[Commlist] CFP - Masculinity in British SitComs: an edited collection

*                                                       Call for proposals*

*Men Behaving Badly: Masculinity in British Situation Comedies*

Proposals are warmly invited for a new edited collection looking at the 
representation of masculinity in British television situation comedies. 
The British sitcom has both celebrated and critiqued male identity, 
frequently focusing on failure and the frustrations of assigned gender 
roles. Changing images of masculinity can been mapped against a shifting 
society moving from the swinging sixties to the present day. Memorable 
characterisations have attracted mass audiences from Hancock to Basil 
Fawlty and Del Boy Trotter to Captain Blackadder, whilst innovation and 
experimentation with the form has collided with stereotypes of 
sexuality, class and ethnicity. Proposals might look at specific 
programs, performers or series, or might range over the history of 
situation comedy in Britain. Any period can be covered.

Proposals might cover any of the following areas but are certainly not 
limited to these:

Male stardom

Gay and queer representations

Theoretical frameworks and methodologies

Stereotyping

Historically focused studies

Non-binary approaches and trans identities

Crossover between television and other cultural forms

Consideration of formats

Audiences

Intersections with class, ethnicity, race and sexuality

*Deadline for proposals: 22 March 2024*

Please email a Word document of no more than 250 words outlining your 
proposal and a short biog to: Dr Steven Gerrard 
((_s.d.gerrard /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(s.d.gerrard /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)>_) and Professor Robert Shail 
((_r.shail /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk) <mailto:(r.shail /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)>_).


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