Dear colleagues

Feminist Review is one of Palgrave's most widely distributed and sucessful
international jounrnals. please find below the second call for papers for a
special issue of the journal which will be published in October 2011 with
details of how to submit via the online submission system.
 
The initial deadline for articles for consideration is March 2010.
We welcome expressions of interest from contributors.

Lizzie Thynne and Nadje Al-Ali

Special Issue of Feminist Review – ‘Media transformations’ 
Call for papers

Boundaries between production and consumption, and between previously
discrete media practices are dissolving. This special issue of 'Feminist
Review' will analyse how rapid shifts in contemporary media processes and
practices are impacting on women’s engagement with communications and
production as well as the representation of marginalized groups. Current
developments such as Web 2.0, networking, online distribution and mobile
media will be explored in the context of gendered histories of media
production and reception.

The intention is to look at change and continuity in the uses, practices,
aesthetics and theorization of the media in the light of the growth of new
pervasive technologies. We are hoping that the issue will explore the
following questions: How do new media technologies affect gendered
authorship and agency?  How does age and generation intersect with gender
with respect to the uses of 'old' and 'new' media? What cultural and
historical variations are there in terms of the meanings and impact of
media and communications technologies?

Illustrated, reflective pieces by digital media practitioners are welcome
and samples of work discussed may be uploaded to the Feminist Review
website.

Possible topics might include:

‘alternative’ media and feminist activism; networked cultures; gender,
life histories and blogs; gender and authorship; women’s cinema;
questions of distribution; media employment; ‘post-convergence’; ethics
and representation; media processes; gender and media education

Submissions for the issue are welcomed from now until 30 March 2010.
Articles should be between 6,000-7,000 words in length. An abstract of
200-300 words should accompany the article, plus a list of up to six
keywords suitable for indexing and abstracting services. Detailed
instructions on how to submit (electronic submission only) can be found at
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/fr/index.html

We also welcome shorter
pieces of creative or analytical writing (up to 1000 words, or 4000 words
for interviews) or visual material on the theme for our 'Open Space'
section. These pieces may be topical and/or polemical. They are not sent
out to be peer-reviewed, but are selected by the editors of the issue.


Enquiries about the issue should be sent to Lizzie Thynne
([log in to unmask]) or Dr Nadje Al-Ali ([log in to unmask]).