Obsession and Addiction

This interdisciplinary conference will provide a research forum for exploring representations of the emotional, psychological and physiological states of obsession and addiction, their causes and their consequences. Are obsession and addiction demonise...

This interdisciplinary conference will provide a research forum for exploring representations of the emotional, psychological and physiological states of obsession and addiction, their causes and their consequences. Are obsession and addiction demonised, glamorised, ridiculed or normalised? How are readers and audiences disturbed, grabbed or ‘hooked’ as consumers? How are obsession and addiction linked to the creative process?
We welcome proposals on Fin de Si&egravecle, 20th and 21st century depictions of obsession and addiction from a range of critical perspectives, and across a range of countries and cultures, both in the mainstream and in the fringe/underground. Panels will be grouped around shared interests or themes in the fields of art & design, drama, film & media, linguistics, literature and music.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

* Images of obsession and addiction: from the margins to the mainstream
* The politics of representing obsession and addiction
* Theorising obsession and addiction
* Sex, gender and ‘race’ in relation to representations of obsession and addiction
* Obsession and addiction in relation to artists and audiences

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