[csaa-forum] CFP: Special Issue of 'Text' - 'Beyond Australia Queer'

[Jay Thompson]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below and attached a CFP for a Special Issue of Text, to be published in October 2015. Please feel free to distribute this to your respective networks.




Call for Papers: A Special Issue of TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses

http://www.textjournal.com.au/



Editors: Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson (La Trobe University), Dr. Dallas J. Baker (Southern Cross University)



This special issue of TEXT reflects and builds on Australia Queer, a pioneering collection of queer writing. The 1990s saw the rise of queer theory and politics. Annamarie Jagose has described queer 'as an umbrella term for a coalition of culturally marginal sexual self-identifications and ... a nascent theoretical model which has developed out of more traditional lesbian and gay studies' (1996: 1). In Australia, the arrival of queer was heralded by the work of writers such as Christos Tsiolkas, Dean Kiley and Fiona McGregor; the activism of groups such as the Australian chapter of ActUp; and scholarly work which includes journals such as Critical InQueeries (1995-98) and a 1996 Special Edition of Meanjin, entitled 'Australia Queer'.



For this Special Edition of TEXT, we are calling for submissions-fiction, scholarly non-fiction, plays and essays- that address the question of what 'Australia queer' might mean in the current historical moment. Is 'queer' still viable, twenty years after its inception, or has it been superseded? What does it mean, in the early twenty-first century, to be 'Australian' and 'queer'? What might 'Australia queer' mean?



Scholarly papers should be no more than six thousand words in length. Creative works will usually be 3,500 - 5,000 words in length, or poetry or short fiction up to 3,000 words in length, or as agreed by editors.



Creative work must be accompanied by an ERA research statement that clearly explains the submission's relevance as a research outcome. Peruse any of TEXT journal's Creative Writing as Research special issues to familiarise yourself with the ERA statements.



Deadline for initial submissions: March 1st 2015

Please include a brief biography (200 words max, in TEXT style) and ensure that you include your email address for reply. Submissions MUST be in TEXT style and formatting.

Final revised submissions Due: July 1st 2015. Publication Date: October 2015


Email: Dallas.Baker at scu.edu.au or Jay.Thompson at latrobe.edu.au


Warm regards,

Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson
Research and Publications Officer
Book Reviews Editor, Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (JASAL)
Judith Lumley Centre | La Trobe University| Level 3, 215 Franklin Street | Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: +61 3 9479 8792 | F: +61 3 9479 8811 | E: jay.thompson at latrobe.edu.au<mailto:jay.thompson at latrobe.edu.au>  | www.latrobe.edu.au/jlc<http://www.latrobe.edu.au/jlc>


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