Special Session: Professional Southerners: Regionalism without Borders

Papers should go beyond a strictly geographic definition of regionalism to address figures such as Mark Twain, Elvis Presley, or Flannery O'Connor, whose work represents "Southernness" for national audiences. Pre-1900 topics are especially welcome.

Please send 2 page abstracts to Andrew Hoberek (ahoberek@midway.uchicago.edu; MAPH, University of Chicago, 1050 East 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637) or Leigh Anne Duck (lduck@midway.uchicago.edu). Deadline: 31 March