Dear colleagues
A reminder that the closing date for abstracts for the special issue on Big Brother RIP is 18th October.
Please see CFP below for details
Celebrity Studies Journal seeks 1,000 word articles on the end of Big
Brother for a special issue of its ‘Celebrity Forum’ section:
After 10 seasons, the UK version of Big Brother ended in September
2010. The series has generated a range of academic scholarship
which has interrogated genre and programme form, documentary
truths, the construction of the real, audience participation, dumbing
down, the role of Channel 4, public service broadcasting, the
performance of the self, and the formation of celebrity.
No doubt not the first or last call for papers on the series’ end, this
special issue of Celebrity Forum solicits entries that reflect on the
role the format and UK series has played in our understanding of
modern fame.
This special issue seeks pithy, polemic and original takes on Big
Brother’s role in contemporary celebrity culture: its economics,
aesthetics, audiences and supposed democratisation or exploitation
of fame.
Please send 150 word abstracts with a 50 word biography to
[log in to unmask] Final articles must be no more than
1,000 words including references.
Key Dates:
Abstracts due: 18th October 2010
1st draft deadline: 10th December 2010
Final Versions: 1st Feb 2011
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