Upcoming books seeking essays about comics
May 28, 2015 14:44:21 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on May 28, 2015 14:44:21 GMT -5
I recently joined the comixscholars list. These two messages came in recently, and I thought it was possible that someone here might be in a position to contribute an essay.
The deadline on this one is only a few days away, so act quickly if you're interested!
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CFP: Ages of the Justice League
Publication Date: 2015-06-01 (in 4 days)
Date Submitted: 2015-02-24
Announcement ID: 220676
The Ages of the Justice League
Edited by Joseph J. Darowski
Publisher: McFarland & Company
The editor of The Ages of the Justice League is seeking abstracts for essays that could be included in the upcoming collection. The essays should examine the relationships between Justice Society, Justice Leauge, or other related comic books and the social era when those comics were published. Analysis may demonstrate how the stories found in Justice League comic books and the creators who produced the comics embrace, reflect, or critique aspects of their contemporary culture. This will be a companion volume to existing or soon-to-be-published volumes in the series that have already focused on Superman, Wonder Woman, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, and the Incredible Hulk.
Potential chapters include, but are not limited to, the following:
Wait, Wonder Woman is the Team Secretary?: Gender Roles and Superhero Teams in the 1940; Our Superheroes at War: Popular Culture, Propaganda, and World War II; The End of an Era: The End of the JSA and the Phasing Out of the Superhero genre at the End of WWII; Science Fiction and the Justice League at the Dawn of the Silver Age; Redefining Heroism in the Vietnam Era; Nostalgia and the Reemergence of the Justice Society of America; Crisis on Infinite Earths: Redefining Icons in the 1980s; The End of the Satellite Era and Cultural Disillusionment; Justice League Detroit: Portrayals of Urban Culture in 1980’s Entertainment; Good Intentions, Problematic Result: Vibe, Gypsy Moth and Efforts at Inclusivity in the 1980s; Giffen and Dematteis: When Levity was Needed; Establishing an Identity in the Morrison Era of the JLA; Fear as Justification for Violence in “Tower of Babel”; JLA/Avengers and the Post 9/11 Mindset; Infinite Crisis: Do Ends Justify Means?; The New 52: When Business, Multimedia Impact, and Nostalgia Define a Bold New Direction; The Justice League Reboot: All-New Origin for the New Millennium
Essays should focus on stories from the Justice Society and Justice League comic book adventures, not media adaptations of the teams. Furthermore, essays should look at a single period of comic book history, rather than drawing comparisons between different publication eras. For example, an essay that analyzed Justice Society comics from the 1940s and contextualized them with what was happening in American society would be more likely to be accepted than an essay that contrasted Justice League comic books from the 1960s with JLA comic books from the 1990s. The completed essays should be approximately 15-20 double-spaced pages.
Abstracts (100-500 words) and CVs should be submitted by June 1, 2015.
Please submit via email to Joseph Darowski, agesofjla@gmail.com.
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This one isn't due until the 15th:
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Mental Illness: Reflections in Popular Culture (ed. Sharon Packer, MD) (Praeger 2017)
About the Editor: www.psychiatryinpopularculture.com
About the Publisher: Praeger/ABC-Clio
PL RESPOND TO MENTALILLNESSPOPULARCULTURE@OUTLOOK.COM cc: drpacker@hotmail.comPL WRITE MENTALILLNESSPOPULARCULTURE IN SUBJECT HEADING
Book Description:
Many mental health professionals and advocates “blame” pop culture for sensationalizing and stigmatizing mental illness, perpetuating stereotypes and capitalizing on increased anxiety that follows mass shootings or plane crashes that were perpetrated by mentally ill people. Pop culture addresses these issues in informal ways, sometimes striving to understand the rationale behind irrational acts. Literature, TV serials and comics offer more opportunities for character development than movies, which make major statements in a short time, and tend to polarize mentally ill characters as villains or victims. Videogames provide unique opportunities for players to look through “lens” of progressive psychosis as images morph. Some games embellish plots with mental illness issues or settings. Sometimes media makes excuses for bizarre behavior, offering Freudian or genetic explanations, while some plots punish mentally ill perpetrators and thereby allots space to contemplate responses to mental illness and its consequences. Contemporary pop culture rarely romanticizes mental illness, as occurred during the sixties’ counterculture or the Romantic Era. “Melancholy,” once lauded in the 16th and 17th century for promoting contemplation, is a condition that needs treatment, and that can have disastrous implications, considering the consequences of a recent plane crash that killed hundreds.
This volume compares society’s changing reactions to mental illness, as seen through the lens of pop culture, but first explains why various professions hold such diametrically different POVs.
CALL FOR PAPERS (3,000-4,000 words essays)
Our publisher has approved 30 chapters for this book (and 4 chapters on comics/graphic novels). This book is under contract with plans to publish in 2016 or 2017. Each chapter will be 3,000-4,000 words, including endnotes. If this interests you, but are not sure if your idea relates to the theme (or wonder if your proposed topic is already taken), pl forward a 1-2 sentence query about your idea, which can be expanded to a 200-500 word abstract, along with a short bio or writing samples.
Or forward a 200-500 word abstract and short bio (200-500 words) directly if you prefer.
The editor is a psychiatrist who authored 5 books and co-edited a 2-volume essay collection, plus many academic articles and book chapters. Pl see www.psychiatryinpopularculture.com for more details.
Due date for abstracts: June 15, 2015 (topics are going fast, so pl send query to maximize chances that your preferred topic is open.)
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The deadline on this one is only a few days away, so act quickly if you're interested!
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
CFP: Ages of the Justice League
Publication Date: 2015-06-01 (in 4 days)
Date Submitted: 2015-02-24
Announcement ID: 220676
The Ages of the Justice League
Edited by Joseph J. Darowski
Publisher: McFarland & Company
The editor of The Ages of the Justice League is seeking abstracts for essays that could be included in the upcoming collection. The essays should examine the relationships between Justice Society, Justice Leauge, or other related comic books and the social era when those comics were published. Analysis may demonstrate how the stories found in Justice League comic books and the creators who produced the comics embrace, reflect, or critique aspects of their contemporary culture. This will be a companion volume to existing or soon-to-be-published volumes in the series that have already focused on Superman, Wonder Woman, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, and the Incredible Hulk.
Potential chapters include, but are not limited to, the following:
Wait, Wonder Woman is the Team Secretary?: Gender Roles and Superhero Teams in the 1940; Our Superheroes at War: Popular Culture, Propaganda, and World War II; The End of an Era: The End of the JSA and the Phasing Out of the Superhero genre at the End of WWII; Science Fiction and the Justice League at the Dawn of the Silver Age; Redefining Heroism in the Vietnam Era; Nostalgia and the Reemergence of the Justice Society of America; Crisis on Infinite Earths: Redefining Icons in the 1980s; The End of the Satellite Era and Cultural Disillusionment; Justice League Detroit: Portrayals of Urban Culture in 1980’s Entertainment; Good Intentions, Problematic Result: Vibe, Gypsy Moth and Efforts at Inclusivity in the 1980s; Giffen and Dematteis: When Levity was Needed; Establishing an Identity in the Morrison Era of the JLA; Fear as Justification for Violence in “Tower of Babel”; JLA/Avengers and the Post 9/11 Mindset; Infinite Crisis: Do Ends Justify Means?; The New 52: When Business, Multimedia Impact, and Nostalgia Define a Bold New Direction; The Justice League Reboot: All-New Origin for the New Millennium
Essays should focus on stories from the Justice Society and Justice League comic book adventures, not media adaptations of the teams. Furthermore, essays should look at a single period of comic book history, rather than drawing comparisons between different publication eras. For example, an essay that analyzed Justice Society comics from the 1940s and contextualized them with what was happening in American society would be more likely to be accepted than an essay that contrasted Justice League comic books from the 1960s with JLA comic books from the 1990s. The completed essays should be approximately 15-20 double-spaced pages.
Abstracts (100-500 words) and CVs should be submitted by June 1, 2015.
Please submit via email to Joseph Darowski, agesofjla@gmail.com.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
This one isn't due until the 15th:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mental Illness: Reflections in Popular Culture (ed. Sharon Packer, MD) (Praeger 2017)
About the Editor: www.psychiatryinpopularculture.com
About the Publisher: Praeger/ABC-Clio
PL RESPOND TO MENTALILLNESSPOPULARCULTURE@OUTLOOK.COM cc: drpacker@hotmail.comPL WRITE MENTALILLNESSPOPULARCULTURE IN SUBJECT HEADING
Book Description:
Many mental health professionals and advocates “blame” pop culture for sensationalizing and stigmatizing mental illness, perpetuating stereotypes and capitalizing on increased anxiety that follows mass shootings or plane crashes that were perpetrated by mentally ill people. Pop culture addresses these issues in informal ways, sometimes striving to understand the rationale behind irrational acts. Literature, TV serials and comics offer more opportunities for character development than movies, which make major statements in a short time, and tend to polarize mentally ill characters as villains or victims. Videogames provide unique opportunities for players to look through “lens” of progressive psychosis as images morph. Some games embellish plots with mental illness issues or settings. Sometimes media makes excuses for bizarre behavior, offering Freudian or genetic explanations, while some plots punish mentally ill perpetrators and thereby allots space to contemplate responses to mental illness and its consequences. Contemporary pop culture rarely romanticizes mental illness, as occurred during the sixties’ counterculture or the Romantic Era. “Melancholy,” once lauded in the 16th and 17th century for promoting contemplation, is a condition that needs treatment, and that can have disastrous implications, considering the consequences of a recent plane crash that killed hundreds.
This volume compares society’s changing reactions to mental illness, as seen through the lens of pop culture, but first explains why various professions hold such diametrically different POVs.
CALL FOR PAPERS (3,000-4,000 words essays)
Our publisher has approved 30 chapters for this book (and 4 chapters on comics/graphic novels). This book is under contract with plans to publish in 2016 or 2017. Each chapter will be 3,000-4,000 words, including endnotes. If this interests you, but are not sure if your idea relates to the theme (or wonder if your proposed topic is already taken), pl forward a 1-2 sentence query about your idea, which can be expanded to a 200-500 word abstract, along with a short bio or writing samples.
Or forward a 200-500 word abstract and short bio (200-500 words) directly if you prefer.
The editor is a psychiatrist who authored 5 books and co-edited a 2-volume essay collection, plus many academic articles and book chapters. Pl see www.psychiatryinpopularculture.com for more details.
Due date for abstracts: June 15, 2015 (topics are going fast, so pl send query to maximize chances that your preferred topic is open.)
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