MCLC: Crossing Borders/Creating Worlds--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: chris lupke (lupke at wsu.edu)
Subject: Crossing Borders/Creating Worlds--cfp
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Crossing Borders/Creating Worlds

³Crossing Borders/Creating Worlds,² is the special topic of an
on-line volume of the Rocky Mountain Review (the journal of the Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association), to be published in Summer 2012.

This special issue aspires to explore the literary production of
various immigrant and diaspora communities, in any geographic context. How
do these communities articulate themselves? How are borders navigated?
What are the impacts of migration on nations, groups, and individuals?  We
seek scholarly articles on literature which focuses on the movement of
peoples ­ both within and between nations - in our current globalized
world. How do these writers and characters create new worlds to inhabit,
and how ³real² are these creations? In what ways can borders be both
literal, physical boundaries, as well as the production of tradition and
belief in our own minds and communities?  What are the issues of identity,
belonging and unbelonging?

The Rocky Mountain Review is a refereed, scholarly journal.
For this special issue, we seek articles of approximately 2,500-3,000
words, formatted and cited according to current MLA style guidelines.
Articles are to be submitted electronically, with an abstract; all
information which might identify the author should be removed from the
file. 

To submit your article for consideration, or for submission-related
queries, please contact our Guest Editor, Feroza Jussawalla, Professor of
English at the University of New Mexico, at fjussawa at unm.edu. All
submissions must be received by March 5th to be eligible for consideration
in this special issue.