[ecrea] Call For Papers: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture

>Call For Papers: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
>
>Intellect is delighted to announce the next 
>journal in our popular culture series, The 
>Australasian Journal of Popular Culture.
>
>This new peer-reviewed journal is the official 
>journal of the Popular Culture Association of 
>Australia and New Zealand (Popcaanz). The 
>journal is devoted to the scholarly 
>understanding of everyday cultures and is 
>concerned with the study of the social practices 
>and the cultural meanings that are produced and 
>are circulated through the processes and 
>practices of everyday life. As a product of 
>consumption, an intellectual object of inquiry, 
>and as an integral component of the dynamic forces that shape societies.
>
>Contributions:
>We invite academics, professionals, cultural 
>practitioners and those with a scholarly 
>interest in popular culture, to contribute to 
>the first issue of The Australasian Journal of 
>Popular Culture. We welcome papers exploring 
>popular cultures impact on society, including 
>the arts, humanities, design, architecture and 
>music. The scope of the journal is not limited 
>to the study of popular culture in Australasia 
>but is aimed at the analysis of popular culture 
>on a global and multidisciplinary scale.
>
>Articles should be between 4000 and 6,000 words 
>in length. Topics may include (but are not limited to):
>
>" Fashion, Dress and Subcultural Style
>" Comics and Graphic Novels
>" Animation and Anime
>" Postcolonial and Indigenous Issues
>" Race and Ethnicity
>" Design and Visual Culture
>" History
>" Film and Cinema
>" Literature
>" Theatre and Performance
>" Gender and Queer issues
>" Feminist Performance and Practices
>" Advertising
>" Popular Fiction
>" Creative Writing
>" Television
>" Food Studies
>" Romance Studies
>" Music
>" Media
>" Sports
>" Philosophy and Religion
>
>Potential Contributors should send a 200word 
>abstract to editors Dr Toni Johnson-Woods 
>(<(t.johnsonwoods /at/ uq.edu.htm)>(t.johnsonwoods /at/ uq.edu.au)) 
>or A/Professor Vicki Karaminas 
>(<(Vicki.karaminas /at/ uts.edu.htm)>(Vicki.karaminas /at/ uts.edu.au)).
>A prompt response will assess eligibility for 
>inclusion and provide writers guidelines. The 
>deadline for submitting articles for peer review is the 1st December 2010.
>
>The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture will 
>be launched at the 2nd Popular Culture 
>Association of Australia and New Zealand 
>(POPCAANZ) annual conference to be held in Auckland,
>New Zealand, July 2011.
>
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>For additional information please contact the editors or:
>
>James Campbell | Marketing
>
>A: Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Rd, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3JG, UK
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>
>Apologies for cross-posting
>
>

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