[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Journal of Lesbian Studies: The Lesbian Image in International Popular Culture (3/20/07; journal issue)

[Sule Tarakci]

A special volume of The Journal of Lesbian Studies entitled "The Lesbian
Image in International Popular Culture" is seeking essays that explore a
wide variety of lesbian images in a global context. No more essays on
the United  States or Spain are needed. Projects dealing with any other
nations/cultures will be considered, but submissions that look at
lesbian images in India, Africa, and China are of particular interest.

The concept of "lesbian" increasingly has been theorized, debated, and
studied in the last four decades. Images marked as "lesbian" create
desire in men and women alike, sell commercial products and services,
and stir up controversy on many levels. Despite enormous international
interest in the idea and image of lesbian, however, I believe that most
people have only a limited understanding of what it is to be lesbian in
a global context. In part, this limited perspective is due to the
unavailability of images of the broad diversity of real women-centered
women.

Submissions may address the lesbian image as it appears in literature,
art, film, music, television, Internet, the news media, marketing, or
any other venue of International Popular Culture. Essays may concentrate
on one particular culture or be comparative in nature. Although no one
specific theoretical approach is preferred, essays should critically and
carefully examine the images discussed, including a commentary on the
cultural or national context in which they appear, as well as discussion
of related issues (e.g. intended audience, reception, political or
commercial agenda, and the implications thereof).

Send one-page overview to Sara E. Cooper at scooper at csuchico.edu  by
March 20. 2007. Essays of 10-15 pages (including bibliography) as
Microsoft Word attachment will be due by August 31, 2007.

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