[ecrea] CFP: Participations Special Issue: Music and Audiences

Call for Papers: Participations Special Issue: Music and Audiences

Proposals are sought for a special issue of Participations: Journal of 
Audience and Reception Studies on music and audiences. The theme of this 
issue will be an examination of the music audience from a range of 
perspectives, with both theoretical and empirical research welcomed on 
all aspects of music and reception. The issue would also particularly be 
interested in proposals that consider music audiences in the context of 
debates over technology and the Internet, and in articles which focus on 
issues of genre, different music fan cultures, or the specifics and 
particularities of music audiences, due to contexts such as sexuality, 
generation or nationality.

Proposals are welcomed on, but not limited to, the following possible 
topics:
-Music fandom (s);
-Music audiences, technology and the Internet;
-Music audiences in regional, local, national and international contexts;
-Representations of, and audience responses to, gender and sexuality;
-Film, television and the music audience;
-Music taste(s) and genres;
-Responses to political engagement in music;
-Generational music audiences;
-Celebrity and stardom;
-The live music experience;
-Discussions of music engagement and meaning.

Please submit article proposals of no more than 300 words, along with a 
200 word author biography to Dr Lucy Bennett ((BennettL /at/ cf.ac.uk)) by 11 
July 2011. Please also contact Lucy with any queries or requests for 
further information. Completed articles will have a submission deadline 
of 10 January 2012.

Please note that Participations operates an open-refereeing policy. For 
more information see the website (_http://www.participations.org_ 
<http://www.participations.org/>).


Dr Lucy Bennett,
Editorial Assistant, Social Semiotics,
School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
Room 1.34
Bute Building
Cardiff University
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff CF10 3NB