[U.K. Event] CCDS Seminar: Avatar and the Colonization of Bodies

Avatar and the Colonization of Bodies

Dr. Claire Molloy

Liverpool Hope University

Date: Wednesday 9 May 2012

Time: 2.15pm–3.45pm

Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University

In pursuing its eco-agenda the blockbuster science-fantasy film Avatar draws on various aspects of environmentalism for its ideological coherence. At the same time, the film’s envisioning of an idealised harmonious nature relies on intersecting constructions of difference. Framed by a critique of Avatar as a colonial narrative, this free and open seminar will address the film's engagement with representations of disability from an eco-feminist perspective.

To publicise this event, please display the attached notice in your office/institution.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. David Bolt

 

Director, Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
ccds.hope.ac.uk

 

Editor, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
http://liverpool.metapress.com/content/121628

 

Lecturer and Recognised Researcher, Education
http://www.hope.ac.uk/boltd

 

Founder, International Network of Literary & Cultural Disability Scholars
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Network-of-Literary-and-Cultural-Disability-Scholars/174137315933446
http://twitter.com/#!/INLCDS

 

Email: boltd@hope.ac.uk

 

Telephone: 0151 291 3346

 

Office: EDEN 128

 

Postal address: Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, L16 9JD.

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