[ecrea] call for chapters "LGBTQs, media and culture in Europe: Situated case studies"

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: "LGBTQs, media and culture in Europe: 
Situated case studies"

Media play a wide spectrum of social and cultural roles for lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people, which is attested 
by the growing number of studies on this topic published over the past 
decades. Both traditional mass media such as film and television and, 
more recently, digital and social media have been found to play a 
significant role not only in representing LGBTQs, but also in providing 
them with materials and spaces for the exploration and expression of 
identifications as well as engagement in diverse forms of social 
interaction.

However, the majority of LGBTQ media research focuses on contexts from 
the US, and to a lesser extent the UK, so its conclusions cannot be 
simply and unproblematically extended to other contexts. Increasingly, 
scholars plead for 'provincialized' forms of knowledge, avoiding 
universalizing statements and stressing the cultural specificity of 
knowledge and experience. Hence, for this edited collection we would 
like to invite papers anchored in a variety of geographical locations, 
examining issues of LGBTQs and media in close relation to their local, 
national and/or transnational contexts. In particular, we want to 
explore the specificity and variety of experiences across Europe, 
including those of transnational and diasporic LGBTQs. What role do 
media play for LGBTQs in particular historical and cultural settings 
across Europe? Which information, representations and digital 
connections do they have access to, and how do they draw upon these in 
processes of sexual and gender identification?

We are primarily interested in contributions based on qualitative 
empirical research, exploring cultural processes of meaning production 
and circulation, and adopting a media-decentred approach, that is, 
focusing primarily on people and their contextualized experiences with 
media rather than on the media themselves. We welcome work discussing 
diverse non-normative sexualities and genders, addressing a wide range 
of mainstream and alternative mass, digital and social media, including 
but not limited to film, television, music, the internet, social 
networking sites and mobile applications.

SUBMISSION DETAILS
* Abstracts of 400 to 500 words should be sent to Alexander Dhoest 
((alexander.dhoest /at/ uantwerpen.be)) or Lukasz Szulc 
((lukasz.szulc /at/ uantwerpen.be)) by 1 June 2015.
* Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2015.
* Full chapters should be between 6000 and 8000 words, and are due by 1 
November 2015.
* Authors will have the opportunity to present and discuss their work in 
a workshop in Antwerp on 4 December 2015.
* Final versions due: 1 March 2016.

EDITORS
Alexander Dhoest, University of Antwerp, 
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/alexander-dhoest/
Lukasz Szulc, University of Antwerp, www.lukaszszulc.com
Bart Eeckhout, University of Antwerp, 
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/bart-eeckhout/

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