DEADLINE APPROACHING CFP Pregnancy and the Media (Feminist Media Studies)

*SUBMISSIONS DUE 26 APRIL 2019*


Call for submissions

*FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES*

Commentary and Criticism



*19.5 PREGNANCY AND THE MEDIA*



The broad expansion of the post-feminist media landscape of the past couple
of decades brought about an increased visibility of spectacularised and
idealised ideas of pregnancy – a romanticised “new momism” (Douglas and
Michaels, 2004). Alongside these romanticised discourses, though, exist
numerous examples of mediated pregnancies that sit outside of such
glamorised and perfect representations of pregnancy. This context has also
opened up new networked spaces for people to seek and offer support online
in relation to pregnancy, as well as spaces to search for or share
(self-)representations of pregnancy. The editors of Commentary and
Criticism invite short essays that critically consider pregnancy and
contemporary media. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:



·         Media representations of pregnancy

·         Pregnancy in the media industries

·         Online users and communities’ uses of digital media related to
pregnancy

·         Celebrity pregnancies

·         Mediated pregnancy in relation to diverse intersectionalities
including: LGBTQ+, age, race, class, ability

·         Audiences’ consumption of mediated pregnancy

·         Pregnancy in the context of health communication or health policy
in the media

·         Onscreen pregnancy and genre

·         Neoliberalism, pregnancy and media



The Commentary and Criticism section of *Feminist Media Studies* aims to
publish brief (~1000 words), timely responses to current issues in feminist
media culture, for an international readership. Submissions may pose a
provocation, describe work in progress, or propose areas for future study.
We will also consider book and event reviews, as well as contributions that
depart from traditional academic formats. We encourage all submissions to
strategically mobilise critique to also offer a productive contribution to
both feminist politics and media studies. Submissions must go beyond mere
description in order to be considered for publication in Commentary and
Criticism.



*Please submit contributions by 26 April 2019, via email to both Melanie
Kennedy ([email protected] <[email protected]>) and Safiya Noble
([email protected] <[email protected]>).*We also welcome questions
and expressions of interest in advance of the deadline.



Submissions for Commentary and Criticism will not be correctly processed if
submitted through via the *Feminist Media Studies* site, and should be
emailed directly to Drs Kennedy and Noble using the email addresses above.



Please be sure to follow the *Feminist Media Studies* style and referencing
guides, which can be found here
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*Dr Melanie Kennedy*

*Lecturer in Media and Communication*

*Programme Director of BA Media and Communication and BA Media and Society*

School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester,
Bankfield
House, 132 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7JA

Tel: 0116 223 1624

<https://leicester.academia.edu/MelanieKennedy>
https://leicester.academia.edu/MelanieKennedy


Associate Editor, Commentary and Criticism for *Feminist Media Studies*
 (Routledge)


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