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<p>Please see the CFP below looking for work on menstruation in drama, theatre, and performance, forwarded on behalf of my McGill colleague, Berkeley Kaite.</p>
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<p>Thank you for circulating this call among your networks. <br>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Erin Hurley</p>
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<p>Erin Hurley</p>
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<p>Department of English</p>
<p>McGill University</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/english/staff/erin-hurley" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk772334" previewremoved="true">www.mcgill.ca/english/staff/erin-hurley</a>
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<b>Sent:</b> May 16, 2017 9:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Erin Hurley, Prof.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Seeking chapters on menstruation in theatre</font>
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<span lang="EN-US"> <b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Is seeking submissions for an edited collection entitled:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"> <b>Menstruation Now</b></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Editor: Berkeley Kaite</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"> <b>Extended</b> <b>Deadline for Abstracts: May 31<sup>st</sup>, 2017</b></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Menstruation and menstrual blood go beyond the brute particulars of biology and are discursively constructed by all facets of culture. This volume was conceived in response to Donald Trump’s remark, while still a candidate, about a moderator,
regarding her pointed question to him about his comments on women: “you could see there was blood coming out of eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.” Its motivating question is: what does menstrual blood perform?</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The purpose of this scholarly collection is to bring together discussions of the many and diverse ways in which menstruation is featured in various media. I have chapters on menstrual blood in film, pornography, advertising, legal cases,
poetry, art. <b>I am seeking chapters on menstruation in theatrical productions. </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%">Please send abstracts of approximately 300 words together with a short bio to Berkeley Kaite, McGill University, Department of English: (</span><a href="mailto:Berkeley.kaite@mcgill.ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%">Berkeley.kaite@mcgill.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:106%">)
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