[ecrea] Fwd: EXTENDED CFP: MASCULINITY AND POPULAR CULTURE

CFP: Masculinity and Popular Culture

Submissions are invited on the subject of Masculinity and Popular Culture for a special edition of Networking Knowledge, the journal of the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association Postgraduate Network.

This special edition is in association with the University of Southampton's Postgraduate Conference on the same subject, hosted by the Department of Film Studies with support from the MeCCSA-PGN and the ADM-HEA.

Networking Knowledge seeks papers from postgraduate students and early career researchers to discuss images of masculinity in popular culture, including literary fiction, cinema, television, radio, theatre, music, journalism and new media.  Complete papers of between 6 and 8 thousand words are welcomed from a range of theoretical perspectives and submissions invited from researchers across the humanities and social sciences.


Possible topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

Audio-visual or written representations of masculinity and the male body

Representations of significant male figures, historical or fictional, within popular culture

Masculine archetypes or stereotypes

The masculine authorial voice within narrative art forms

Modes and traditions of masculinity specific to particular ethnic or national groups


Complete papers should be submitted via email to

(knowledge.networking257 /at/ googlemail.com)

by 30th April 2011.  All essays will be subject to peer review.  The format for essays is detailed below.


Essays need to follow the following format:

Title
AUTHOR, University
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS

References are to follow the Harvard system – all references within the text: (Author, year: page reference)

Bibliography
Clover, C.J. (1992) Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
Greer, G. Available from: www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?homesearch=greer&startsearch=Search [accessed 29.11.07]
Hunt, P. (1999) ‘Hail the Conquering Hero: Celebrating the Genius of Writer-Director Preston Sturges’, MovieMaker, 33, April-May: 40-42
Lehman, P. (1993) ‘Don’t Blame this on a Girl.’ In: Cohan, S., and Hark, I.R., (eds.) Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema,London: Routledge, 1983 pp.103-117



Any queries please feel free to direct them to the same e-mail - (knowledge.networking257 /at/ googlemail.com)

Best wishes

Vincent M. Gaine
Editor, Networking Knowledge 2010-2011


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