[ecrea] Call for Contributors - Women’s Rights: Reflections in Popular Culture

I am currently under contract with Greenwood Press to produce a
reference book titled /Women’s Rights: Reflections in Popular Culture/.
  I am seeking contributors for the entries listed below.  If you are
interested, please email me at (asavage /at/ butler.edu)
<mailto:(asavage /at/ butler.edu)>.  Include what entries you are interested in
and a brief bio as it relates to the entries you have chosen. The call
is below.

Thank you,
Ann Savage

A. M. Savage, Ph.D
Professor
Critical Communication & Media Studies Department
Affiliate Faculty in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN 46208

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TITLE: WOMEN'S RIGHTS: REFLECTIONS IN POPULAR CULTURE

SERIES: ISSUES THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE

IMPRINT: GREENWOOD

EDITOR: ANN M. SAVAGE, BUTLER UNIVERSITY

*DUE: APRIL 8TH, 2016*


_Purpose & Scope_: The purpose of this series is to help high school and
undergraduate students understand how social issues and popular culture
interact with one another.  This title will focus on the issue of
women's rights (broadly defined) in the U.S.A. and will explore how it
is treated in film, television, literature and other various
manifestations of popular culture.


_Entries_: Individual entries will consist of

*An opening statement that summarizes the content of the particular work.

*Each entry should detail the reason(s) why the work was so influential,
what it brought to light about the issue at hand, whether it was
received with praise or backlash or both, what controversial elements it
contained, and other relevant information.

*Further reading citations of authoritative sources for further study of
the issue under examination.

*Each entry is limited to 500-600 words, including citations.


The L Word (2004-2009)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014-present)
Lilith Fair (1997-1999)
Orlando (1992) /film/
/Zami: A New Spelling of My Name/ by Audre Lorde (1982)
Dolores Huerta (1930-present)
Gloria Steinem (1934-present)
Geraldine A. Ferraro (1935-2011)
Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010)
Winona LaDuke (1959-present)
Planned Parenthood.org (1916-present)
NARAL.org (1969-present)
The Crunk Feminist Collective.com (2000s-present)


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