> Feminism in the Arts in Contemporary Britain:
Conference at York St.
> John College, A College of the University of Leeds,
U.K.
>
> Submissions are invited on the topic of Feminism in
the Arts in
> Contemporary Britain.
>
> Feminism in Britain has permeated every art form,
from drama, dance
> and music to the so-called 'low-brow' culture:
popular culture. It is
> seen as a transgressive force and has influenced
culture immeasurably
> since the second wave of 60s feminism. Are women
equal in the fields
> of art? Do they still have to struggle for
recognition within the
> matrix of the various institutions? Who wields the
power in British
> drama for example? How different is it in the fields
of music,
> classical or popular? Is popular music more
egalitarian? Is it better
> to be a woman as a dancer? Are the institutions of
British culture
> that create performance art now more amenable to
women than before?
> If yes, is there still a struggle going on for power
between the
> sexes? Secondly, how has the force-field of feminism
influenced art
> forms and styles? Is music different today than it
was before the
> feminist era? What about dance or drama? Does the
notion of
> the 'feminine' permeate art formalistically or
stylistically? Is this
> new, or is it different, post-feminism?
>
> Submissions are invited in the realm of feminism in
dance; feminism
> in music (classical); feminism in music (popular);
feminism in drama;
> and any other art forms influenced by feminism in
contemporary
> Britain. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st
November 2004.
> Conference venue: York St John College (A College of
the University
> of Leeds), UK.
> Conference date: TBA. (Early 2005).
> Keynote speakers: Dr. Susan Jones, Dean of St
Hilda's College,
> University of Oxford; Dr. Judy Giles, Reader, York
St John College.
>
> The best six papers linking feminism in contemporary
Britain to the
> arts will be published in an international journal.
>
> Please send a hard copy of your abstract (about 800
words) and a
> short cv to:
>
> Dr. Dimple Godiwala, BA, MA(Bom), MSt, DPhil(Oxford)
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Arts
> York St. John (A College of the University of Leeds)
> Lord Mayor's Walk
> York YO31 7EX
> Email: DimpleGodiwala@???
>
>
>
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