A reminder that the deadline for submissions to the Fall 1998 issue of
Spectator is approaching:
 
Spectator Journal of Film and Television Studies
Call for Papers:  Monitor-ing Television: Race and Representation
Submissions for Fall 1998 issue are due: September 15, 1998
 
The landscape of television has been significantly altered in recent years.
The installation of cable, the introduction of competing networks, and
connections to the internet have opened up the realm of television to
numerous possibilities. A cursory look at the contemporary media landscape
reveals the ways in which race has figured prominently in television
discourse.  The Rodney King beating and subsequent Los Angeles Riots, the
O.J. Simpson trial, President Clinton's recent travels to Africa and the
possibility of his decision to issue a formal apology for the atrocities of
slavery are but a few of the so called real race dramas that have played
out on television.  In the meantime, the emergence of the Warner Brothers
Network (WB) and The United Paramount Network (UPN) has raised questions as
to the creation of "ghetto" networks to deal with other subject matter.
Race will continue to play a central role in television as it has in
American society for decades. This issue of Spectator seeks cross
disciplinary approaches to the complexities of televising race.
 
Possible essay topics may include but are not limited to:
 
*The impact of television's diversification--cable programming, public
access, the internet etc.--on the dialogue on race *Racialized audiences
and reception  *Television's construction of racialized others *Race and
television advertising *Regional cable and race *Public access stations and
minority communities. *TV docudramas and racially coded events *Talk shows
and Race *Televising race or racial conflict within a global context
*Intersections of class, sexuality, gender and racial representation
*Political correctness.
 
Please submit a 12-20 page, double-spaced manuscript (5,000 word maximum)
in MLA end note style to:
 
Christine Acham/Spectator
School of Cinema-Television
Division of Critical Studies
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA 90089-2211
 
Spectator is a bi-annual journal of film and television criticism published
by the University of Southern California.  Articles accepted for this issue
of Spectator will be required to include images suitable for publication.
 
For more information contact:
Christine Acham <[log in to unmask]>
 
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