Calls for Submission

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Textual Practice – “Fiction in the Age of Risk” Guest editors: Tony Hughes-d’Aeth & Golnar Nabizadeh  The University of Western Australia What does it mean to risk, and how do we benefit, as well as suffer, from its demands? This proposal for a special issue of Textual Practice takes

Pop culture commonly references mental illness (or uses it as a metaphor for a world gone awry). Many mental health professionals “blame” pop culture for sensationalizing and stigmatizing mental illness, perpetuating stereotypes, capitalizing on anxiety and ultimately discouraging those who need treatment from seeking treatment.  Yet a broader examination of pop culture suggests that those

For this special issue, the editors seek submissions that examine class and economics in black women’s lives and think expansively about how economic inequalities and labor exploitation have historically or currently impact opportunities and access. The editors invite papers that examine how shifting conceptions of middle class/working class identities and cultural practices, constructions of the