[ecrea] Call for Chapters: Arab Feminist Media Studies

CALL FOR CHAPTERS (PEER-REVIEWED EDITED VOLUME): ARAB FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
Edited by Salam Al-Mahadin (Amman University, Jordan) and Ebtihal
Mahadeen (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

Despite the rise in academic interest in Arab media studies, the field
remains largely unmapped, undertheorised and underexamined. With most
studies focusing on the impact of news stations such as Aljazeera in
shaping Arab public opinion, the representations of Arabs and Muslims
in Western media, the Arab-Israeli conflict in Arab and western media,
and studies of sociopolitical dimensions, very few studies engaged
theoretically and empirically with gender in Arab media. This was felt
very acutely in the aftermath of the ?Arab Spring? which problematised
the role of Arab media in mobilizing masses, creating new public
spheres and defining the parameters of public engagement with
newly-emerging post-Arab Spring governments. While these issues
pertain to both men and women in the Arab world, a number of
formulations and events were gender-specific and often played
themselves out on talk shows, social media and newspapers.

This book seeks to address the gap in Arab Feminist media studies by
inviting contributions that would launch the field from a number of
wide-ranging theoretical and empirical perspectives. Submissions must
provide feminist/cultural/ or philosophical analyses of the media of
Arab league countries or of Arabic speaking media more generally. We
adopt a broad definition of media as a means of mass communication and
therefore will accept studies focusing on broadcast, print, and online
media.

We particularly welcome empirical and theoretical submissions around,
but not limited to, the following themes:

- Representations of sexualities and gender in Arab media
- Media and Arab Feminism
- Gender and Arab public sphere
- Gender and communication policies
- The state, gender and media
- Gender and advertising
- Women, media and the Arab Spring.
- The juxtaposition and construction of Arab femininity and
masculinity in the media
- The Secular/Islamist gender-related dichotomy on Arab media.
- The role of Arab first ladies, daughters and female members in
ruling families in Arab media (for example, several first ladies and
daughters have established media/film centers and institutions).
- Gender in children?s programming on Arab television
- Representations of Arab First ladies in Western media vs. Arab media.
- Gender and social media
- The gendered access to the media and its political dimensions
- The intersection between producer, text, and consumer and how it
produces gendered representations in Arab media

Chapter proposals of 300 words must be submitted to
((arabfms /at/ gmail.com)) by 15 October 2013. Peer reviewing of abstracts
and selection decisions will be made by 31 October 2013, and chapter
length and citation specifications will be sent to the selected
authors. Full chapters must be submitted by 1 May 2014. For any
queries, please contact ((arabfms /at/ gmail.com)).

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Dr. Ebtihal Mahadeen
Chancellor's Fellow
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Edinburgh
19 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 4463


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