CFP: The Future Landscape of Sexualities (deadline: June 20, 2008)
/thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture/ invites contributions
for its forthcoming issue on ‘The Future Landscape of Sexualities.’
Recognizing the central role which discussions of sexuality, identity, and
culture have played in recent feminist scholarship, this issue will consider
how sexuality informs gendered identities, as well as nodes of power
including, race, class, ability, age, culture, nation, and religion. What
does the future hold for human sexualities and sexual identities? How might
current practices, assumptions, power relations, and identities shape these
future sexualities? What new forms might sexualities evolve into in the
future? How might these future sexualities transcend/reproduce current
definitions of, and ideologies concerning, sexuality and sexual identity?
Possible topics include:
· future utopic and dystopic sexualities
· role(s) of technologies (reproductive, virtual, synthetic) in the
evolution and expression of sexuality
· the evolution of sex work
· queer sexualities
· inversions and convergences of sexuality and identity (including
female masculinities and male femininities)
· the future of ‘normative’ masculinities and femininities
· sexualities and colour, sexualities and dis/ability, sexualities
and age
· depictions of future sexualities in fiction, film, music, and art
Papers that ground speculation about the future with historical analyses of
past transitions in sexualities are also welcome.
We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical
perspectives. Submissions from researchers working within, or among, the
disciplines of geography, sociology, literature, area studies, cultural
studies, film/media studies, art, history, education, law, and women’
s/gender studies are particularly encouraged.
We accept the submission of work from scholars of any rank or affiliation,
and encourage submissions from emerging feminist scholars, including
graduate students.
All submissions to the journal must be submitted electronically through our
online submission process. All submissions are peer-reviewed by established,
senior feminist scholars. For more information on our publishing policies
see:
http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/editorialPolicies
To submit: Please follow our online submission process at
http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/submissions
** Deadline: June 20, 2007 **
For more information, please contact us at info [at] thirdspace.ca
Cheers,
Jenea Tallentire
Chief co-editor, /thirdspace/
www.thirdspace.ca
jtg@thirdspace.ca