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Cristian Ducu
Please, visit my web-page at: http://www.libris.fil.unibuc.ro/~cducu/ -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Ouellette <laurieo@erols.com> To: cfp@dept.english.upenn.edu <cfp@dept.english.upenn.edu> Date: 28 martie 2002 05:41 Subject: CFP: Reality Television (5/15/02; collection) Call for Papers for Edited Anthology Startling! Heartbreaking! Real! Reality TV and the Re-making of Television Culture Contributions are sought for an edited volume examining the complex economic, aesthetic, generic, philosophical, and cultural implications of the recent rise of reality television. For the purposes of this book, the editors have defined ³reality TV² as non-fiction programming that claims to represent ordinary people in ordinary or extraordinary ³real life² situations. (Examples include Survivor, Big Brother, The Loft, COPS, The Real World, America Undercover, Millionaire, Blind Date, Court TV, Temptation Island, Pop Stars, American High, Trading Spaces, and A Wedding Story.) Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: The Political Economy of Reality TV € corporate synergy and concentration € global flow of reality formats € production practices € actors' labor and celebrity € publicity, cross-promotion and advertising strategies € new technologies Generic Conventions and Definitions € visual and narrative strategies € the influence of documentary conventions and techniques € historical precedents and influences € the process of generic classification Cultural Politics € representations of race, class, gender and sexuality € implications for conceptions of ³truth² and everyday life € ideology and mythology € uses and appropriations of the ³other² € voyeurism and surveillance Audiences and Reception € viewing practices and contexts € fan communities € comparative studies of audiences in an international context € demographics € media and popular discourses Please email a one to two page proposal and brief vitae by May 15, 2002 to: Laurie Ouellette or Susan Murray Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Journalism & Media Studies Culture & Communication Rutgers University New York University laurieo@erols.com susan.murray@nyu.edu =============================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List CFP@english.upenn.edu Full Information at http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu =============================================== |