2019 MARCH 7-10, 2019 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association ACLA 2019 | GEORGETOWN TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to ACLA 2019 and Acknowledgments ...................................................................................4 Welcome to Georgetown University ........................................................................................................6 General Information ..................................................................................................................................7 Registration .............................................................................................................................................7 Book Exhibit............................................................................................................................................7 Conference Locations ............................................................................................................................7 Bookstore .................................................................................................................................................7 Accessibility .............................................................................................................................................8 Audiovisual and Media Needs ..............................................................................................................9 Wi-Fi ........................................................................................................................................................9 In Case of Emergency ............................................................................................................................9 Opening Reception ................................................................................................................................9 Keynote Speaker: Amitav Ghosh..........................................................................................................9 Presidential Plenary Panel ...................................................................................................................10 Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony Reception .................................................................10 Refreshment Areas ...............................................................................................................................11 Accommodations .................................................................................................................................11 Driving Directions ...............................................................................................................................11 Dining on Campus ...............................................................................................................................13 Dining off Campus ...............................................................................................................................14 Shuttle Bus Services ..............................................................................................................................15 Campus Parking ...................................................................................................................................16 Taxis and Ridesharing ..........................................................................................................................16 Public Transportation ..........................................................................................................................17 Conference Schedule ...............................................................................................................................18 Of Special Interest to Students ...............................................................................................................24 Maps ...........................................................................................................................................................28 Seminars in Detail: Stream A: 8:30 AM–10:15 AM ..........................................................................................................35 Stream B 10:30 AM–12:15 PM ..........................................................................................................77 Stream C 2:00 PM–3:45 PM ..............................................................................................................117 Stream D 4:00-5:45 .............................................................................................................................136 Split Streams C/C/D ...........................................................................................................................153 Index of Papers .......................................................................................................................................166 Index of Presenters .................................................................................................................................196 ACLA 2020 Announcement .................................................................................................................216 ADVERTISEMENTS Cambridge University Press ....................................................................................................................12 Edinburgh University Press ....................................................................................................................33 Duke University Press ............................................................................................................................135 GEORGETOWN ACLA 2019 3 ACLA 2019 WELCOME TO ACLA 2019 AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am delighted to welcome you to the ACLA Annual Meeting at Georgetown University. With its vast array of seminars, pre-conference events, and plenary sessions, every year this remarkable event offers excellent opportunities to appreciate the vitality of comparative literature and its centrality in an authentic global education. The program of the 2019 conference engages scholars and students from all over the world in inspiring dialogues across languages, cultures, and disciplines that show the richness of diversity and reflect the research and pedagogical mission of our university. An impressive variety of topics and innovative approaches awaits you each day in panels and other non-stream events, all listed on the following pages under “General Information” and “Conference Schedule”. We are deeply honored to have internationally acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh as our keynote speaker (Saturday evening), and to welcome distinguished critics Mary Louise Pratt, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Robert Warrior for the Presidential Plenary Panel (Saturday). The Thursday afternoon workshops promote debates on paramount issues, from translation and travel to the role of comparative methodologies in diasporic literature and in environmental and medical humanities. They also include a special session to honor the legacy of renowned comparatist Ross Chambers. As is customary at ACLA, we have events geared towards graduate students, such as the pre-conference session on publishing the first article (Thursday), and the panel on Ethics in the Academy (Friday). We are equally proud of all the students who have been selected to present papers in the ACLA Undergraduate Seminar, a commendable initiative that highlights the pivotal role of undergraduate education in shaping sophisticated comparative research. The ACLA Opening Reception on Thursday evening and the Graduate Students’ Cocktail Hour on Friday afternoon will offer opportunities to get together as a community and enjoy the company of old and new colleagues. The Presidential Address by David Palumbo-Liu (Friday evening) will be followed by the Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding scholarly work in our discipline. In my nearly three years’ planning for the 2019 ACLA Conference, numerous colleagues and departments have offered me invaluable financial and logistical support. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of them. The Dean of Georgetown College, Prof. Christopher Celenza, who joined Georgetown University when the organization of this event was already underway, embraced the initiative and granted funding assistance. The former Dean, Prof. Chester Gillis, with whom I first shared my desire to host the 2019 ACLA Conference on our campus, enthusiastically endorsed my proposal and motivated many other administrators and academic units to sponsor it: Provost Robert Groves, and former Vice Provost for Research Prof. Janet Mann Dean Norberto Grzywacz, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dr. Joe Ferrara, Chief of Staff to the President of Georgetown University Prof. Thomas Banchoff, Vice President for Global Engagement 4 ACLA 2019 GEORGETOWN Prof. Jacques Berlinerblau, Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Prof. Josiah Osgood, Convenor of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, and all the FLL Chairs Profs. Emily Francomano and Susanna Lee from the Comparative Literature Program Prof. Ricardo Ortiz, Chair of the English Department Prof. Cóilín Parsons from the India Initiative Prof. Anna De Fina, Chair of the Italian Department The expertise, availability, and generosity of Ms. Leslie Byers, Program Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Programs, have been vital at all stages of the conference