CFP: Topsy-Turvy: The Persistence of Historical Stereotypes in Black Girlhood
Literature

Guaranteed Session at MLA 2025

CFP Due 15 Mar 2024

Topsy, the harmful caricature of an enslaved young Black girl in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, persists. This panel centers critical conversations on Black girlhood and stereotypical, historical, literary images informing constructions of self-identity in the present.

Submit abstracts to Sharifa Hampton at scbrown205@aol.com and Jaïra Placide at jplacide@gradcenter.cuny.edu.

Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2024