My apologies for crossposting. And Martin, I wrote this one, so if you want to question my utterances you have my encouragement. Jon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 20:50:47 -0600 (CST) From: Jon Stephen Miller <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: CFP: Temperance Culture (1/10; ASA, 10/11-10/14) Temperance Culture For a session at the 2000 meeting of the American Studies Association in Detroit, proposals are invited for papers addressing any aspect of temperance culture. In different times and places, "temperance" has had different meanings. The word has variously meant, for example, a moderation in all things, a habitual subjugation of the "animal passions," a moderation in diet, the total abstinence from intoxicating beverages, and the endorsement of legal measures to enforce a community-wide abstinence from specified intoxicants. Papers might discuss events or moments in the cultural history of temperance in America or any other nation, and they might address the relationship of temperance or organized temperance movements to art, literature, economics, education, or politics. Papers suggesting new directions in alcohol and temperance studies, through method or argument, are especially invited, and international, national, regional, and individual perspectives are equally welcome. Send inquiries, 500-page abstracts, or 8-10 page papers by January 10, 2000 to Jon Stephen Miller, 308 EPB, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242, or e-mail <[log in to unmask]>. =============================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List [log in to unmask] Full Information at http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ or write Erika Lin: [log in to unmask] ===============================================