I am soliciting proposals for a book-length study of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who. The study will examine the famous BBC science fiction show as a cultural artifact in dialogue with other science fiction, with politics and religion, and with the culture at large, both in terms of how it reflects and comments upon that culture and in terms of the audience and the peculiarities of its response. The proposal has already been accepted by a publisher and some chapters have already been selected. Additional chapter length essays might come from the following areas, though essays from other areas will be considered as well): -Who is the Doctor: Constructing an Identity (dealing with the nature of the Doctorıs identity as well as allusions and connections from literary, cinematic, and other mediated sources) -Changing (or not Changing) History (dealing with how the show interacts with historical events and figures) -National and International Identity -Companions and Gender Issues -Intertextuality and Metatextuality -Audience Studies Please send a 250-word abstract, c.v., and 100-word bio to: Chris Hansen at [log in to unmask] by April 15. 2009. Sincerely, Chris Hansen ---------------------------------------------- Chris Hansen Baylor University Department of Communication Studies One Bear Place #97368 Waco, TX 76798 [log in to unmask] 254.710.4464 ---------------------------------------------- ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html