National Women's Studies Conference (1986)
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| Title: | National Women's Studies Conference (in Urbana, IL, USA) |
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| Date(s): | June 1986 |
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While there have been numerous years (and topics therein) of the National Women's Studies Conference, the June 1986 one was notable in that there was an early acafan presence.
Two examples:
"Romance, Eroticism, and/or Hurt/Comfort: What's Really Going On Here, an unpublished 8-page presentation by Patricia Frazer Lamb which "credits British hurt/comfort KS as introducing a new sado-masochistic slant to slash. Slave stories discussed, American and British differences are illustrated with specific story examples." [1])
There was a presentation at a panel sponsored by the NWSA Librarians' Task Force: Edi Bjorklund wrote: "My other involvement at the NWSA conference will be with a panel specifically about fandom and about women's involvement with fandom, as seen from feminist perspectives. Other people involved with this panel are; Judith Gran... who has done original research on Trekfandom and on K/S fandom; Patricia Frazer Lamb and Diana L. Veith, who wrote the first analysis of K/S writing [2], which predated the two essays by Joanna Russ [3] — even though Joanna Russ got her essays into print ahead of theirs; Camille Bacon-Smith, an ethnographer at the University of Pennsylvania, whose doctoral work involves the study of fandom; and Collette Mak, a librarian at the University of Illinois (and a talented filker), who introduced me to fandom in the first place.... It's going to be interesting — and maybe a little unexpected -- to talk about fandom to a mundane audience. What will feminist academics make of our subjects, which at first glance may seem outlandish in the extreme, and which are without question not part of the accepted academic mainstream? That remains to be seen. I think we will show that fandom (and specifically women's involve ment with fandom) deserves serious study. Who knows? Maybe we will even attract a few new recruits. I'm pleased that there are quite a few librarians in Trekfandom. But there seem to be al most no academics. It will be nice if our presentations at NWSA help to change that situation. Women in higher ed have a rough time of it, as I know to my cost. I think we need fandom." [4]
References
- ^ a 1993 K/S Bibliography, MPH's collection
- ^ Romantic Myth, Transcendence, and Star Trek Zines
- ^ Another Addict Raves About K/S and Pornography by Women, For Women, With Love
- ^ from. K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #20