[Commlist] CFP Independent Women: From Film to Television (Feminist Media Studies)

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 31 MAY 2019


Call for submissions

/FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES/

Commentary and Criticism

*19.6 INDEPENDENT WOMEN: FROM FILM TO TELEVISION*

Historically, female filmmakers’ work in television has functioned as a 
form of invisible labour, with television being seen as definitively 
distinct from cinema, the site of ‘real' and hard-won work. However, as 
we move towards the end of the twenty-first century’s second decade, 
television is regularly valued as the preeminent screen art format of 
our age, alongside a parallel reanimation of feminist issues and 
discourses in the spotlight, including gender equity in the screen 
industries. In this environment, the work that female practitioners from 
the independent sector undertake in and on television has taken on a 
wholly different status and potential.

As part of the special issue on Independent Women: From Film to 
Television, this edition of Commentary and Criticism interrogates this 
shift in women’s television work and how it is being understood and 
valued globally. We invite short essays which cast a transnational 
perspective on the migration of female practitioners from film to 
television, exploring how the industrial, textual and critical logic of 
independence moves across formats in different contexts.

We are particularly interested in submissions from practitioners’ 
perspectives.

The Commentary and Criticism section of /Feminist Media Studies/ aims to 
publish brief (~1000 words), timely responses to current issues in 
feminist media culture, for an international readership. Submissions may 
pose a provocation, describe work in progress, or propose areas for 
future study. We will also consider book and event reviews, as well as 
contributions that depart from traditional academic formats. We 
encourage all submissions to strategically mobilise critique to also 
offer a productive contribution to both feminist politics and media 
studies. Submissions must go beyond mere description in order to be 
considered for publication in Commentary and Criticism.

*Please submit contributions by 31 May 2019, via email to both Melanie 
Kennedy ((mjk29 /at/ le.ac.uk) <mailto:(mjk29 /at/ le.ac.uk)>) and Safiya Noble 
((safiya.noble /at/ usc.edu) <mailto:(safiya.noble /at/ usc.edu)>). *We also welcome 
questions and expressions of interest in advance of the deadline.

Submissions for Commentary and Criticism will not be correctly processed 
if submitted through via the /Feminist Media Studies/ site, and should 
be emailed directly to Drs Kennedy and Noble using the email addresses 
above.

Please be sure to follow the /Feminist Media Studies/ style and 
referencing guides, which can be found here 
<https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rfms20>.


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