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 the co-editors, Kaitlynn Mendes
([log in to unmask]) and Kumarini Silva
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Women, Migration, and Media

In 2006, Elvira Arellano gained considerable notoriety in the United
States by taking refuge in the Adalberto United Methodist church in
the Humboldt Park area of Chicago, in protest of her deportation from
the United States.  The mother of an American citizen, Arellano was
scheduled to appear before immigration authorities for the her 2002
arrest for Social Security Fraud—for entering and working in the US
illegally since 1997—following tightened security post 9/11.
Arellano's struggle to remain in the country of her son's birth became
national news, raising considerable awareness about women's
experiences in migration and immigration processes.

Because of people like Arellano, in the last several years, women and
migration has become a topic that is drawing increased interest and
visibility among academics.  But, as women's bodies move across
borders, discussion about the representation of female experiences in
the migration process still remains somewhat mute.  While migration is
discussed as a process, the gendered aspects of the experience, and
the representations of such, is often ignored or overlooked.  We
therefore invite contributors to submit short essays (1500-words) on
women, migration, and media.  Questions to consider include, but are
not limited to, discussions about media coverage of women and
migration; how popular media (film, television, on-line) represent
female migrants and their experiences; how female migrant experiences
are covered in the arena of global media, including film,
documentaries, news etc.; how activists use media on behalf female
migrants.