CFP: Presumed Incompetent: Race & Class for Women in Academia

CALL FOR PAPERS!  Presumed Incompetent:
The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

Edited by: Grace Chang, Carmen G. González, Mary Romero, Yolanda Flores Niemann,
Angela Harris, and Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

We are soliciting academic papers written by academic women of color examining issues of racism, class bias, tokenism, and sexism. All contributions should explicitly address the question of socio-economic status/social class (both class privilege and class-based obstacles) and its intersections with race and gender. We welcome first person narratives and analytical papers that examine the underlying structural factors that perpetuate bias and exclusion as well as recommendations on how academic institutions might address these issues. Pseudonyms for authors are acceptable.

Submission Guidelines: Deadline for abstracts: August 1, 2008

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Yolanda Retter Memorial Fund – Kickoff Fundraiser Aug 2

A Knight to Remember
Honoring the life and vision of Yolanda Retter
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008
Time: 6pm-10pm
Place: 6304 TAHOE DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90068
Donation: $50.00 per guest
Tickets: available through Paypal.com (send to: lesliestampler@gmail.com)
or send check payable to:
Yolanda Retter Memorial Fund c/o Leslie Stampler
6654 Sunnyslope Ave, Van Nuys CA 91401

Please join us at a beautiful home overlooking Lake Hollywood!
We’ll have dinner, music, comedy and silent auction (including unique items from Yolanda’s collection).

RSVP to: lesliestampler@gmail.com

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CFP: Latina/Chicana Mothering – deadline extended to 10/31

CALL FOR PAPERS

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on
Latina/Chicana Mothering
Publication Date: Fall 2010
Editors: Dorsía Smith Silva and Janine Santiago

We are very excited to edit an interdisciplinary book on mothering in the Latina and Chicana communities.  We seek papers that examine the narratives, histories, practices, and theories of Latina and Chicana mothering as they reflect the realities and complexities of diverse perspectives.  Latina and Chicana mothering is a rich experience, which engenders a sense of identity, multiple viewpoints, and cultural orientations.  Here, the Latina/Chicana mothering experience seeks to provide a site for inquiry of those life histories and legacies, which have been marked by undergoing childbirth, raising children, or becoming mothers, as well as transatlantic mothers.  One of the main goals of this text will be to examine the complex representations of Latina and Chicana mothering and to address the space where Latina and Chicana perspectives are in many cases rendered invisible.

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