[eccr] Call for Papers - Feminist Media Studies

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>Call for Papers: A special issue of Feminist Media Studies
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>"The Media Gendering of War and Conflict"
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>Guest Editor: Dafna Lemish, Tel Aviv University
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>      Events such as the September 11, 2001 attacks on the USA as well as
>war or conflict in Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, Palestine, Chechnya
>and Iraq, to name but a few, have all been at the centre of world media
>attention. The sad truth is that war and conflict are an everyday reality
>for many women, men and children all over the globe. UN Security Council
>decision 1325 states that, Most of the victims of armed conflicts are
>civilians, especially women and children, who become refugees in their own
>countries. The Security Councils decision also affirms the significance
>of womens ongoing contributions to the prevention of conflicts and in
>their peaceful solutions, as well as the importance of their equal
>participation and full involvement in every effort towards peace and
>security.
>      Despite this acknowledgement by the UN, world media portrayals of war
>and conflict remains heavily dominated by patriarchal and colonial
>reasoning. What is thus marginalized in the media as well as in wider
>public discourses are voices that might begin to challenge these dominant
>views. In what ways do patriarchal and colonial discourses shape public
>knowledge of war and conflict ­ their circumstances, consequences and
>possible resolutions? Do women journalists offer different frames and
>perspectives? What forms of masculinity are typically represented in war
>stories? What is the nature of portraying the victimization of women -
>sexual war crimes, war related slavery of girls, or bereavement? What form
>of agency is assigned to women as fighters in armed forces, as activists
>in peace movements, or as political leaders? Has the medias discussion of
>mothers of suicide- bombers challenged our normative conceptions of
>motherhood? Are the portrayals of war and conflict-related suffering of
>women (and of children) sometimes exploited by the media with the view to
>increasing audiences and if so, with what wider social and political
>consequences? How might audiences make sense of gendered representations
>of war and conflict?
>      This special issue will provide a platform for discussions around the
>intersection of gender, war and conflict across media genres ­ including
>the news, fictional film, factual and entertainment television
>programming - and in all dimensions ­ from media production, to texts and
>audience reception. Papers will draw upon the rich resources of feminist
>and critical gender-sensitive critique and diverse methodological
>approaches to produce engaging and challenging analyses of the discussion
>of war and conflict in the media.
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>Interested authors should, in the first instance, submit an abstract of
>150-200 words to Dafna Lemish ((lemish /at/ post.tau.ac.il)) by no later than 15
>September 2004. Upon approval, completed articles of 8,000 words
>(including notes and references) should be sent to Dafna Lemish via e-mail
>by no later than 15 January 2005. The special issue will be published as
>Volume 5(3), November 2005.

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