[ecrea] Call for Submissions: Edited collection on the CW series Arrow

Editors: Jim Iaccino, Cory Barker, and Myc Wiatrowski

In just two years on the air, the CW’s Arrow has garnered both fan and 
critical acclaim for its ambitious storytelling, well-produced action 
sequences, and solid performances. Arrow’s stories and characters offer 
opportunities for discussions of justice and vigilantism, masculinity, 
dual identities, and aesthetics. Furthermore, the series has thrived in 
adapting DC Comics stories and characters to television, but also in 
translating the spirit and stylistic flourishes of comics to the 
televisual medium. Arrow therefore also raises important questions about 
media franchising, adaptation, medium specificity, and industry trends. 
As a young series, very little has been written about Arrow in academic 
circles. This collection of essays seeks to provide the opening 
large-scale investigation into the CW series and examine Arrow from 
multiple perspectives and disciplines.

Potential topics for discussion include, but are not limited to:

--Representations of masculinity, femininity, race, sexuality, class, 
and family
--Explorations of justice, violence, the greater good, and morality
--Examinations of secret (and dual) identities, teamwork, and secret 
keeping
--Deceptions of a “realistic” superhero story and the slow introduction 
of more fantastical elements
--Arrow's narrative techniques, including the preponderance of 
flashbacks and serialization
--Arrow's fight choreography and action set pieces
--Chapters discussing individual episodes or story arcs
--Chapters discussing particular character arcs or relationships 
(Oliver-Felicity, Oliver-Slade, Thea-Roy, etc.)
--Arrow as an adaptation of the pre-existing Green Arrow stories and its 
employment of characters and arcs from the larger DC Comics universe
--Evolution of the Arrow figure from the Smallville series to the 
current show
--Arrow as part of the recent push for superhero series on television 
(including comparisons between Arrow and Marvel’s Agents of 
S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow and The Flash)
--Critical reception to Arrow
--Fan readings, productions, and activities related to and about Arrow

This collection is under contract with McFarland, so all that remains is 
securing the contributions in a timely fashion for a planned text 
publication in late 2015-early 2016.

The deadline for proposals of 500 words is August 31, 2014. Please email 
your abstract and a brief bio to (jiaccino /at/ thechicagoschool.edu). Please 
put “Arrow Abstract” in the subject line. If an abstract is selected for 
the collection, full essays of 5,000-7,000 words will be due by December 
1, 2014.



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