Call for Papers: Childhood and Hybridity in the Literature and Film of Indian Diaspora (PAMLA, San Diego)

27 February 2013
Call for Papers: Childhood and Hybridity in the Literature and Film of Indian Diaspora (PAMLA, San Diego)
Deadline: 15 April 2013

This panel will explore issues of childhood and hybridity in the fiction and film of Indian diaspora, looking at how childhood is represented and/or constructed at the moment of cross-cultural encounter. How are childhood and identity represented in texts or films whose child characters straddle geographical and cultural worlds?

The special theme for the 2013 PAMLA conference is “Stages of Life: Age, Identity, and Culture.”

Please submit a 250-word abstract and 50-word bio via PAMLA’s online submission form at: http://www.pamla.org/2013/

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries: 11sg28@queensu.ca

For submissions: via PAMLA's online submission form

Website: http://www.pamla.org/2013/
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