5.0664 Confs: Mainstream(s) and Margins (1/96)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 10 Feb 1992 22:57:34 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0664. Monday, 10 Feb 1992.

Date: Tue, 4 Feb 92 13:06 EST
From: "Tom Benson 814-865-4201" <T3B@PSUVM>
Subject: Conference: Mainstream and Margins


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* MAINSTREAM(S) AND MARGINS: *
* CULTURAL POLITICS IN THE 90'S *
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* CONFERENCE UPDATE *
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* REGISTRATION INFO *
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This conference, organized by The Center for the Study of
Communication of the Department of Communication, University of
Massachusetts/Amherst, will be held on April 3, 1992. The
purpose of the conference is to link academic case studies and
center-margin theoretical debates from a variety of inter-
disciplinary perspectives.

The response to the original Call For Papers (issued last
October) was extraordinary. This message updates previous
announcements and provides registration information.


PANELS: * Hegemony and resistance
* Social movements: New perspectives
* Language/texts/intertextuality
* Spectrum of the margins
* Mass media and cultural criticism
* Spectacle and (re)presentation
* Centers, margins, boundaries: Theoretical advances
* Development/expression of identity
* Trading in the flesh: The culture of postcoloniality
* Invention and challenge: The politics of feminist voices
* Postcolonial discourses: Domination and the other
* Cultural production and cultural power


LOCATION: Campus Center, University of Massachusetts/Amherst

DATE: April 3, 1992 8:00am - 6:00pm


REGISTRATION: Before March 2, 1992 -- *FREE*
After March 2, 1992 -- $10.00
At the conference -- $20.00


Please clip the following Registration Form and send via:

E-mail : CSC@COMM.UMass.EDU

Fax : (413) 549-6399

USMail : Mainstream(s) and Margins
The Center for the Study of Communication
Department of Communication, Machmer Hall
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003

Registrations received after March 2, 1992 will require a $10.00
(US) check payable to "Communication Service Trust Fund".



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Again, registration is FREE UNTIL MARCH 2, 1992.

For a complete conference program, (about 10K bytes, or 330
lines) send a request to:

- CSC@Comm.UMass.EDU <Internet>
or - Michael.Morgan@Saturn.UCC.UMass.EDU <Internet>
or - Foola@UMASS <BITNET>