2005 Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s): Affirming Diversity

I just remembered that the Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) conference web site is up. One-hundred word proposals for presentations (500-word for concurrent sessions) are due on 1 April 2005. Possible topics from the call for papers (PDF) include:

  • Identification of the language
    patterns or rhetorical strategies
    of women from a particular
    culture, race, historical era, or
    academic field
  • Recuperation of the
    contributions
    of women rhetoricians, writers,
    readers, or linguists from a
    particular race, culture,
    historical era, or academic field
  • Literacy practices of women in
    underrepresented groups
    including lesbian, gay, bisexual,
    and transexual
  • Cross-cultural investigations of
    gendered reading, writing, or
    speaking
  • New directions for alternative
    rhetorics
  • Feminist critiques of traditional
    rhetoric
  • Postcolonial feminisms
  • Comparisons of language
    patterns or rhetorical strategies
    of women and men from a
    particular race, culture,
    historical era, or academic field
  • Representations of gender in
    film and new media
  • The rhetoric of whiteness
  • Examinations of the
    intersections of gender and
    technology
  • Feminist studies of
    communication within families
  • Rhetoric and homelessness
  • Workplace literacies
  • Rhetorics of disability
  • International perspectives on
    feminist rhetorics

They've got some excellent keynote speakers, including Donna Haraway. I'm there.