Science and Womanhood in 19th & Early 20th C. (11/1/02; SSAWW, 9/24/03-9/27/03)

This proposed session for a panel at the next Society for the Study of American Women Writer's Conference in Fort Worth, TX will explore women writers' responses to and representations of scientific treatments, discoveries, practices, and theories in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century, including early sci-fi writing and narratives that otherwise engage various forms of scientific (and pseudo-scientific) advances. How do women writers of this era establish a dialogue between literature and science? What does this intersection suggest about the significance of literature to scientific discovery and vice-versa? In particular, how do these narratives conspire with concerns of race, gender, and sexuality?

Please send an abstract by email (attachments okay) to: Julie Prebel, University of Washington, jep@u.washington.edu

DEADLINE: November 1, 2002

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie Prebel, Ph.D. Department of English
jep@u.washington.edu Box 354330
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195