Non-relations: The Unmaking of Kinship in American Culture

Seeking abstracts for panel that examines the effects of shattered or disrupted kinship in American literature and culture. Occasioned by a renewed focus on psychoanalytic theories (extimacy, sexual nonrapport) and antiblackness (i.e. social death).

Deadline for submissions: Friday, 24 March 2023

James Godley, Dartmouth College (James.A.Godley@Dartmouth.edu )