Critical Essays on Situation Comedies Critical essays are sought for an edited book on situation comedies. Relevant topics include: the conventions of the form; the sitcom family, including children and age issues; sitcoms and the workplace; sitcoms and gender, including essays on female identity, male identity, and sexual orientation; sitcoms and ethnicity; sitcoms and social class; other topics broadly ideological. Appropriate perspectives include critical or cultural studies, feminist theory, queer theory, and interdisciplinary approaches. The volume will be edited by Mary M. Dalton, author of The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers and Teaching in the Movies, and Laura R. Linder, author of Public Access Television: America's Electronic Soapbox. Abstracts must be postmarked by October 15, 2000. Submit two copies of the abstract along with the author's curriculum vita. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit a manuscript of no more than 30 double-spaced pages in either MLA or APA style. E-mail inquiries are welcome. Contact Mary Dalton at [log in to unmask] or Laura Linder at [log in to unmask] Send materials to: Mary M. Dalton, Ph.D. Wake Forest University P.O. Box 7347 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 336-758-6120 336-758-4691 fax or Laura R. Linder, Ph.D. 211 Brown Bldg. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro P.O. Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 336-334-4196 336-334-5039 fax ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]