
carlos palombini (dr p)
professor adjunto de musicologia
universidade federal de minas gerais
<cpalombini em gmail.com>

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