[ecrea] Feminist Media Studies Commentary and Criticism Section Call for Papers

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
Commentary and Criticism Call for Papers
We invite contributions for the Commentary and Criticism section of
Feminist Media Studies.

Potential contributors can write to co-editors, Kaitlynn Mendes ((kmendes /at/ dmu.ac.uk)) and Kumarini Silva ((kumisilva /at/ gmail.com)) to express preliminary interest. Final essays are due by 1 January 2012.

FEMINIST POLITICAL ECONOMY


Revisiting—in the hopes of rejuvenation—the relationship between feminism, capitalism and patriarchy, we are soliciting papers between 1500-2000 words that utilize a feminist political economy approach. We are especially interested in contributions that interrogate emerging questions in feminist political economy and/or various case studies that highlight continuing challenges and new directions for approaching these challenges.

Papers should be sent to Kaitlynn Mendes ((kmendes /at/ dmu.ac.uk)) and Kumarini Silva ((kumisilva /at/ gmail.com)) by January 1st 2012. Please see the Feminist Media Studies style guide for information on how to format the paper. Potential contributors are encouraged to contact us with any queries regarding the call.


BOOKS TO REVIEW

Potential contributors can write to the co-editors, Kaitlynn Mendes ((kmendes /at/ dmu.ac.uk)) and Kumarini Silva ((kumisilva /at/ gmail.com)) to express preliminary interest in doing a review on one of the following books. Reviews of 800 words will be due on 1 January 2012:

Kuntsman, Adi (2009) Figurations of Violence and Belonging: Queerness, Migranthood and Nationalism in Cyberspace and Beyond. Bern: Peter Lang Publishers

This book  offers a nuanced and critical analysis of the complex relationship between violence and belonging, by exploring the ways sexual, ethnic or national belonging can work through, rather than against, violence. Based on an ethnographic study of Russian-speaking, queer immigrants in Israel/Palestine, and also in cyberspace, this book provides a journey into the world of hate speech and fantasies of torture and sexual abuse; of tormented subjectivities and uncanny homes; of ghostly hauntings  from the past and anxieties about the present and future.

Munshi, Shoma (2010) Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television. Abingdon: Routledge.

This book focuses on ‘urban family soaps’ on television and analyses them as an important resource for anthropological insights into contemporary social issues and practices. It studies the ‘popular’ and ‘everyday’ while also concentrating on the middle class.

Brown, Jeffrey A. (2011) Dangerous Curves: Action Heroines, Gender, Fetishism and PopularCulture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

This book addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. The author discusses this immensely popular character type as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity.


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