[Commlist] cfp: Edited anniversary collection on Disney’s /Frozen/ (2013)

CALL FOR PAPERS: Edited anniversary collection on Disney’s /Frozen/ (2013)

Title: The /Frozen/ Phenomenon

Editors: Helen Haswell (Queen’s University Belfast), Maja Rudloff 
(Roskilde University, Denmark), Rikke Schubart (University of Southern 
Denmark)

Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 1, 2021

Publisher: Bloomsbury, Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers series

Publication date: Spring 2023

The record-breaking release of /Frozen/ in 2013 marked a shift in the 
American animation industry and the Walt Disney Company as a whole. The 
film has been elevated as a catalyst for the third “golden age” for Walt 
Disney Animation Studios, restoring the company’s brand identity and 
ushering it into a new phase. It has also been praised for its 
pedagogical promise of change and reform of the Disney princess 
franchise, marking the start of an era characterized by strong, 
independent female leads that evolve around “richer, more complex 
stories” (Harris, 2016). Popular critics have lauded the film for 
improving Disney’s gender role portrayal and for providing role models 
that are more empowering and realistic for young women – or what 
American educational scholar Cole Reilly has labelled “an encouraging 
evolution among the Disney Princesses” (2016, 60). The exchange of the 
traditional heterosexual fairy-tale romance for sisterly love was at the 
time unprecedented. Finally, from a business perspective,/Frozen/ has 
set new standards for branding and merchandizing of the film's universe, 
music and popular characters. As the 10th anniversary of the film's 
premiere approaches, /Frozen /remains one of the most loved, 
recognizable, and marketed Disney films to date. Its enormous exposure 
and popularity calls for an exploration of itsinfluence on mainstream 
animation and on contemporary popular culture and society as a whole.

In 2015, the University of East Anglia held the world’s first 
“Symfrozium” with papers ranging from fairy tales and musicals, gender 
politics and its reception among different fan communities (Lynskey, 
2015). Since then, the film has continued to attract scholarly 
attention. The impact of /Frozen /on popular culture, along with the 
critical and commercial success of /Frozen II/ (2019) and the popularity 
of the wider /Frozen /universe is undeniable. >From its empowering 
anthems and awe-inspiring visuals, to its heart-warming characters and 
themes of sisterhood, we cannot seem to let it go.

In this edited collection we seek to investigate and illuminate the 
/Frozen/ phenomenon from a rich variety of angles. This volume invites 
contributions that explore various significant aspects of the film 
itself, its subsequent impact and reception, and wider issues arising 
from it. Topics and themes for articles can include but are not limited to:


-- The revival of Disney Animation Studios

-- Technological developments and perspectives

-- Representations: gender, queer, ethnicity

-- The “new” or contemporary Disney princess

-- Reinvention of the classic Disney fairy tale

-- /Frozen/in popular and mainstream culture

-- Feminist readings of the film and/or the /Frozen /phenomenon

-- Reception, fandom culture and social media

-- Genre and narrative in /Frozen/

-- Marketing, branding, merchandizing

-/- //Frozen/’s influence on children’s culture, girlhood, identity and play

-- Local and global perspectives on the /Frozen/ phenomenon

-- The voice and politics of dubbing

-/- //Frozen/and the role of music

-         - The wider /Frozen/ universe: sequel, shorts and other paratexts

Please submit a proposal (Word doc) of 300-500 words and a short 
biography stating your name and affiliation to the editors of this 
anthology:

Helen Haswell: (h.haswell /at/ qub.ac.uk) <mailto:(h.haswell /at/ qub.ac.uk)>

Rikke Schubart: (schubart /at/ sdu.dk) <mailto:(schubart /at/ sdu.dk)>

Maja Rudloff: (mrudloff /at/ ruc.dk) <mailto:(mrudloff /at/ ruc.dk)>

A selection of authors will be invited to submit full papers (maximum 
6,000 words). Please note that acceptance of an abstract does not 
guarantee publication, given that all papers will undergo peer review. 
For questions, please contact the editors of this collection.

Timeline:

Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2021
Notification to authors: 20 April 2021
Deadline for submission of full papers: 1 January 2022

Peer-review process: 1 January 2022-15 June 2022
Submission of final manuscript: 15 June 2022
Publication of special issue: Spring/Summer 2023


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