Deadline extended! CALL FOR PAPERS Camera Obscura is planning a special issue titled Fabulous! The Diva Issue. From actual goddesses to 21st century divinities in film, television, and popular music, the figure of the diva has captivated, inspired, and appalled. She (and, maybe, he?) is larger-than-life and carries with her the cultural and psychic baggage of individuals, communities, and nations. We are looking for essays (5,000-6,000 words) and shorter "appreciations" (500-1400 words) that consider the intersection of film, television, or music divas with gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and class. Submissions can address general aspects of cinematic, televisual, or music divadom or can focus on particular divas. Shorter appreciations should be written from a scholar-fan perspective, although this approach might also inform the essays. Among the topics submissions might address are: The investments of particular groups or communities in divas Divas and nation(alism) The diva as commodity Non-Western divas and notions of divadom The case for the male diva Genre and the diva The social and/or psychic work of the diva Feminism and the diva The queer diva Working class divas New deadline for submissions is August 1, 2006. Submissions should follow Chicago Manual of Style specifications for manuscript preparation. Send submission to: Professor Alexander Doty, Special Issue Editor Camera Obscura Department of Film Studies University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010 -- Patricia White Associate Professor, English Literature Chair, Film and Media Studies Swarthmore College on sabbatical 05-06 646-733-7167 (cell phone) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html