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 > [log in to unmask] > > > 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 > [log in to unmask] > http://portfolio.du.edu/bcalafel <http://webmail.natcom.org/exchweb/ > bin/redir.asp?URL=http://portfolio.du.edu/bcalafel> > > "Refusal to take a moral stand is itself a powerful statement of > one's moral position" (Dwight Conquergood). > **I am on Research Leave for the Fall 2008 semester and may check e-mail only periodically** Meta G. Carstarphen, Ph.D., APR Gaylord Endowed Family Professor Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication Associate Professor 395 W. Lindsey Blvd Room 3510C Norman, OK 73071 PHONE: 405-325-5227