[Commlist] CFP Pregnancy and the Media (Feminist Media Studies)

*SUBMISSIONS DUE 26 APRIL 2019*


Call for submissions

/FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES/

Commentary and Criticism

*19.5 PREGNANCY AND THE MEDIA*

The broad expansion of the post-feminist media landscape of the past 
couple of decades brought about an increased visibility of 
spectacularised and idealised ideas of pregnancy – a romanticised “new 
momism” (Douglas and Michaels, 2004). Alongside these romanticised 
discourses, though, exist numerous examples of mediated pregnancies that 
sit outside of such glamorised and perfect representations of pregnancy. 
This context has also opened up new networked spaces for people to seek 
and offer support online in relation to pregnancy, as well as spaces to 
search for or share (self-)representations of pregnancy. The editors of 
Commentary and Criticism invite short essays that critically consider 
pregnancy and contemporary media. Possible topics might include, but are 
not limited to:

·Media representations of pregnancy

·Pregnancy in the media industries

·Online users and communities’ uses of digital media related to pregnancy

·Celebrity pregnancies

·Mediated pregnancy in relation to diverse intersectionalities 
including: LGBTQ+, age, race, class, ability

·Audiences’ consumption of mediated pregnancy

·Pregnancy in the context of health communication or health policy in 
the media

·Onscreen pregnancy and genre

·Neoliberalism, pregnancy and media

The Commentary and Criticism section of /Feminist Media Studies/ aims to 
publish brief (~1000 words), timely responses to current issues in 
feminist media culture, for an international readership. Submissions may 
pose a provocation, describe work in progress, or propose areas for 
future study. We will also consider book and event reviews, as well as 
contributions that depart from traditional academic formats. We 
encourage all submissions to strategically mobilise critique to also 
offer a productive contribution to both feminist politics and media 
studies. Submissions must go beyond mere description in order to be 
considered for publication in Commentary and Criticism.

*Please submit contributions by 26 April 2019, via email to both Melanie 
Kennedy ((mjk29 /at/ le.ac.uk) <mailto:(mjk29 /at/ le.ac.uk)>) and Safiya Noble 
((safiya.noble /at/ usc.edu) <mailto:(safiya.noble /at/ usc.edu)>).*We also welcome 
questions and expressions of interest in advance of the deadline.

Submissions for Commentary and Criticism will not be correctly processed 
if submitted through via the /Feminist Media Studies/ site, and should 
be emailed directly to Drs Kennedy and Noble using the email addresses 
above.

Please be sure to follow the /Feminist Media Studies/ style and 
referencing guides, which can be found here 
<https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rfms20>.



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