[Commlist] Call for Book Chapters on Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed

deadline for submissions: January 15, 2021
full name / name of organization: Cathy Yue Wang (Shanghai Normal 
University) and Maria Alberto (University of Utah)
contact email: (cql.mdzs.collection /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(cql.mdzs.collection /at/ gmail.com)>

Call for Book Chapters on Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed
Thanks to an increasing range of streaming platforms, a greater general 
familiarity with adaptation-driven and transmedial storytelling, and 
faster rates of communication among invested viewers—among other 
factors! —audiences today have access to an increasingly transcultural 
range of popular culture content. The 2019 Chinese web series Chen Qing 
Ling (English translation: The Untamed) is one such example. While the 
show is not the first of its various genres or circumstances, it has 
generated and sustained a wide appeal that is worth exploring.
We are soliciting book chapters for an edited scholarly collection on 
Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed, its contexts, and its audiences. This will 
be a multi-disciplinary collection that considers the show's popularity, 
influences, and effects from a variety of cultural and critical viewpoints.
After episodes began airing on Tencent in June 2019, Chen Qing Ling/The 
Untamed quickly became one of China's most widely-viewed and 
highest-earning dramas, attracting millions of views per episode and 
drawing a large international audience through streaming on additional 
platforms. Just over a year on, the show continues to release new 
paratextual materials, support a vibrant transnational and transcultural 
fan base, and generate wider, ongoing interest in genres such as danmei, 
xianxia, and Cdramas. Given these effects, this collection aims to 
assemble a first compilation of interdisciplinary scholarship that 
begins to contextualize, explore, and evaluate Chen Qing Ling/The 
Untamed, the works that inspired it, the contexts that impacted it, and 
the influences it continues to have.
We are interested in chapters that address topics such as:
1. Genre, Adaptation, Authorship

  *
    Danmei as genre and/or subject of adaptation
  *
    Contextualization of danmei among Boys’ Love (BL), yaoi, and slash
  *
    Contextualization of Modao Zushi within danmei
  *
    Jinjiang and reader communities surrounding Modao Zushi
  *
    Analysis of the live-action show, animated show, audio drama, and/or
    graphic
    novels as adaptation(s) of Modao Zushi
  *
    Contextualization of Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed among recent or
    forthcoming
    danmei adaptations (Guardian, Immortality {The Husky and His White
    Cat Shizun},
    etc.)
  *
    Mo Xiang Tong Xiu as author, and/or Modao Zushi among her other works
  *
    Studies of Modao Zushi in the context of the xianxia (immortal
    heroes) and/or

xiuzhen (immortality cultivation) genre(s)

 2.
    Production, Promotion, Distribution
      *
        Circumstances of production
      *
        Censorship and distribution
      *
        Translations, dubs, and subtitles
      *
        Chén Qíng Lìng/The Untamed original soundtrack (OST)
      *
        Performers and performances, including Cpop stars (Xiao Zhan,
        Wang Yibo, The
        Untamed Boys [TUB]), promotions, and post-filming concerts
      *
        Paratextual materials, including "behind the scenes" footage and
        spin-off films
        (Shenghun/The Living Dead {2019}, Luanpo/Fatal Journey {2020})
      *
        Accessibility (including Tencent VIP function and early releases)
      *
        Streaming and platforms (Tencent Video, WeTV, Viki, ODC,
        YouTube, Netflix)
      *
        Tie-ins and merchandise (official and fan-made)
 3.
    Circulation, Reception, Fandom
      *
        Critical and popular reception in China
      *
        Transnational and transcultural reception
      *
        Fan cultures and participatory networks
      *
        The data-ization of fandom; forms of fan labour
      *
        Fan activities and social media (Sina Weibo, Lofter, Twitter,
        Tumblr, etc.)
      *
        Transformative works (fanfiction, fanart, fanvids, etc.)
 4.
    Sociocultural and Political Perspectives
      *
        Critical analysis of Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed or Modao Zushi
        (feminist, queer studies, media studies, and other critical
        approaches welcome)
      *
        Gender and sexuality reflected in the show, the novel, and/or
        their fandoms
      *
        Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed and real person slash (RPS) fandom,
        including the Ao3
        ban in mainland China
      *
        Transnational and/or transcultural models of fan activity
      *
        Tension among models of fan activity; fans and anti-fans of the
        show or novel;
        power struggles among fan communities
      *
        Conversations about activism, awareness, and appropriation,
        particularly regarding
        transcultural fans of Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed
        The items above are suggestions and topics that we are
        especially interested in exploring with
        this collection. However, we will certainly also consider topics
        beyond those listed here.
        Please send your 300-500 word abstract to the editors at
        (cql.mdzs.collection /at/ gmail.com)
        <mailto:(cql.mdzs.collection /at/ gmail.com)> by January 15, 2021. We
        also welcome inquiries before this January date.
        Acceptances will be sent in February 2021, and full chapters
        will be due around September 2021. A more detailed timeline will
        be made available once chapters have been confirmed.

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