Feminist Media Studies 
Commentary and Criticism & Reviews Section

We invite short essays for the Commentary and Criticism section of 
Feminist Media Studies on either of the following topics.  Potential 
contributors should contact Jane Arthurs ([log in to unmask]) 
and Usha Zacharias ([log in to unmask]) to express your interest. 
The final deadline to receive completed essays of around 1500 words is 
July 7, 2007.

1. Global Girlhood, Queer Cultures and Youth Cultures
Are the experiences of girlhood, queer teen cultures, and youth cultures 
changing throughout the world as new media technologies and new visual 
media cultures, including public visual culture and television cultures, 
craft new terrains? How have mobile technologies – especially the 
ubiquitous practices of cell phone communication and texting – created new 
spaces of communication for youth cultures? Has cultural globalization 
fundamentally shifted the ways in which girlhood and the genders of youth 
cultures, and queer cultures may be experienced in the metro/urban 
contexts? We welcome a diverse range of contributions that relate to this 
topic.

2. Race vs Gender? The Framing of the American Election
The contentious race for the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party 
in the United States has drawn worldwide attention due to the historical 
novelty of the two candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Obama's 
identity from the marriage of a white woman from Kansas and a man from 
Kenya has posed a racial complexity for the media and the public.  The 
candidacy of Hillary Clinton, who, if elected, would have been the first 
woman president of the U.S., has drawn attention to the ways in which the 
popular understanding of gender and womanhood has been framed, as well as 
how political issues are understood as "gender" or "race" issues. What 
also seems interesting is the curious blend of traditional feminism and 
post-feminism – or rather, the multiple feminisms that have activated 
popular allegiances. The "blackening" of Obama with the remarks of his 
pastor, as well as the "whitening" of Clinton with her projected 
affiliation to the white working-class have also marked the critical 
turning-points of the long race that call for further analysis. We invite 
contributions on issues that relate to race, class, and gender that 
emerged out of the campaign, especially those that analyze it from a 
transnational perspective. 

Book Reviews
We welcome book reviews not exceeding 1000 words during our round-the-year 
production cycle. Please write to us if you are planning to send in a book 
review, providing some details about you as well as the book you plan to 
review. 

Contributors should follow the Harvard style of reference and guidelines 
for submission of manuscripts outlined on our website, 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14680777.asp. The title page of the 
manuscript must contain the complete mailing address,institutional 
affiliation, and full contact information including phone and fax numbers 
of the author(s). Submissions should be e-mailed as a Word attachment to 
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