[csaa-forum] CfP: Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies

[Andrew Hickey]

Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies
Call for Papers: Disability and Human Rights
Guest editors: Gian Maria Greco and Elena Di Giovanni

This special issue of JLCDS will investigate issues of disability rights
within the human rights agenda from the points of view and methodologies
of cultural studies.
“Human Rights” has been one of the most influential concepts of the past
three centuries and it is still an essential constituent of modern
conceptions of State and society. With the 1948 UN Declaration, human
rights has become an even more pervasive concept, shaping everyday
interactions at all levels, changing the language and rhetoric of
politics, permeating literary works, movies, arts and media.
Over the past decades, research in human rights has been through two
major changes. On the one hand, disability rights have come to gain a
central position within the human rights research agenda, after many
years of scanty attention, particularly if compared to issues of gender
and ethnicity. Disability itself, and the rights of persons with
disabilities, have thus become major issues within the human rights
debate and research. On the other hand, the dominance of the legalistic
approach has been challenged. Scholars have come to realize the need for
a more complex approach, taking into account the social,
anthropological, and cultural aspects involved in the human rights
discourse. Indeed, both human rights and disability are
multidimensional and multi-layered concepts, whose richness and
complexity cannot be catered for solely through a legalistic approach.
Over the last few years, many scholars have argued that the
interdisciplinary methodology of cultural studies is a fruitful approach
to best face the challenges posed by the complexity of human rights
discourse.
Within the emerging domain of cultural studies, analyses of human rights
and disability rights are still virtually non-existent. This special
issue of JLCDS aims to fill this gap by gathering contributions focusing
on disability and human rights from a cultural studies perspective. To
this purpose, we invite scholars to submit proposals within the
framework set out here.
Contributions might focus on, but should not be limited to:
foundational questions concerning the cultural studies analysis of
disability rights;
methodological issues in the cultural studies analysis of disability rights;
the rhetoric of human rights and disability rights;
defining and discussing disability rights;
the meaning of “human” in the advocacy for rights, especially disability
rights;
portraying disability rights from a cultural point of view;
disability, cultural specificity and human rights;
the representation of disability and human rights in literature;
cultural inclusion and the rights of people with disabilities.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Prospective authors are asked to send a 500 words proposal and a 300
words curriculum vitae to the guest editors. Authors of accepted
proposals will be asked to submit a full paper. Papers submitted should
not exceed 7,000 words, including an abstract of no more than 200 words,
footnotes, and a list of works cited. The author’s name should not
appear anywhere on the manuscript, nor in the file name. If the content
refers to the author, it should do so covertly. The journal uses the MLA
style for referencing.
Further information concerning style guidelines at
http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/images/stories/documents/JLCDS%20Guidelines.pdf<https://3c-lxa.mail.com/mail/client/dereferrer?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fdocuments%2FJLCDS%2520Guidelines.pdf>

Proposal submissions should be sent by email to both guest editors.
Emails should use the subject “Proposal special issue Disability and
Human Rights – JLCDS”.

IMPORTANT DATES
August 1, 2015: submission of a 500 words proposal and a one-page
curriculum vitae to guest editors.
September 1, 2015: prospective authors notified of proposal status.
March 1, 2016: final versions of selected papers due to editors.
July 1, 2016: Decisions and revisions on submissions sent to authors.
September 15, 2016: Final, revised papers due.


Questions may be directed to guest editors: gianmaria.greco at poiesis.it
and elena.digiovanni at unimc.it


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