[ecrea] CFP: Screening Scarlett Johansson: Gender, Genre and Celebrity

*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS *

/Screening Scarlett Johansson: Gender, Genre and Celebrity/

We invite chapter proposals for an edited collection on the intersection 
of celebrity, gender and genre, focused on the persona and work of 
Scarlett Johansson.


In recent years, Johansson has achieved new standing as the darling of 
science fiction cinema. However, what makes her a worthy figure of 
critical investigation is the multiplicity of genres and personae that 
she has been associated with. In her twenty-year career, Johansson has 
inhabited the personae of child actor (/Manny & Lo/ (1996), /The Horse 
Whisperer /(1998)), indie ingénue (/Ghost World /(2001), /The Man Who 
Wasn’t There /(2001), /Girl With a Pearl Earring /(2003), /Lost in 
Translation/ (2003)), director’s muse (/Match Point /(2005), /Scoop 
/(2006), /Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona /(2008)), action heroine (/The 
Island /(2006), /Iron Man 2 /(2009), /The Avengers /(2012)) and, most 
recently, science fiction performer (/Her /(2013), /Lucy /(2014), /Under 
the Skin /(2013), /Ghost in the Shell/ (2017)).


This collection seeks to provide the first book-length account of 
Johansson’s persona and work. It will position Johansson as a discursive 
conduit for discussing celebrity as it intersects with questions of 
gender and genre, a research trajectory that is enabled by Johansson’s 
varied career. The collection casts a critical eye over the characters 
she has portrayed and personas that she has inhabited, and how the two 
intersect and influence one another. The collection not only brings 
together a critical analysis of Johansson’s work. It draws out the 
multitude of meanings generated through and inherent to her performances.


We welcome a range of approaches to gender, genre and celebrity, 
focalised through Johansson’s persona. Possible topics include, but are 
not restricted to:

   * Johansson, gender and science-fiction cinema
   * Indie cinema stardom
   * “Crossover” stardom
   * Child performers and performance
   * Johansson as auteurs’ “muse”
   * Gender and Johansson as voice performer
   * Johansson’s action cinema stardom
   * Female celebrity and science-fiction cinema

*Submission requirements: *

Please send a 350 word abstract (excluding bibliography) with a title, 
100-word bio, and contact information by December 2nd, 2016.

*Deadlines: *

Submission of abstract: *December 2nd, 2016*

Notification of decisions: by*January 6th, 2017*

Chapters due: *April 7th, 2017*

*Contact info*:

Please send abstracts or enquiries to the editors via email at 
(screeningscarlettjohansson /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(screeningscarlettjohansson /at/ gmail.com)>


Editors:

Dr Janice Loreck (Monash University)

Dr Whitney Monaghan (Monash University)

Dr Kirsten Stevens (Monash University)



Dr Kirsten Stevens

Film and Screen Studies
School of Media, Film and Journalism
Monash University
https://monash.academia.edu/KirstenStevens 
<https://monash.academia.edu/KirstenStevens>

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners, and Elders past and present,
of all the lands on which Monash University operates.
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