Forward from GLIRT Moderator, 2005-2006
Ray Anne Lockard
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:20:06 -0400
From: Sherman Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
To: Queer Caucus for Art Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [queerart] "Toilet Papers: The Gendered Construction of Public
Toilets"
Call for Papers
Toilet Papers: The Gendered Construction of Public Toilets
Editors:
Olga Gershenson (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Barbara Penner (University College-London)
"You know what they say about men who hang around women's
lavatories.
They're asking to have their illusions shattered."
- Georgina to Albert, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her
Lover
We invite contributions for the edited collection Toilet Papers:
The Gendered Construction of Public Toilets.
Public toilets are amenities with a functional, even a civic,
purpose. Yet they also act as the unconscious of public spaces. They
can be a haven: a place to regain composure, to 'check one's face,' or
to have a private chat. But they are also sexually-charged and
transgressive spaces that shelter illicit sexual practices and act as a
cultural repository for taboos and fantasies.
This collection will work from the premise that public toilets,
far from being banal or simply functional, are highly charged spaces,
shaped by notions of propriety, hygiene and the binary gender division.
Indeed, public toilets are among the very few openly segregated spaces
in contemporary Western culture, and the physical differences
between 'gentlemen' and 'ladies' remains central to (and is further
naturalized by) their design. As such, they provide a fertile ground
for critical work interrogating how conventional assumptions about the
body, sexuality, privacy, and technology can be formed in public space
and inscribed through design.
We welcome papers which explore the cultural meanings,
histories, and ideologies of the public toilet as a gendered space. Any
subject is appropriate: toilet design and signage, toilet humour and
euphemisms, personal narratives and legal cases, as well as art sited
in public toilets. We invite submissions in the format of traditional
academic papers of no more than 7000 words (including footnotes).
We also welcome the submissions of design and art projects that
expose the gendered nature of the 'functional' toilet spaces and
objects.
Contact: Gershenson<at>judnea.umass.edu (email address is not
linked in order
to thwart spam; to send email replace the "<at>" with "@").
Announcement ID: 145705
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=145705
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