Call for Papers for a Session of Asian American Literature

40th Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Feb. 26-March 1, 2009
Hyatt Regency - Boston, Massachusetts

Ghostly Men in Asian American Women’s Narratives
In the production and consumption of Asian American literary texts, the formula of mother-daughter relations have been immensely popular, while making Asian/American male figures ghostly. This panel explores the political significance of the conjuration of these male figures in Asian American women writers’ texts. Do Asian American women writers simply describe male figures as a source of oppression and violence? How do women writers describe the relation between father and daughter or brother and sister? What is the cultural and political significance of the alternative bond? Please send 250-500 word abstracts to Yasuko Kase ykase@buffalo.edu by September 15th, 2008.

Please include with your abstract:

Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee)

——————————-
Yasuko Kase (ykase@buffalo.edu)
Ph.D. Candidate in English
Instructor of AAS courses
SUNY at Buffalo