[Commlist] CFP - Arab Stardom

*Arab Stardom: Transnational Glamour and Empowerment*

Edited by Kaya Davies Hayon and Stefanie Van De Peer

Arab cinema is often discussed in terms of political representation and 
independent art film, but rarely in terms of stardom, glamour, 
performance or masquerade. Aside from a few individual studies on female 
stardom or aspects of Arab masculinity, no major English-language study 
on Arab stardom exists, and collections on transnational stars or world 
cinema often neglect to include Arab performers. This new book, 
provisionally titled/Arab Stardom: Transnational Glamour and 
Performance/, seeks to address this gap in the scholarship by providing 
the first study dedicated entirely to Arab stardom on screen. Building 
on the work of star studies scholars such as Richard Dyer,Russell Meeuf 
and Raphael Raphael, Andrea Bandhauer and Michelle Royer and Sabrina 
Qiong-Yu, this collection will provide contextual analyses of off-screen 
representation, as well as close textual analyses of films and star 
personas, thereby offering an in-depth study of the Arab star as 
text/and/context of Arab cinema. Using the tools of audience reception 
studies, the collection will look at how stars are viewed and received 
in different cultural contexts, both within and outside of the 
Arabic-speaking world.

We invite contributions from scholars exploring Arab stardom from 
historical, theoretical and philosophical approaches. The collection 
seeks to outline local and regional histories of Arab stardom as well as 
the increasingly global and transnational works of Arab stars in the 
contemporary era. Proposals should be sent to the editors by Friday*19 
June 2020*. Full chapters should be around*6,000 words***each (not 
including bibliographies) and should be sent to the editors by*19 April 
2021*. A major University Press has indicated a strong interest in the 
proposed volume.

Chapters might include:

-transnational approaches to Arab stars and stardom;

-studies of major stars, such as Umm Kolthoum, Fayrouz, Biyouna or Samia 
Gamal;

-discussions of diva-dom, glamour and masquerade;

-analyses of the significance of the Egyptian star firmament, including, 
among many others, Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama, Hind Rostom, Nadia Lutfi, 
Farid Shawqi, Mohamed Mounir and Amr Waked;

-discussions of globally emerging Arab stars such as Nadine Labaki, 
Bassem Youssef, Ali Sulman, Rami Malek, Hafsia Herzi and others;

-audience reception of Arab stars in different contexts;

-philosophical or theoretical approaches that prioritise 
phenomenological or affective responses to Arab stars

We have already received proposals for chapters on Soad Hosny, Loubna 
Azabal, Jamel Debbouze, and Hiam Abbass so we’d encourage interested 
scholars to think beyond these stars. We would welcome contributions 
from scholars with expertise in the area, and especially hope to include 
contributions from women scholars, scholars from the Arab world, early 
career researchers, or scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds that 
are underrepresented in academia.

Please send proposals for chapters as a Word document, including title, 
300-word abstract, researcher’s full name, title, institutional 
affiliation (if possible) and short bio (max 100 words) to Stefanie Van 
De Peer ((stefanievandepeer /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(stefanievandepeer /at/ gmail.com)>) or Kaya Davies Hayon 
((kdavieshayon /at/ lincoln.ac.uk) <mailto:(kdavieshayon /at/ lincoln.ac.uk)>) 
by*Friday 19 June 2020*.



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