H-Film CFP: Girl : Labor, Identity, and Cultural (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 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, , bedroom wall art, , handmade toys

Digital culture: gaming, youtube tutorials, blog posts, image-centered applications (Pinterest, Instagram), fan- made tribute websites,

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 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1