[Commlist] Call for Chapters - Fame and Fandom book proposal to University of Iowa Press

*Call for Chapters – Fame and Fandom: Functioning on and offline 
(provisional title)*

Both celebrity and fan studies have experienced significant growth in 
recent years. While different in trajectory, both fields are intimately 
connected through an emphasis on the impact and implications of popular 
culture. Often scholars in fan and celebrity studies examine similar 
cultural phenomena from different scholarly perspectives; be it 
representation or responses to media texts, construction or 
deconstruction of famous persona, or the affordances of online platforms 
to foster interaction. To date, a consolidated approach to the study of 
fans and celebrities and points of intersection, is relatively rare.

Two conferences were held at the end of 2019 in Australia aimed to 
address the intersections between celebrity and fan studies. One 
conference, focusing on fan studies, was held by the Fan Studies Network 
Australasia (FSNA); the other on fame, celebrity and fandom held by the 
Fame and Persona Research Consortium (FPRC). To extend the discussion 
from the conferences and further explore intersections between fan and 
celebrity studies, a proposal for an edited volume will be submitted to 
the University of Iowa Press.

We call for submissions for chapters and invite scholars in both 
celebrity and fan studies to consider the practical, theoretical and 
social implications of intersections between celebrity and fan studies.

We invite submissions from scholars in all regions of the world, but 
especially encourage submissions from scholars researching celebrity and 
fan studies in Asia and the Pacific.


Topics include, but are not limited to:

  * Online fan/celebrity interactions
  * Offline fan/celebrity interactions
  * Overlap between on/offline fan and celebrity practices
  * Intersections between fan and celebrity studies
  * Rethinking para-social relationships
  * Diversifying study of media texts, fans and celebrities

*Submission materials:*

Please submit *800-word extended abstracts* addressing the following:

  * Theoretical/conceptual framework
  * Methodology
  * Argument
  * Indicative conclusions

Please also include a *150-200-word bio*.

Extended abstracts should be sent to: (cjcelebrityresearch /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(cjcelebrityresearch /at/ gmail.com)>by February 29^th 2020.

*Key Dates:*

Submission of extended abstracts: *February 29^th 2020*

Notification of acceptance: March 15^th 2020

Submission of book proposal: June/July 2020



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