[ecrea] CFP: The American Cowboy in a 21st Century Context

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Rethinking, Remaking, Reimagining: The American Cowboy in a 21st Century 
Context
Volume Editor: Clint Jones ((cljones /at/ uwsp.edu) <mailto:(cljones /at/ uwsp.edu)>)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
PLEASE CIRCULATE BROADLY

Submissions are currently being sought for an upcoming anthology focused 
on the changing dynamics of the “Cowboy” as a central archetype of the 
American mythos. Submissions should interrogate aspects of the cowboy as 
a pop culture figure in the 21st century paying special attention to how 
the figure of the cowboy has been updated, altered, re-invented, 
re-interpreted, re-envisioned, or challenged in any genre of popular 
culture that utilizes the motif of the American West, the Wild West, or 
the Cowboy. This anthology seeks to bring together an interdisciplinary 
collection of essays engaging the idea of shifting dynamics of the 
cowboy legacy across social, political, and cultural landscapes.

One of the major goals of this collection is to get beyond the 
traditional venues of culture critique as it applies to the Western 
motif in popular culture—typically identified as film, television, 
literature, and fashion. Essays examining the Cowboy archetype in the 
context of the traditional venues will not be given less consideration, 
but this volume seeks to elevate the discussion beyond this scope by 
drawing upon less traditional areas of critique such as video games, 
graphic novels, animated short films, and other overlooked resources, 
including work that explores the exportation of the Cowboy mythology to 
other cultures.

The goal of this collection of essays is to examine specifically the 
ways that the American West is re-presented in a contemporary context as 
an idea and at the same time examine how the cowboy is re-presented as 
an identity where both aspects are used to frame, develop, and reify 
American values, customs, and traditions.

The anthology will be organized according to themes and subject matter 
that emerge from submissions. Essays must be new scholarship, not 
previously published or under consideration elsewhere, and, while the 
focus of the essays should be on the use of the cowboy in pop culture 
artifacts, authors should maintain a level of academic rigor in 
accordance with the expectations of UOP. Please contact Clint Jones 
((cljones /at/ uwsp.edu) <mailto:(cljones /at/ uwsp.edu)>) with questions regarding 
topics or related lines of inquiry. Submit proposed chapter titles, 
abstracts of 500 words, or completed essays, along with a brief CV, to 
Clint Jones by Nov. 1, 2018. Completed essays will be given priority. 
Completed drafts, 6,000-8,000 words, including notes, are due by Feb. 1, 
2019. Note: acceptance of a proposal does not guarantee the acceptance 
of the full chapter into the completed volume. All submissions are 
subject to a peer review process prior to contract and publication.

Again, please contact Clint Jones ((cljones /at/ uwsp.edu) 
<mailto:(cljones /at/ uwsp.edu)>) with questions regarding topics or related 
lines of inquiry.


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