Re: Publishing Opportunity: Gender and the Vampire Narrative, Deadline Friday, October 25th 2013

From: Hobson, Amanda <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below and attached, the second part of a two-part collection
that unpacks the vampire narrative in terms of race and ethnicity, under
contract with Sense Publishers. This second CFP is for the upcoming text
Gender in the Vampire Narrative (potential release date February 2015).

We particularly welcome proposals that deal explicitly with feminist
readings of film and television shows predominantly focused on vampires,
or comparative papers that offer an historical focus.
Please submit proposals (350-500 words) by Friday, October 25th 2013,
along with a brief biography (150-200 words), to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. If your abstract is selected for inclusion in the
volume, first drafts (5,000 to 7,000 words) will be due Friday April 11th
2014 with the final edits due by Friday, July 31st 2014. Note we have
aligned the deadline with those for the PCA/ACA National conference to
encourage you to submit the same topic.

We really look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Amanda Hobson and Melissa Anyiwo

OHIO UNIVERSITY

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Gender in the Vampire Narrative: Seduced by the Night
Editors:
Amanda Hobson
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
U. Melissa Anyiwo, PhD
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Proposals Due by Friday, October 4th 2013
Vampires have become male romantic heroes, with tales often reproducing
and reinforcing typical gender, class, and racial expectations. Given that
the vampire traditionally stood as a representation of our fears of gender
and ethnicity why is it that vampires remain largely white, heterosexual,
and male? Where are the women in these tales? From vamp to vixen to
hapless victim to savior of the soul to vampire slayers, the construction
of womanhood and gender is often an underlying and keenly powerful
narrative within the vampire trope.
The role of women in the vampire narrative travels far beyond the innocent
heroine seeking love. Indeed the female vampire represents one of the most
enduring cautionary tales, with historical figures like Elizabeth Bathory
to fictional iconic representations such as Carmilla. Is the female
vampire, who preys on men and other women the most dangerous
representation of gender? At times traditional fops for limited gender
norms, as well as true representations of the feminist; women in the
vampire narrative traverse a wide gamut of expectations and tropes making
gender a fascinating area of discussion. Moreover, the deconstruction and
reconstruction of issues of womanhood, femininity, and gender as a whole
are prevalent within these portrayals. In tales largely about the Other,
how do gender, sexuality, race, class, and other markers of Otherness and
marginality impact the reading of the vampire as a cultural indicators.
Gender in the Vampire Narrative, under contract with Sense Publishers as
part of their Race & Ethnicity Series, seeks classroom ready original
essays from scholars with PhDs, which explicitly connect the vampire
narrative to studies in gender and sexuality. The volume aims to emphasize
the constructions of gender within the icon of the vampire and the manner
in which these interpretations reify our images of human beings and the
ways in which we identify and manufacture the gendered and sexualized
Other. We hope to open doorways to discussions about Otherness at the
college level, serving as an alternative way to explore marginality
through a framework that welcomes all students into the conversation.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
· Dangerous Women: the vampire succubus and the rise of the vamp (i.e.
Theda Bara, Carmilla, Being Human)
· Fears of the Independent Woman (i.e. Elizabeth Bathory, Carmilla, Pamela
Swynford De Beaufort, Selene, Vampire Diaries)
· Fear as Titillation: The use of the lesbian vampire narrative (i.e.
Stoker¹s Dracula, The Hunger, )
· The reinforcement of gender norms in paranormal romance (i.e. J.R.
Ward¹s Black Dagger Brotherhood Series, True Blood, Moonlight TV Series)
· Gender blending and the vampire heroine (i.e. Underworld Series,
Jocelynn Drake¹s Dark Days Series, Laurell K. Hamilton¹s Anita Blake
Series)
· Sexual violence or threat of sexual violence as a plot device (i.e.
Patricia Brigg¹s Mercy Thompson Series, Karen Marie Moning¹s Fever Series,
Kim Harrison¹s Rachel Morgan Series, Hamilton¹s Anita Blake Series)
· The Black Female Vampire as the ultimate fear (i.e. True Blood, Ultimate
Diet, Fledgling)
· Gender ambiguity and disintegration of gendered bodies (i.e. Anne Rice¹s
Vampire Chronicles, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan¹s Strain Trilogy)
We particularly welcome proposals for original works that explore
non-traditional fictions such as works from lesbian authors, and/or
narratives in film and television.
Please submit proposals (350-500 words) by Friday, October 25th 2013,
along with a brief biography (150-200 words), to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. If your abstract is selected for inclusion in the
volume, first drafts (5,000 to 7,000 words) will be due Friday April 11th
2014 with the final edits due by Friday, July 31st 2014.
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About the Teaching Race & Ethnicity series from Sense Publishers
The Teaching Race & Ethnicity series will publish approximately three
books annually. We are looking for books that deal centrally with race
and/or ethnicity and are intended to be used in college classes. Books
should be of significant value to the teaching of race will be published
by Sense Publishers, leaders in educational research. Please note we are
looking for originalmaterial only (we cannot consider previously published
work). Contributors must hold at least a PhD in their field.
Series Editor, Patricia Leavy, USA
International Editorial Board
Theodorea Regina Berry, Mercer University, USA
Owen Crankshaw, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Payi Linda Ford, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Patricia Hill Collins, University of Maryland, USA
Virinder Kalra, University of Manchester, UK
Marvin Lynn, Indiana University, USA
Nuria Rosich, Barcelona University (Emerita), Spain
Beverley Anne Yamamoto, Osaka University, Japan

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