[ecrea] CFP: Emergent Feminisms

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*Call for Chapters: Emergent Feminisms: Challenging a Postfeminist Media 
Culture____*


We are inviting abstract submissions for a proposed anthology edited by 
Jessalynn Keller (University of Calgary, Canada) and Maureen Ryan 
(Northern Illinois University, USA).____


Over the past decade, feminist media scholars have described popular 
media culture as dominated by a “postfeminist sensibility” (Gill 2007), 
characterized by a disavowal of feminist politics (McRobbie 2009) and 
the dominance of neoliberal discourses that promote individualism, 
success in the capitalist marketplace, and heterosexual romance to women 
and girls. However, over the past several years, feminist politics have 
become increasingly prevalent in both activist and commercial media 
across various parts of the globe, complicating the logic that feminism 
is in retreat. What are the reasons for and politics of this “feminist 
zeitgeist” (Valenti 2014)? What does it mean for women and for media 
culture in different global and local contexts? Which feminisms attain 
mediated visibility and which remain marginalized? ____

Guided by these questions, we seek chapters for an edited collection 
that historicize, interrogate, and/or problematize postfeminism as the 
dominant framework with which to understand gender politics within 
contemporary media culture.


In particular, we are interested in scholarship that engages with 
non-white and non-western texts, practices, and theories.____


Chapters may address the following topics:____


* Global/regional feminist media practices, especially from Africa, Asia 
and/or Global South nations____


* Inclusion or marginality of women of color, with respect to feminism 
and/or feminist politics____


* Queer and trans alliances with feminist media and/or feminist politics____


* The mediated feminist politics of Beyoncé or other female public 
figures of color____

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Please submit a 500-word abstract, a list of 5 references, and a brief 
bio to Jessalynn Keller ((jessalynn.keller /at/ ucalgary.ca) 
<mailto:(jessalynn.keller /at/ ucalgary.ca)>) and Maureen Ryan 
((maureenryan /at/ u.northwestern.edu) <mailto:(maureenryan /at/ u.northwestern.edu)>) 
by *July 15, 2016. *Successful submissions will be notified by the end 
of July.



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