Subject: Mots Pluriels: Appel d'articles

From: Jean-Marie Volet <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:58:31 -0400

Chères Collègues,
Chers Collègues,
Le Journal électronique "Mots Pluriels" vous invite à contribuer à son
numéro "Le troisième espace : une exploration des identités interraciales",
prévu pour 1998. Plus de renseignements concernant ce numéro dirigé par Dr.
Maureen Perkins figurent ci-dessous.
"Mots Pluriels" accepte des contributions en français et en anglais.
Envoi de manuscrits pour ce numéro: dès maintenant et au plus tard pour la
première semaine de mai 1998 à l'adresse suivante:
<[email-masked]>.
Cordialement votre
jmv

* 'The Third Space':  cross-cultural and multi-racial identities *
A special edition of MOTS PLURIELS, to be published in 1998, invites
contributions on the subject of inter-racial, multi-racial, multi-ethnic,
or cross-cultural identities.
Just as the binary gender division, man and woman, may be complicated by a
range of border-crossing identities, so the fundamental binary race
division (us and them, white and black) is challenged by the complexity of
inter-racial combination.  Does such multiplicity weaken the possibility of
challenges to dominant discourses of power?  Or does it rather expose 'the
limits of any claim to a singular or autonomous sign of difference - be it
class, gender, or race'.  The author of this last suggestion, Homi Bhabha,
describes a 'third space', which holds 'assignations of social differences
- where difference is neither One nor the Other but something else besides'.
The multiple and problematic terminology by which 'third space' identities
may be designated is itself an indication of rapidly shifting meanings in
this area.  We look forward to hearing from those for whom such
cross-border experience is a source of reflection and insight.
_____________________________________________________________________
Short articles (2,500-3000 words) written in English or in French and
original works of creative fiction (no more than 4 to 5 pages) can be sent
to the guest editor of this issue:
Dr Maureen Perkins
Department of History
University of Western Australia
Nedlands, Australia 6907
or via email to [email-masked]
The deadline for submission is the first week of May 1998.
_____________________________________________________________________
MOTS PLURIELS is a refereed electronic and international journal open to
those wishing to share their point of view on important contemporary world
issues. Manuscripts are reviewed by expert readers and publication is
dependent on their approval.
Themes for past issues have been:
Time
HIV/AIDS
Racism
Civil wars and violence.

MOTS PLURIELS can be found at  http:/www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP.html

Jean-Marie Volet
The University of Western Australia
Department of French Studies
Nedlands  6907  Western Australia
Fax: (+61 8) 9380-1182       Tel: (+61 8) 9380-2174 / 2177
Editor of Mots Pluriels
http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP497index.html