[ecrea] cfp: proposed edited book about dark leisure

>If 'dark matter' is what is unaccounted for in the universe, and is 
>seen to be potentially dangerous, then dark leisure is what people 
>do that can be seen to be disturbing or troubling.
>
>We would like to invite contributions for a proposed edited 
>collection looking at the ways that people spend their leisure time 
>pursuing online activities that might be labelled unusual, dark, or 
>deviant; for example, about dogging and swinging, pro-anorexia and 
>cutting, suicide, death camps, and terrorism. This might include 
>discussion boards, email lists, chat rooms, advice sought and given, 
>photographs or videos shared, and events publicised.
>
>Chapters should be empirically based, around 6000 words in length, 
>and written in an accessible style suitable for an interested, 
>intelligent general audience as well as for an academic readership 
>in gender/cultural/media studies and sociology/anthropology. An 
>examination of your ethical and methodological issues is required as 
>these are obviously sensitive issues. We are also interested in 
>research which prioritises issues of gender and sexualities.
>
>Abstracts will form part of a book proposal to be submitted to an 
>interested publisher.
>
>Send abstracts of up to 250 words by October 31st and including a 
>brief bio to: Julie Harpin 
><mailto:(j.harpin /at/ leedsmet.ac.uk)>(j.harpin /at/ leedsmet.ac.uk)
>
>Please forward this email to your networks and any colleagues who 
>might be interested. Thanks.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Julie Harpin & Samantha Holland
>
>Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
>
>
>Dr Samantha Holland
>Carnegie Research Institute
>Cavendish Hall, Headingley campus
>Leeds LS6 3QS UK
>
>

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New Book:
Trans-Reality Television
The Transgression of Reality, Genre, Politics, and Audience.
Lexington. (Sofie Van Bauwel & Nico Carpentier eds.)
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