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URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/comparative-pornographies/
SUMMARY:Comparative Pornographies: Transnational Approaches to Writing Sex\
 , East and West (Day 1)
DESCRIPTION:—conference organized by Andrea S. Goldman (UCLA)\, Kathryn N
 orberg (UCLA) and Paola Zamperini (Northwestern University)\n\nAt the end 
 of the twentieth century\, scholars of European pornography began to explo
 re obscenity and its implications for our understanding of the time that p
 roduced it\, the seventeenth and\, especially\, eighteenth centuries.  A 
 world of previously ignored texts came to light\, producing new theories a
 nd interpretations\, suggesting that the rise of pornography was somehow a
  harbinger of modernity.  This activity\, however\, occurred within narro
 w geographical boundaries and was tied firmly to Western historical trajec
 tories. Asian pornography\, especially the long and particularly rich Chin
 ese tradition\, was ignored.  Students of Asian and European pornography 
 worked separately with little interaction even though they shared theory a
 nd all focused on the same kind of fictional narratives produced roughly a
 t the same time.\n\nThis conference seeks to break down the barriers that 
 have separated these scholars and engender a more transnational and interc
 ultural approach to the qualities and development of pornography in the ea
 rly modern world. We aim to raise general\, theoretical issues that relate
  to both Western and Asian obscenity\, by exploring\, for example\, the in
 tersection of pornography and modernity. Another important and related lin
 e of inquiry has to do with terminology and genre: while it would be easy 
 to categorize explicit Chinese and other non-Western sources as pornograph
 y\, it is also crucial to explore the risks and benefits of applying Euro-
 American constructs\, terminology\, and genres to Asian literatures. The c
 omparative impulse tends to make the European experience the norm: we hope
  that by bringing in scholars and discussants working on the pornographic 
 non-Western traditions\, we can broaden the comparative conversation throu
 gh a meaningful and exciting conversation among presenters\, discussants\,
  and audience.\n\nSpeakers\nKatherine Carlitz\, University of Pittsburgh\n
 Keith McMahon\, University of Kansas\nGuido Ruggiero\, University of Miami
 \nTimon Screech\, SOAS\, University of London\nMark Stevenson\, Chinese Un
 iversity of Hong Kong\nGiovanni Vitiello\, University of Naples “L’Ori
 entale”\nEllen Widmer\, Wellesley University\nCuncun Wu\, The University
  of Hong Kong\nPaola Zamperini\, Northwestern University\n\n\n\nImage: Pai
 nting on Silk\, Yin Qi\, mid-19th century\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston.\
 n\n\n\nProgram\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMorning Coffee and Registration\n\n9:30 a.m.\
 nHelen Deutsch\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nWelcome     
        \n\nAndrea S. Goldman and Kathryn Norberg\, University of Cal
 ifornia\, Los Angeles\nPaola Zamperini\, Northwestern University\nOpening 
 Remarks \n\n9:45 a.m.\nThe Politics of Pornography in Guwangyan\, Prepost
 erous Words\nDiscussants: Andrea S. Goldman and Helen Deutsch\, University
  of California\, Los Angeles\n\nCuncun Wu\, The University of Hong Kong\n
 “Exemplary Erotics in Guwangyan: Volume Six and the Authenticity of Urba
 n Commoner Women” \n\n10:15 a.m.\nMark Stevenson\, Chinese University o
 f Hong Kong\n“Guwangyan\, Pornography\, and Sensory Exchange”\n\n10:45
  a.m.\nPaola Zamperini\, Northwestern University\n“Monkeying Around. Ali
 ens and Lovers in Late Imperial Chinese Fiction”\n\n11:15 a.m.\nDiscussi
 on\n\n12:00 p.m.\nLunch\n\n1:30 p.m.\nSex Acts I\nDiscussants: Yinghui Wu 
 and Malina Stefanovska\, University of California\, Los Angeles \n\nKathe
 rine Carlitz\, University of Pittsburgh\n"The Modes of Ming Dynasty Chasti
 ty-pornography" \n\n2:00 p.m.\nKeith McMahon\, University of Kansas\n“S
 aying All That Can Be Said: the Art of Describing Sex in Jin Ping Mei”\n
 \n2:30 p.m.\nEllen Widmer\, Wellesley University\n“Contextualizing Secre
 t Spring”\n\n3:00 p.m.\nDiscussion \n\n3:30 p.m.\nCoffee Break\n\n3:45 
 p.m.\nRoundtable I: Paired Readings\nModerators: Kathryn Norberg\, Patrick
  Coleman and Maximillian Novak\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, 
 and Paola Zamperini\, Northwestern University \n\nReadings: The Adventure
 s of Father Silas\, a translation of Dom Bougre\, Portier des Chartreux (1
 741) (Part the Second only) The Carnal Prayer Mat (Rouputuan) attributed t
 o Li Yu\, (written in 1657\; published in 1705)\n\n5:45 p.m.\nReception\n\
 n\n\nAfter booking Day 1 below please remember to also book your spot for 
 Day 2.\n
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