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

Sat Oct 15 15:40:57 GMT 2016








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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