Biographical Spectacle: Theorizing Non-Literary Auto/Biography
Massachusetts, United States
September 15, 2008 (Call for Papers Date)

 40th Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
February 26-March 1, 2009
Hyatt Regency - Boston, Massachusetts

As the influence of new media continues to expand, more and more people obtain news and information through non-literary channels. This panel seeks papers that explore non-literary types of auto/biography, including biopics (film), biodramas (theatre), fan magazines, reality television, and websites. How do these new sites of auto/biography function? How are they distinct from or similar to traditional biography?

Some possible sites of biography to consider:
fan-based websites
gossip websites
podcasts
television
film
theatre
gossip/celebrity magazines

Preference will be given to proposals that attempt to theorize these forms rather then merely describing them.

Please submit proposals via e-mail to Lindsay Adamson Livingston,
Deadline: September 15, 2008

Please include with your abstract:

Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee)

Lindsay Adamson Livingston
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Email: adamson.livingston@gmail.com