April 14
Conference on
Gender,
Ethnicity & Sexuality:
Daughters
of the Motherland Speak
Cross-cultural
presentations on the ways in which young women adapt and negotiate issues
and concerns of gender and sexuality in the United States. Includes a
panel discussion by SB students. Special feature is the launch of the
new book Desilicious: Sexy, Subversive, South Asian (Arsenal
Pulp Press, 2003). Co-sponsored by the
Women’s Studies Department and the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony
Brook University.
Wednesday, April 14, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Free to all.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks (Sunita Mukhi)
9:34 - 11:15 a.m. Session I (Moderator: Angela Cohen)
Vivian Itchon Gupta (GABRIELA Network): Little Brown F*cking Machines
Etsuko Maruoko -Ng (Stony Brook University): Wearing "My Sword": Cultural Negotiations Among Second-Generation Muslim Youth After 9/11
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Session II (Student Panel; Moderator: Ritch Calvin)
Nusrat Alam
Nadiedge Guerrier
Lucette Jefferson
Lucy Kim
Maria Fernanda Ortiz
2:45 - 4:30 p.m. Session III (Moderator: Kelliann Flores)
Margaret Gates Frohlich (Stony Brook University): The United States in Hispanic Lesbian Narratives
V Muñoz (Wells College): "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Drag Queen Scorned": Syliva Rivera and Latina Identity
4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Session IV
Desilicious: Sexy, Subversive, South Asian (editors and authors)
6:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Inquires to:
Ritchie.CalvinKoons@stonybrook.edu or
Sunita.Mukhi@stonybrook.edu
