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�