CFP
Loxias 48
Abstract Deadline: June 30, 2015
Submission Deadline: October 30, 2015.

“Stevenson and Polynesian Culture”

Robert Louis Stevenson spent the last six and a half years of his life in the Pacific (1888-1894). He was a keen participant observer of the islands – from his first Pacific landfall in the Marquesas to his last residency in Samoa, where he lies buried. Against the prevailing fatal impact argument of the time, he encouraged and celebrated the resilience of Polynesian culture. Such works as In the South Seas, South Sea Tales, A Footnote to History, the Times articles, his Pacific legends, fables and poems, testify to Stevenson’s commitment to Pacific culture. In their turn, Pacific writers have written or commented upon Scottish Stevenson’s place in their own culture.

For this Loxias issue on “Stevenson and Polynesian Culture”, all unpublished essays on Stevenson in the following areas are welcome: Pacific travel literature, Pacific fiction, comparative literature, colonial/post-colonial literature, Pacific anthropology/proto-ethnography, Pacific history, visual arts, cross-cultural exchanges, languages, etc.

Abstracts should be no longer than half a page. Authors of selected articles will have to follow the author guidelines on
http://revel.unice.fr/loxias/index.html?id=2155

The accepted languages are English and French, but on final publication abstracts will be required in both languages.

The renewed deadline for abstract submission is June 30, 2015.
The deadline for paper submission will now be October 30, 2015.

Please send abstracts and a short CV electronically to both Odile.GANNIER@unice.fr and sylvie.ortega@upf.pf with the authors’ complete contact information (name, university affiliation, address and email).