[ecrea] Call for Papers - Women's Head Hair as a tool of communication, in media outlets and social media activism

Call for Papers

/Women's Head Hair /(as a tool of communication, in media outlets and 
social media activism) (Edited collection)

Edited by Sigal Barak-Brandes

Deadline for Abstracts: 31 December 2016.

Recent years have seen extensive literature relating to the need to 
understand the body in the context of society and culture. Rather than 
being perceived as a biological construct or stable entity, the body is 
viewed today as a flexible co-product of individual and social 
processes. Of all our physical features, hair perhaps illustrates this 
approach best, as it is an intrinsic, yet expendable, aspect of the 
self, an organic entity that we may alter. Furthermore, hair can 
symbolize different things, such as group membership, success, 
conformity, rebellion, etc. Consequently, many people participate in 
ritualistic behavior and goal-directed consumption of hair-products and 
services in order to purposely control or change their natural hair in a 
desire to manipulate the private or public meanings it communicates. 
Nevertheless, efforts to explore body issues have tended to overlook the 
significance of head hair and its manipulation.

The aim of this edited collection is to concentrate on the intriguing 
intersection between *women’s* socio-cultural context and their head 
hair, and to provide a collection of current case studies and scholarly 
essays from the world over which investigate the private and public 
meanings associated with *women's* head hair and hairstyles, as well as 
the role of hair as a symbol, a performance, a tool of communication, 
and in media outlets. The various essays will explore *women's* head 
hair issues from a variety of disciplinary approaches and will offer a 
feminist perspective on diverse aspects of the significance of *women’s 
*head hair, relating to religion, age, class, ethnicity, fashion, 
economics, and more.

Abstracts are invited that discuss topics on, but not limited to: 
Women's hair in advertising images


                                         Women's hair (and hair 
covering) issues in the news


                                         Women's hair in social media 
(feminist) activism


                                         Advertising and marketing of 
hair-products and services for women


                                        Feminist reception studies of 
women's head hair in fashion magazines, FTV, advertisements etc.

Media and social media celebrities as hair color and hair styles icons


                                       Constraints of fashion and 
beauty myth in different cultures

Interested authors should send an abstract of 350-500 words, 3-5 
references, and a current brief bio to Sigal Barak-Brandes 
((barakbr /at/ post.tau.ac.il) <mailto:(barakbr /at/ post.tau.ac.il)>) by Dec. 31, 
2016 with “/Women's Head Hair Issues/” in the subject line.

Acceptance notices will be sent by Jan. 31, 2017, and full papers of 
6000 to 8000 words (including all references) will be due June 30, 2017.

I intend to submit a proposal to Routledge after I will have a confirmed 
table of contents and contributing authors.

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