Chaucerian figurations of ornamentalism and gimmickry: aesthetic congealment, gag, temporal abbreviation, (im)material devices, affective valuation, ornamental personhood, intersections among race/gender/capital. Asiatic femininity and Marxist Orientalism. Criticism as gimmickry. Premodern challenges to Cheng’s/Ngai’s historiographies. 250-word abstracts.
Deadline for submissions: Friday, 18 March 2022