TWC Call for Papers
In an effort to build "a new genealogy of fan studies," Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is hoping to draw scholarly essays by and about fan communities of color.
The issue, which will be published in March 2019, will work to deconstruct the predominantly white landscape of fan studies. If you are interested in submitting, here are some ideas to jumpstart your exploration on fandom scholarship from TWC:
- "The fannish and transformative practices of audience members of color.
- How a community of color is fannish about performers of color or about media texts that primarily feature people of color.
- How a predominantly white community is fannish about performers of color or about media texts that primarily feature people of color.
- Fans, “stans,” and stanning.
- Close readings of the performances or public personae of stars or characters of color, or of specific media texts about communities of color.
- First-person essays: what it feels like to be a fan of color, or what it feels like to be in a fandom that is mostly comprised of fans of color, or what it feels like to be a fan of an ethnic performer/text who is not the same ethnicity of that performer/text.
- Revisiting key concepts of fan studies or race/ethnicity studies in the context of fans of color/fandoms of color.
- Transformative works, reception, and fandom in the scholarly fields of East Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American Studies; Indigenous/First Nations Studies; Africana/Black Studies; Latinx Studies; Middle Eastern, Islamic Studies, and other fields."
One of BCNM's board members, Abigail De Kosnik, is a guest editor for the Spring 2019 issue. TWC invites you to draw your favorite interracial/mixed-race/diverse ships from your personal archives and let them live free. Have a case study essay (6,000-8,000 words), conceptual essay (5,000-7,000 words), or short commentary (1,500-2,500 words)? They're taking those, too.