C1: Violence and the Question of Limits

Seminar Leaders: Rick Livingston, Ohio State University and Aime J. Ellis, Michigan State University

Friday, April 16, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Rick Livingston, Ohio State University: “In The Face Of Cynical Reason:  Zizek and Sloterdijk”

Habiba Ibrahim, University at Albany: “A Question of the Limit: Ethics and Static Discourse”

Louisa Shea, Rice University: “Vituperation and Asceticism: Cynic Violence”

Vartan P. Messier, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez: “Sex and Violence:  Voyeurism as Consumerism in Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho”

Saturday, April 17, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Wendy C. Nielsen, Montclair State University: “From the Scaffold to the Stage: The Politics of Performing Violence”

Magda Romanska, Cornell University: “Shakespeare, Sade, and the Anatomy of Violence”

Aime J. Ellis, Michigan State University: “‘Am I Black Enough For You?’:  the Quest for Authenticity in Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler:  A Young Black Man in America”