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 M/C - Media and Culture
             is calling for contributors to the 2003 issues of

                                M/C Journal
                     http://www.media-culture.org.au/

The award-winning M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. M/C is a
crossover journal between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and

peer-reviewed journal.

To see what M/C Journal is all about, check out our Website, which
contains
all the issues released so far, at <http://www.media-culture.org.au/>.
To
find out how and in what format to contribute your work, visit
<http://www.media-culture.org.au/submission.html>.

Below, you'll find the issue topics we're planning for 2003, along with
the
article submission and issue release deadlines, and a call for
contributors
for the first issue of the year, 'fight'. Please check the M/C Journal
site
for further calls and topic descriptions coming soon.

Please spread this call far and wide, and remember to archive it for
future
reference...


                         Call for Papers: 'fight'

Countless histories, films, novels, and song lyrics are built around the

all-powerful narrative device of the fight - very often the "timeless"
fight between good and evil. How is such conflict depicted in the media
-
in fantasy (The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Buffy, Xena, Star
Wars),
martial arts cinema (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) or in war films
(Black
Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan)? Just as this metaphor is used to urge
us
forward in the fight against terror, is the epic battle between good and

evil beginning to dominate our screens (again)? And do our movie heroes
still fight for love?

And how do contemporary crusaders from the left or right of politics go
about fighting the good fight when the binary opposition between good
and
evil seems to melt away under scrutiny, and when it is becoming so
difficult to determine just who the adversary is? Is it possible any
longer
to fight with honour and conviction? What about the fight against global

poverty? Against AIDS? Against crime, drugs, and moral decay? The fight
for
women's rights or an end to racial discrimination? Or even the fight for

family values?

And the fight has always been a form of entertainment - "going to the
fight", over-the-top wrestling, big-ticket boxing events, martial arts
as
suburban family pastime, not to mention the mediated glory that was Ali,

and the darker mixed messages of Fight Club. Other forms of sporting
entertainment are organized by fight metaphors too - the football field
is
always a battlefield. Meanwhile, talkshow guests publicly fight with the

ones they love, or relate the tales of fights they have won and lost
with
themselves: their battles with the bulge, with drugs, or with sex
addiction
- their inner fight between good and evil.


Deadline for Submissions: 20 January 2003
Length: 1500-2000 words & 2000-3000 if you want your work to be
considered
for the feature article (Rich Text Format Preferred)
Issue Release Date: 26 February 2003

Issue Editors: Jean Burgess, Joy McEntee, and Emma Nelms
Email: fight@journal.media-culture.org.au

We look forward to hearing from you.