complit@2000~JuniorYearWriting
 
 

Junior Year Writing Colloquium
 
 

Friday, 08 December 2000

Chenoweth 227
 
 
 
 
 
 

9.20–9.30

Welcome and Acknowledgements
 
 
 
 
 
 

9.30–10.15

1: Engendering New Feminisms

Chair: Corinne Oster
 
 

"The Desire to Speak: Postmodern Feminism and Joyce Carol Oates"

Kate Baumgardner
 
 

"Recognizing Elements of Noir in La Sirène du Mississippi"

Erin Barrett
 
 
 
 
 
 

10.20–11.05

2: Asia in America?: Where Ideology Meets Spirituality

Chair: Mariela Mendez
 
 

"Ideology of a Fluid Universe: Zen in America"

Karen Madson
 
 

"Worshipping A Different Jesus: Korean American Christians"

Lisa Maria Andreoli
 
 
 
 
 
 

11.10–12.25

3: Protecting/Marketing: Wolves, Copyright Law, and Bigfoot

Chair: Jennifer Rodgers
 
 

"Werewolves and Spirit Guides: Canis Lupus in America"

Neal Deluca
 
 

"Ideas, Copyright, and Art in the Age of Instantaneous Reproduction"

Jonathan Flynn
 
 

"Bigfoot: Marketing the Myth"

Bruce Maruska
 
 
 
 
 
 

1.45–2.45

4: History: Remixed, Remodeled, Refashioned

Chair: Enrique Garcia
 
 

"Nikita Mikhalkov and Burnt by the Sun: Myths of Soviet Russia Come Undone"

Nikki Auger
 
 

"A Vicious Betrayal and a Silent Burial: Shays’ Rebellion"

David Lively
 
 

"Constructing Tagore, The First Non-Western Nobel Prize Laureate"

Samuel Shaw
 
 
 
 
 
 

2.50–3.50

5: Crossing the Black Atlantic

Chair: Beverly Weber
 
 

"The Haitian Novel in the Diaspora: Breath, Eyes, Memory"

Kochnov Jean-Noel
 
 

"The Rumba Complex: History and Symbolism of a Cuban Dance"

Jacob Dyer-Spiegel
 
 

"Media Myths: The Real AIDS Epidemic"

Antigoni Tzoumakas
 
 
 
 
 
 

3.55–4.55

6: Modifying Woman

Chair: Alix Paschkowiak
 
 

"Tattoos: They’re Not Just for Bikers Anymore"

Gillian Friel
 
 

"Covering Hair: Sheitels and Hair Weaves"

Amber Davis
 
 

"Body Modification Practices of American Women"

Sarah Medelinskas
 
 
 
 
 

Dale Hudson,
colloquium director
 
 

Sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature,
University of Massachusetts/Amherst

Massive acknowledgment of thanks for their
invaluable advice and support in the organization
of this colloquium:
 
 

Prof. William Moebius

Linda Papirio

Alice Bishko

Enrique Garcia

Anita Mannur

Mariela Mendez

Corinne Oster

Alix Paschkowiak

Jennifer Rodgers

Jonathan Sadow

Beverly Weber
 
 

For further information, contact Dale Hudson at daleh@complit.umass.edu