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Friday, 3:00 p.m., November 22, 2002 in EESAT 130
| Dr. Comer will explore the fascinating world of women's surf culture and its international/global/environmentalist dimensions. She will apply this exploration to the contemporary issues of ecotourism, ecofeminism, sustainability, and global environmental movements. She will argue that younger Americans (those of Gen X and Y) embrace ecopolitics, generally defined. Finally, she will comment on the idea of "girl power." |
| Comer is Assistant Professor of English at Rice University. She is President of the Western Literature Association. Dr. Comer completed her Ph.D. from Brown University in American Studies in 1998. Her first book, Landscapes of the New West: Gender and Geography in Contemporary Women's Writing, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1999. She has also published essays on race and gender relations in the contemporary West, regionalism and transnationalism, the place of the literary in the New Western History, and the "post Civil Rights novel." Her current book in progress, From Gidget to Surfergirls, investigates both the history of women's surfing, and why "surfing" has emerged as the metaphor of choice for browsing the internet. It also attempts to bridge a divisive "feminist generation gap" between second wave feminists and younger women of Generation X and Y. |
| The lecture is free and open to the public. | For special accommodation, contact us at 565-2266 or philosophy@unt.edu |
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