H-Film CFP: Girl Fandoms: Labor, Identity, and Cultural Appropriation (SCMS 2016)
Discussion published by Diana Anselmo-Sequeira on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Call for Papers Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2016 Conference Atlanta, GA March 20—April 3, 2016
Girl Fandoms: Labor, Identity, and Cultural Appropriation
This panel seeks to explore the cultural production of girl fans across media, history, and global geographies, while shedding new light on the ways young female fan labor has contributed to economically profitable media industries.
Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:
The cultural significance of young female audiences’ affective labor
Fan labor and gift economies
Teen magazines and girls’ contributions
Girls’ movie clubs and other fan organizations
Girl fandoms and the negotiation of alternative identities
Girl fans and queerness
Girl fandoms and feminisms: Riot Grrrls, Tavi Gevinson, Rookie webzine
The antecedents of girls’ DIY culture: the archive of girl fandoms
Fandom and manual work: mix tapes, zines, bedroom wall art, collages, handmade toys
Digital culture: gaming, youtube tutorials, blog posts, image-centered applications (Pinterest, Instagram), fan- made tribute websites, fan fiction
Researching the ways girls worship media idols across the globe: The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Shirley Temple, One Direction, Justin Bieber, KPop, the Twilight series, and much more.
Please send a 250-word abstract and a short bio to Dr. Diana Anselmo-Sequeira [email protected] by June 15, 2015. Decisions will be communicated by June 25.
Citation: Diana Anselmo-Sequeira. CFP: Girl Fandoms: Labor, Identity, and Cultural Appropriation (SCMS 2016). H-Film. 05-26-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/14467/discussions/70802/cfp-girl-fandoms-labor-identity-and-cultural-appropriation-scms Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1