News: Website updated, new CFP, editorial board
Lynda
Our website is looking a lot different these days. We are migrating
to .pdf instead of .html files for our articles and the new site
design is looking great. Check us out at http://www.academinist.org/mp/
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We also have a new CFP that we hope you will disseminate to others you
know who might be interested:
Call for Papers for Our Next Issue
Deadline for Completed Manuscripts: October 1, 2007
Back Talk: The Language of Defiance, Denial, Distortion, and
Development
Scheduled Publication Date: December 15, 2007
Imus's use of the power of the language to reduce successful young
women to objects of racial epithet got him fired. In a South
Philadelphia neighborhood, a cheesesteak restaurant owner becomes the
subject of a national debate about whether the language of immigrants
is valid and whether it should retain power in the United States, even
the simple power to order a sandwich. Meanwhile, America as a whole
asks the question on the world stage of whether the power of words is
permitted to "enemy combatants", and even to Congress as they attempt
to end the war in Iraq. President Bush uses the power of words in the
form of signing statements, accompanying each veto of congressional
legislation that he sends out. Internationally, the people of war-torn
lands such as Darfur struggle to find a voice to ask for aid and the
women of many countries cry out for protection against
institutionalized rape. Speaking out has been an important concept in
feminism from the beginning. Who owns language? Who can use its power?
And how is that power used in a modern, technological, global world?
How can it be harnessed for good? In this issue of MP Journal, we seek
papers that explore language and its power and how that relates to
national and international issues.
Submissions
We accept submissions from all types of writers. In order to be
considered, all submissions should:
be scholarly/academic in nature;
use MLA format;
be sent as an attachment (*.doc, *.txt, *.rtf -- no *.pdf, please!);
include a CV or writing resume and a 50 word bio;
abide by the copyright and image use information listed below.
Send submission to: lynda_...@yahoo.com
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