FYI...

Call for Contributions to:
>
> Somos de un Voz?:  New Directions in Latin@ Communication
> Michelle A. Holling & Bernadette M. Calafell, Editors
>
> We invite original essays operating from critical perspectives that
> illustrate new pathways being charted in Latin@ communication.  For
> over thirty years, scholars have examined Latin@s' self-produced
> communicative forms, dominant discourse about or implicating
> Latin@s, as well as produced social scientific and media oriented
> studies that centralize Latin@s' experiences, voices, or
> communication.  Extant work has played a pivotal role in
> establishing the vibrancy of Latin@ communication.
>
> We aim to produce an edited collection of essays that theorize,
> exemplify and contribute to the on-going scholarship in the area of
> Latin@ communication.  The organizing principle for the book is
> "voz/voces" [voice/voices].  Public discourse often speaks in terms
> of "a Latin@ voice" that occludes the multivocality that in
> actuality informs Latin@s' voices.  Examining Latin@ voices allows
> us to ask: Given the heterogeneity composing a Latin@ socius,
> discursively are we of one voice?  What implications, issues and/or
> tensions emanate from or arise in response to a singular voz?  Have
> Latin@ voices been fully accounted for within the subfields of
> rhetoric, health, performance studies, organizational,
> interpersonal or feminist communication in the field?  Furthermore,
> voz implicates and enables scholars to explore language issues
> (English/Spanish or Academic/Non-Academic), theoretical concerns
> carrying material impacts (e.g., gendered, raced, ethnic, sexed,
> classed, and citizens
> hip dimensions of voz), or political campaigns (e.g., ramifications
> from presidential or other campaigns targeting Latin@ votes), to
> name but a few possibilities.  Alternatively, we also conceive of
> voz as a trope enabling us to expand the ways Latin@ communication
> may be thought of such as in use(s) of the body that act as a voice
> for Latin@s, the spaces in which Latin@s struggle for rights or
> representation, or the considerations for listening to and acting
> upon Latin@s' experiences or voices in a communicative setting
> (e.g., workplace, healthcare, etc).
>
> Therefore, voz is an opportunity to capture the diversity of voices
> reflecting Latin@ communication.  We desire essays that privilege
> U.S. Latin@ perspectives and subjectivities, and welcome those that
> examine Latin American identities.  In addition, we operate from a
> central focus on (vernacular) discourses produced by and for
> [log in to unmask] Thus, we seek contributions that elevate Latin@
> communication, cultural productions, discourses, etc. rather than
> representations produced by others about [log in to unmask]  Topical areas
> sought, but not limited to: examinations of Latin@ voices,
> representations and/or historical texts, issues regarding im/
> migration or transnationalism, Latin@ queerness, Latin@ organizing
> or organizations, Latin@ political rhetoric and/or campaigns,
> Chicana-Latina feminist perspectives, Latin@ communication
> theories, or ethnically specific memory sites.
>
> SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  November 1st; Forward to Michelle A. Holling,
> PhD, [log in to unmask] with the subject heading "New Directions."
>
> SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:  An extended abstract of three-four pages in
> length that describes in as much detail the author's argument,
> description of object of study, and theoretical and/or
> methodological approach utilized.  Please save all work in MS Word
> format, Times New Roman font, 12 point, double spaced. Submissions
> should not be under review elsewhere.
>
> If you have additional questions, please contact: Michelle A.
> Holling, [log in to unmask] or Bernadette M. Calafell at
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>
> Bernadette Marie Calafell, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Human Communication Studies
> University of Denver
> 2000 E. Asbury Ave.
> Sturm Hall, Suite 200
> Denver, CO 80208
> Tel: 303-871-4322
> Fax: 303-871-4316
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> "Refusal to take a moral stand is itself a powerful statement of
> one's moral position" (Dwight Conquergood).
>
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