[ecrea] Call for Chapters: Gendered Violence at International Festivals: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

We invite researchers to submit chapter abstracts for a proposed book to 
Routledge entitled, Gendered Violence at International Festivals: An 
Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Dr Louise Platt (Manchester 
Metropolitan University) and Dr Rebecca Finkel (Queen Margaret University).
The vision for this book is to feature contributions from critical 
events and interdisciplinary scholars specifically focused on gendered 
violence (symbolic/physical) at international festivals. It is expected 
that chapters will provide robust theoretical frameworks and will 
interweave theory, policy and/or practice. Empirical work which features 
creative research methods is especially welcome.
The underlying motivation for this volume is to contest the widely-held 
notion that festivals are temporal spaces free from structural sexism, 
inequalities, or gender power dynamics; rather, we argue that they are 
spaces where these are enhanced and enacted more freely, using the 
experiential environment as an excuse or as an opportunity to 
victim-blame and shame. Whilst it has been argued that the 
liminal/liminoid space, due to the so-argued temporary suspension of 
societal norms, allows women’s bodies and voices to be asserted in a way 
that is not usually deemed acceptable in everyday public spaces, there 
is often a neglect to understand how hegemonic social and cultural 
structures and controls still govern these spaces. We argue that a 
persistence to characterise festivals spaces as uncomplicated, 
value-free, and utopic is highly problematic.
Possible chapter topics can be drawn from cross-disciplinary literatures 
and methodologies and may be from a range of social science subjects, 
such as critical event, tourism, and leisure studies; gender and 
sexualities studies; critical race theories; urban and cultural 
geography; sociology; criminology; and so forth. It is expected that 
gender and violence issues will be explored within the framework of one 
or more festivals, whereby the festival illustrates broader social 
structures and confirms/disrupts established discourses involving 
patriarchy, performativity, power, praxis, and perceptions of safety. 
Intersectional and feminist approaches are considered a priority.
Recently, there have been more and more media reports surrounding 
increased sexual assaults at festivals, especially greenfield music 
festivals. However, there has been a paucity of sustained scholarly work 
in this area. This collection attempts to highlight international 
research in an effort to further thinking about gendered festival 
experiences and emphasise the symbolic and physical violence often 
associated with them.
Please submit abstracts (100-200 words max.) for your proposed chapter 
by Monday, 7 January, 2019.

We look forward to hearing about your work and possibly having you 
contribute to this exciting, emerging area! Please email abstracts to 
Drs Louise Platt (l.platt /at/ mmu.ac.uk) and  Rebecca Finkel: (rfinkel /at/ qmu.ac.uk)

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