Call for Papers: Music in the Whedonverse (collection)
From bands at The Bronze in Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Angel singing
karaoke at Caritas to the traditional-style fiddling and guitar playing in
Firefly, music is an integral part of Joss Whedon's universes. This
collection seeks essays from both established and emerging scholars on the
uses of and contributions made by music in the Whedonverse.
Discipline-specific and interdisciplinary views are encouraged to address
issues of power, relationships, identity, gender, communication, religion,
multiculturalism, sanity and madness, and other topics present in Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity.
Topics might include, but are not limited to:
Music and performance
Gender/identity/race and music (including traditional identity topics as
well as those of non-human characters)
Genre representations
Scoring for action sequences
Music and communication
Musical characterization
Music and camp
Music and transformation
Character vocality
The use of silence and music in unique ways
Levels and mixing of diegesis and non-diegesis
The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2008. The collection will be
published by Scarecrow Press with an anticipated publication date in 2009.
Essays should be between 7,000 and 9,000 words and follow Chicago Manual of
Style format. Only electronic submissions sent in a .doc (Word) formats
will be accepted. Authors are encouraged to include photographs, but will
be responsible for acquiring all materials and permission for use. Please
send a cover letter including the title of the essay, an abstract of not
more than 200 words, an author c.v, and author biography of not more than
100 words along with the complete blind essay (author's name should not
appear) to Kendra Preston Leonard at caennen_at_gmail.com.
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Iain Robert Smith
Institute of Film and Television
School of American and Canadian Studies
University of Nottingham
University Park
NG7 2RD
Head of Communications,
MeCCSA Post-Graduate Network
website: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/
Articles Editor,
Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies
website: http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/
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