{"id":2513,"date":"2011-03-03T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/scitent.com\/2011\/03\/03\/reminder-16th-annual-visawus-conference-cfp-the-vulgar-and-the-proper-victorian-manners-and-mores-3152011-1013-152011\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T01:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T01:36:00","slug":"reminder-16th-annual-visawus-conference-cfp-the-vulgar-and-the-proper-victorian-manners-and-mores-3152011-1013-152011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2011\/03\/03\/reminder-16th-annual-visawus-conference-cfp-the-vulgar-and-the-proper-victorian-manners-and-mores-3152011-1013-152011\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: 16th Annual VISAWUS Conference CFP: &quot;The Vulgar and the Proper: Victorian Manners and Mores&quot; (3\/15\/2011, 10\/13-15\/2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/VISAWUS.gif\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/VISAWUS-300x67.gif\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">CFP: 16th ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the VICTORIAN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES (VISAWUS)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\"The Vulgar and the Proper: Victorian Manners and Mores\"<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">October 13-15, 2011 Houston, Tx<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Helena Michie, English, Rice University, author,<i> The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women's Bodies<\/i>; <i>Sororophobia: Differences among Women in Literature and Culture<\/i>; <i>Victorian Honeymoons: Journeys to the Conjugal<\/i>; co-author,&nbsp;<i>Confinements: Fertility and Infertility in Contemporary Culture, and coeditor,19th-Century Geographies: The Transformation of Space from the Victorian Age to the American Century<\/i>.<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">PLENARY SPEAKER: Lynn Voskuil, English, University of Houston, author,<i> Acting Naturally: Victorian Theatricality and Authenticity<\/i>, and essays in <i>Victorian Studies<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Feminist Studies<\/i>, and <i>ELH<\/i>. Her current project is&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">entitled \"Horticulture and Imperialism: The Garden Spaces of the British Empire.\"<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">The 16th annual conference focuses on Victorian obsessions with vulgarity and propriety. We invite proposals on manners and mores in politics, culture, society, religion, art, science, economics, rural life, and other Victorian&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">matters of decorum and propriety and what Victorians deemed vulgar, crude or crass. We encourage papers across all disciplines, including (but not restricted to) art history, literature, gender, history of science, history, material culture, political science, performance, life writings, journalism, photography, popular culture, and economics.<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Possible topics (but not limited to these):<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Portraiture and self-fashioning Sexuality, sexology, repression<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The press and New Journalism<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Gender behavior and hierarchies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Etiquette books<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Propriety in money matters<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dress and clothing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Domestic interiors and furnishing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dining and food consumption\/preparation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Religion and behavior<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Class and behavior<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Death and burial rites<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Sports and public athletic activities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Imperial social hierarchies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Racial behavior and hierarchies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Genres: sensation novel, novel of manners, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The press for women, children, professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Racy, ribald, risqu\u00e9<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Institutional behavior and expectations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Life Writings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Photography: portraits, cartes-de-visite<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Political behavior<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Marriage and courtship<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Child-rearing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Monuments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Scientific debates and personalities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Sages and other public figures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Social performance of the self<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Theatricality and performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Decorum\/manners and identities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Scandals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Perversion and subversion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Gambling and racing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The lowbrow and the popular<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">By March 15, 2011 email 300-word abstract and 1-page CV (name on BOTH) to:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><a href=\"mailto:Laurel.Williamson@sjcd.edu\" style=\"color: #3333cc;\">Laurel.Williamson@sjcd.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">For further information on the conference, visit<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visawus.org\/\" style=\"color: #3333cc;\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/visawus.org\/<\/a><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFP: 16th ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the VICTORIAN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES (VISAWUS)&nbsp;&#8220;The Vulgar and the Proper: Victorian Manners and Mores&#8221;&nbsp;October 13-15, 2011 Houston, Tx&nbsp;KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Helena Michie, English, Rice University, author, The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women&#8217;s Bodies; Sororophobia: Differences among Women in Literature and 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