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From limits to margins. Periphery(s) in stories and imaginarie Latin American contemporaries

Périphérie(s) dans les imaginaires et les récits latino-américains contemporains

De los límites a los márgenes. Periferia(s) en los relatos e imaginarios contemporáneos latinoamericanos

Periferia(s) nos imaginários e relatos latino-americanos contemporâneos

« Amerika », numéro 28

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Published on Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Abstract

This number attempts to define what the margins and peripheries are today in the imaginaries, stories, human sciences and cultural fields of the Americas. If the twentieth century saw, in most countries of Latin America, as it was about defining a cultural norm (which or not took over from the colonial period, whether or not integrating elements of pre-Hispanic history), also appeared increasingly affirmed countercultures and peripheral cultures. With digitalization, which occurred at the beginning of our century, a strong acceleration of the movement was noted. It is then worth asking what a peripheral/marginal culture may be, as well as looking for a way to define it. Another primary issue is knowing how (and by whom) these currents can be represented. In a somewhat binary conception of social, geographic and creative space, one would obviously have to oppose the notions of normativity and centrality to the margins.

 

Announcement

Arguments

This number comes from a problem addressed during a study day held at the CELLAM (Centre d’Études de Langues et de Littératures Anciennes et Modernes)-Rennes 2, in 2022, in which an attempt has been made to define what the margins and peripheries are today in the imaginaries, stories, human sciences and cultural fields of the Americas.

It now seems worthwhile to explore a neighboring aspect, that of the representation of the margins and of the peripheries in these same cultural fields. In fact, if the twentieth century saw, in most countries of Latin America, as it was about defining a cultural norm (which or not took over from the colonial period, whether or not integrating elements of pre-Hispanic history), also appeared increasingly affirmed countercultures and peripheral cultures. With digitalization, which occurred at the beginning of our century, a strong acceleration of the movement was noted. It is then worth asking what a peripheral/marginal culture may be, as well as looking for a way to define it. Another primary issue is knowing how (and by whom) these currents can be represented. In a somewhat binary conception of social, geographic and creative space, one would obviously have to oppose the notions of normativity and centrality to the margins.

Historical centers of the countries (literary and cultural megalopolises such as Mexico City, Buenos Aires or Lima, among others), narrative and thematic norms imported from European/Anglo-Saxon cultures or dictated by a state that proclaims itself disconnected from the post-colonial order but that, in a certain way, continues to use its main concepts. If we reflect more globally, Latin America can be perceived as an immense periphery, be it of the United States or its former European metropolises. And we can add this paradox: the peripheries are shifting and what is central for some becomes margin for others. What is counter-cultural or underground today can become mainstream tomorrow integrate normative culture.

In a perspective that would embrace the study of narrative representations

(literatures, television fiction, cinema, comics, video games, etc.), cultural geography and the analysis of the means of cultural production (spaces of artistic and literary creation and mediation, editorial projects), we would be interested in studies that contemplate the following areas:

  • What is marginality in the literature of the contemporary Americas? As define what is not normative? How to represent it? What defines the marginality of an cultural object? Putting margins or periphery into perspective, when coming from the center, is not a way of perpetuating clichés and stereotypes? How to transcend them?
  • The weight of capitals and/or megalopolises in certain Latin American countries may have contributed to a hyper-centralization of the economic bodies cultural (editorial structures, natural media, places of cultural mediations...) and, on the contrary, a marginalization of the peripheral areas. What are the cultural policies that are generated in these territories? What are the strategies to obtain visibility and resources used by creators from these areas? When you come from the center, is it not a way to perpetuate clichés and stereotypes? How can we transcend them?
  • What are the relationships of these concepts with the pre-colonial and colonial past? Defining part of society as peripheral or marginal can be seen as the manifestation of latent racism or classism that can be found in the origins of each community. How to bring these tensions between center and norm, margin and periphery in works of narrative fiction?
  • What is the place occupied by certain literary or narrative genres, such as the novel? police or science fiction in the Latin American canon? Do they still occupy a peripheral and secondary place or have they already conquered mainstream narratives? Over the last fifty years, how has it evolved? The story of genre or serial (novels in instalments, comics or television fiction) can still considered independent and peripheral to that of other cultural areas and linguistics (Anglophone, Francophone, Asian)?

We will also consider all proposals that do not align with these axes but that critically contemplate these topics.

We are also interested in articles for our “Miscellaneous, Interviews, Opinions, and Reviews” section. The instructions for the authors regarding the presentation of the texts are found here.

Submission guidelines

Summaries will be sent to the address cellam-amerika@univ-rennes2.fr. They will have to contain as maximum about 150 words, five keywords, and the author's name and affiliation

university. Abstracts and articles must be in one of the four American languages: English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. It is preferable to submit the abstracts in English.

Timetable

  • 1 February 2024: submission of abstracts
  • February 15-20, 2024: response from the editorial committee
  • 1 April 2024: submission of articles for evaluation
  • End of June-beginning of July 2024: publication of the issue

Scientific Committee

  • Pierre-Luc Abramson (Professeur, Amérique hispanique, histoire des idées, XIX et XXe siècles)
  • Daniel Balderston (Professeur, littérature hispano-américaine, University of Pittsburgh, États-Unis)
  • Karim Benmiloud (Professeur, littérature hispano-américaine, Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier, IUF)
  • Zila Bernd (Professeur, littérature et civilisation brésilienne, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brésil)
  • Gérard Borras (Professeur émérite, civilisation hispano-américaine, Université de Rennes 2)
  • Ligia Chiappini (Professeur, littérature et civilisation brésilienne, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Allemagne)
  • Raphaël Confiant (MCF et écrivain, Littérature des Antilles, Université des Antilles)
  • Jean-François Coté (Professeur, sciences sociales, UQAM, Canada)
  • Sergio Coto Rivel (MCF, Études Hispano-américaines, Université de Nantes)
  • Virginia de la Cruz Lichet (MCF, Civilisation et Histoire de l'Art des Mondes Hispaniques, UR Écritures (EA 3943), Université de Lorraine)
  • Christian Duverger (Directeur d’études, archéologie, Histoire, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales)
  • Jean-Paul Duviols (Professeur émérite, histoire et didactique, Université Paris IV – Sorbonne)
  • Eurídice Figueiredo (Professeur, littérature brésilienne, Universidade federal Fluminense - Rio)
  • Rita Godet (Professeur, littérature brésilienne, Université de Rennes 2)
  • Claudia Hammerschmidt (Professeur, Universität Jena, Allemagne)
  • Noé Jitrik (Professeur, littérature hispano-américaine, Université de Buenos Aires)
  • Martín Kohan (Écrivain, Professeur, littérature et culture hispano-américaines, Universidad de Buenos Aires)
  • Yves Laberge (Centre de recherche en éducation et formation relatives à l'environnement et à l'écocitoyenneté, Québec, Canada)
  • Fortunato Malimacci, (Professeur, sociologie, Universidad de Buenos Aires)
  • Francine Masiello (Professeur, littérature comparée, University of California at Berkeley)
  • Ángeles Mateo del Pino (Professeur, littérature hispano-américaine, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canarias)
  • Jean-Yves Mérian (Professeur, civilisation brésilienne, Université de Rennes 2)
  • Javier Pérez Siller (Professeur, Histoire, BUAP, Mexique)
  • Adela Pineda (Professeur, littérature hispano-américaine, Boston University, États-Unis)
  • Néstor Ponce (Professeur, littérature et civilisation hispano-américaine, Université de Rennes 2)
  • Jorge Ruffinelli (Professeur, littérature hispano-américaine, Stanford University, États-Unis)
  • Licia Soares de Souza (Professeur, littérature brésilienne, Universidade da Bahia)
  • Ana María Zubieta (Professeur, philosophie et lettres, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentine)

Date(s)

  • Thursday, February 01, 2024

Keywords

  • Amériques, marges, périphéries, imaginaires, représentations,

Contact(s)

  • Anais Fabriol
    courriel : cellam-amerika [at] univ-rennes2 [dot] fr

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Information source

  • Anais Fabriol
    courriel : cellam-amerika [at] univ-rennes2 [dot] fr

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CC-BY-4.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0 .

To cite this announcement

Anaïs Fabriol, « From limits to margins. Periphery(s) in stories and imaginarie Latin American contemporaries », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, January 09, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/vk0r

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