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The deadline for the Australian Fandom CFP expires on the 31st of August. We look forward to your submissions.

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Online, offline and transcultural spaces in Australian Fandom

Australian fans have access to a wide array of popular culture content from around the world, developing relationships with these products that are as rich as fans from other parts of the globe. Until recently access to media products is limited by temporal and spatial distance from countries of origin. Yet, at the same time practices from diaspora communities to preserve cultural identity introduces a multitude of global media content to a wider Australian audience. Australian fans thus engage with a mixture of 'conventional' and 'niche' media products that places them both within the margins and in the mainstream.  While there may be parallels between Australia and other nations with multicultural communities, the geographical location, history and cultural mix of Australian society give rise to unique contexts shaping the consumption and practices of Australian fans.

We thus ask the question: What makes the Australian fan experience unique? What influence does geo-political location have on the consumption and appropriation of popular culture in the Australian context? What impact does Australian multicultural society have on exposure and access to popular culture? What drives Australian fan interaction with global popular culture, and how does this interaction intersect with narratives of 'Australian-ness' in local and globalised contexts?

This book seeks to explore the specific and unique experience of being fans living and Australia.

We seek authors to contribute critical chapters for an edited volume to be submitted to University of Iowa Press. Topics include but are not limited to:

  *   Online fandom
  *   Offline fandom (including convention attendance, fan-celebrity interaction etc)
  *   Fan perceptions of celebrity brands/identities/public persona
  *   Fan fiction
  *   Cosplay culture
  *   Anime culture
  *   Manga culture
  *   Subcultures of fandom
  *   Transcultural fan practices (e.g. fan Subbers)
  *   World cinema fandom
  *   Cult cinema fandom
  *   Comic book fandom
  *   Distribution practices including Fast tracked television, Streaming services and Netflix
  *   Fandom and national identity

Please email 300 word abstracts and your CV to both Celia Lam and Jackie Raphael by August 31 2016. Proposals should be for original chapters that have not been previously published (including conference proceedings), and are not under consideration from other journals or edited collections.

Dr. Celia Lam is Lecturer in Media and Communications, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)

Dr. Jackie Raphael is Lecturer in Design, School of Design and Art, Curtin University ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)


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