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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri">CFP: <span style="background:white">Literature and
Film in </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Neoliberal</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">East</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Asia</span><span style="font-family:Georgia"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">A Forum Session at the next MLA
convention in Chicago, </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">January 3-6, 2019<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri">In recent decades East Asian societies have felt
the reach of neoliberalism as a culture, a set of economic policies, and
political agenda, which has informed people's lives in various ways. This
guaranteed panel for Modern Language Association’s LLC East Asian Forum is an
opportunity to present works that discuss literature and film in neoliberal
East Asia. </span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri">Some questions that papers might address through a
study of East Asian literary and cinematic texts include the following:</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri">How does neoliberalism reshape and reorganize the
socio-economy in such a way as to produce new class systems? What are the most
valuable assets for individuals and for families in neoliberal societies and
world order? Is there a relationship between the surging of misogyny and
neoliberal politics? How does neoliberalism impact and control transnational
circulations of tangible and intangible things such as consumer products and
labor, knowledge and power, and popular cultures? How does neoliberalism affect
experiences of space, geography, and travel?</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;background:white">Please submit a 250-word maximum
abstract in MS word format via email attachment by March 15 to the session
organizer Kelly Jeong.<span>  </span></span><a href="mailto:kyjeong@ucr.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background:white">kyjeong@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;background:white"><span>  </span>Abstracts will be selected by March 25.
</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Presenters
must be current MLA members.</span></p>





<br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:19.2px">Kelly Y. Jeong<br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:19.2px">Associate Professor, Korean Studies and Comparative Literature</div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:19.2px">Director of Korean Studies Program</div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:19.2px">Director of Comparative Literature Program<br>Department of Comparative Literature and Languages<br>UC Riverside<br>900 University Avenue HMNSS 2401<br>Riverside, CA  92521<br><br>Tel  <a href="tel:951%20827%201534" value="+19518271534" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">951 827 1534</a> (Message)<br>Fax <a href="tel:951%20827%202160" value="+19518272160" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">951 827 2160</a> (Dept.)</div></div></div></div></div>
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