Tuesday, January 03, 2012

CFP: Feminist Media Studies

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
Commentary and Criticism Call for Papers We invite contributions for the Commentary and Criticism section of Feminist Media Studies.

Potential contributors can write to co-editors, Kaitlynn Mendes (kmendes@dmu.ac.uk) and Kumarini Silva (kumi@email.unc.edu) to express preliminary interest. Final essays of between 1,500-2,000 words are due by 15 April 2012.

Olympian Efforts: Women and Sport

In 2012, the summer Olympics will be hosted in London from July 27-August 12. In keeping with this, the Commentary and Criticism section of Feminist Media Studies calls for short papers discussing all aspects of sport through a feminist media studies lens, including, but not limited to:

- Sport as gender performance
- Promoting the games
- Media coverage of events
- Constructing womanhood through sport
- Gender and competition

Submission guidelines can be found online at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1468-0777&linktype=44

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