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[Commlist] cfp Masculinity in British SitComs

Sun Mar 24 22:41:21 GMT 2024





The deadline for the following cfp has been extended to 19 April 2024.

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*Call for proposals*

*Men Behaving Badly: Masculinity in British Situation Comedies*

Proposals are warmly invited for a new edited collection looking at the representation of masculinity in British television situation comedies. The British sitcom has both celebrated and critiqued male identity, frequently focusing on failure and the frustrations of assigned gender roles. Changing images of masculinity can been mapped against a shifting society moving from the swinging sixties to the present day. Memorable characterisations have attracted mass audiences from Hancock to Basil Fawlty and Del Boy Trotter to Captain Blackadder, whilst innovation and experimentation with the form has collided with stereotypes of sexuality, class and ethnicity. Proposals might look at specific programs, performers or series, or might range over the history of situation comedy in Britain. Any period can be covered.

Proposals might cover any of the following areas but are certainly not limited to these:

Male stardom

Gay and queer representations

Theoretical frameworks and methodologies

Stereotyping

Historically focused studies

Non-binary approaches and trans identities

Crossover between television and other cultural forms

Consideration of formats

Audiences

Intersections with class, ethnicity, race and sexuality

Please email a Word document of no more than 250 words outlining your proposal and a short biog to: Dr Steven Gerrard ((_s.d.gerrard /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk) <mailto:(s.d.gerrard /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)>_) and Professor Robert Shail ((_r.shail /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk) <mailto:(r.shail /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)>_).


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