Acacia Group's 2006 panel: 'moving beyond gender'

Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing Texts

The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers for our 2006 conference to be held February 17th and 18th, 2006. We are interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:

"Moving Beyond Gender"
Judith Butler's Performative Gender appeared over ten years ago. Many scholars have debated this theory, but many have accepted gender as a social construct. This panel seeks papers that explore what happens after performative gender. If gender is performance – what defines an individual's identity? What does this say about the core-persona (or lack of core-persona)? Are representations of different/new/innovative gender constructions presented in the arts? Papers exploring literature, television, film, and popular culture welcome. We are accepting completed paper submissions only, no abstracts please. Creative writing/productions/performance contributions are encouraged to function as commentaries on or expressions of any and all of the topics listed, or, they may be submitted individually for special panel consideration. Submissions that will not be presented in written form (performances, art, etc.) must include a brief (1-2page) explanation of the submission's relevance to the topic/theme, materials used, and concepts explored. All presentations, whether written, performed, or shown may not exceed 20 minutes.
Submission Deadline: December 17, 2005
Conference date: February 17-18, 2006

Please note submissions are open to graduate and undergraduate students. Please note panel title in your subject line and send completed papers of 10-12 pages in Word format to: acaciaconference@gmail.com