----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa & Ian Murray <seamus at accessone.com> To: Lbo-Talk at Lists. Panix. Com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 10:21 AM Subject: retheorizing the toilet
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> Postcolonial Studies
>
> A Special Issue: The Toilet
>
> Call for Papers
>
> If 'God shat, and then there was Calcutta', as Gnter Grass once so
> derisively suggested, imagine what a closer inspection of the toilet bowl
> would bring! Strange, then, that despite the close attention to the body
in
> recent years, the key accoutrement that brought it bodily relief has gone
> largely unattended. Not any more! 'Postcolonial Studies' has planned a
> special issue on the toilet. We are interested in contributions exploring
as
> many facets of this topic as is conceivable - from the semiotics of toilet
> plumbing through to the meaning of toilet graffiti; from techniques of the
> body through to the metaphoricity of shit. Naturally, we are most
interested
> in those accounts that tie the toilet to postcolonial themes but will also
> consider publishing those that don't.
>
> Potential contributors are encouraged to write to us indicating an
intention
> to submit a manuscript. Along with this expression of interest we would
also
> require a brief abstract of the proposed paper. We are also happy to
accept
> for consideration short stories, photo-essays and reviews. All
contributions
> to the toilet issue must be submitted for consideration by April 2001.
>
> Please send three hard copies of the relevant article, review or short
story
> to:
>
> Ms. Vanita Seth
> Department of Political Science
> University of Melbourne
> Victoria 3010
> Australia
>
> Photo-essays should be sent to:
>
> Dr. Stephen Cairns
> Department of Architecture and Planning
> University of Melbourne
> Victoria 3010
> Australia
>
> For further information including an email copy of the style guide, please
> contact Vanita Seth: v.seth at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
>
> 'Postcolonial Studies' is an internationally refereed journal.
>
>
> Sanjay Seth, Leela Gandhi, Michael Dutton
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