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This call for proposals seeks to interrogate the issues of sex and sexual identity in the contemporary United States. We are interested in hearing from scholars, public intellectuals, journalists, community activists, health-care workers and independent researchers with subject matter expertise or knowledge about human sexuality, sexual acts and especially LGBTQ sexual identities. We are interested in receiving proposals or complete works in a variety of mediums including (but not limited to) essays, photography, film documentaries, music, theoretical discussions, empirical research papers, academic publications etc. All works should address and explore the complex socio-cultural issue of human sexuality within contemporary America. Submissions should in some way interrogate sexuality, desire, and physical bodies within the context of American cultural frameworks, while also being sensitive to the ways in which constructions of sexuality are linked to the movement of ideas, capital, local, regional, and national systems of inclusion and exclusion. We especially encourage work that critically engage articulations of race, class, sexuality, gender, religion, and particularly - citizenship. Lastly, we strongly urge those working on original, intellectually rigorous and thought-provoking material on or done within historically marginalized or underrepresented constituencies (e.g. ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged, PWA, etc.) to contact us at the email below.
Submissions can be made as traditional papers or alternatively, in either .mp3 or video format (prefaced by a proposal or outline of the work). Methods might utilize "new" ethnographies, oral history interviews, personal essays, etc. Written documents must be limited to 5,000 words and multimedia formats must be limited to 20 minutes in length and conform in all other respects to scholarly, academic publishing standards while also utilizing correct discipline-specific citation methods.
All submissions accepted under this heading will be included in a forthcoming edition of NeoAmericanist, within a section under this title. Please send your materials, by April 5th, 2009 as email attachments to: mjohnso9@wsu.edu. While email is always preferred, interested submitters may mail materials to: Michael Johnson Jr., Washington State University, Department of American Studies, PO Box 644010, Pullman WA 99164-4010.
Michael Johnson Jr.
2008-2009 Ronald E. McNair Fellow
Department of American Studies
Washington State University
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