CfP: Law, the Body and Embodiment: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
This
special issue (journal to be announced) wishes to foreground the body
and embodiment in relation to the law, from both contemporary and
historical perspectives. In so doing, this CFP invites contributions
that consider the following, but not exclusively: what is the
relationship between law and the body, and law and embodiment? How does
the law preclude, encourage, marginalize, or stratify particular kinds
of embodiment, if at all – and how are particular kinds of embodiment
gendered, sexed, classed and/or racialized? What role does culture play
in relation to law and the body, and vice-versa? What are the embodied
consequences of particular legal decisions, and vice-versa, how might
modes of embodied resistance lead to legal change? What are the multiple
and varied relationships between the body and the law, and their
mutually constitutive, interdependent relationship? How autonomous can
we truly be in relation to our bodies, before the law steps in? What
effects can the law directly or indirectly cause on the body, and what
are the embodied consequences of such decisions/omissions? What
theoretical or methodological perspectives can enhance or enrich our
understanding of the relationship between law and the body, and law and
embodiment?
This CFP therefore invites contributions that relate, but by all means are not limited to:
- Organ donation
- Human bodily material
- Prosthetics
- Cosmetic surgery
- Gender re-assignment
- Human trafficking
- Torture
- Degenerative diseases
- Offences Against the Person
- Contact sports
- Elective amputation
- Corporal punishment
Articles of 8,000 to 10,000 words.
Deadlines:
Submission of abstracts: 15 May 2018
Decision of acceptance: by 31 May 2018
Submission of full-length articles: 15 October 2018