[csaa-forum] CFP: Harry Potter Fan Fiction

[Jane Glaubman]

EDITED VOLUME: HARRY POTTER FAN FICTION

Contributions are sought for a proposed collection of essays about 
Harry Potter fan fiction. 

Scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts or 
completed essays.  Essays on young writers, transnational fandom, and 
fan works from outside the English-speaking world are especially 
needed, but all submissions are very welcome.

Paper topics might include, but are by no means limited to:

* Issues related to the source material
* Studies focused on writing by young people
* Studies of particular subgenres and their traditions, such as fan 
fiction about particular characters or relationships, or around 
generic constraints such as challenges, "filks" (song parodies) or 
"drabbles" (100 word fics)
* Studies of the various communities (mostly on-line) in which 
participants exchange works and ideas, and of specific issues within 
those communities, such as status, collaboration, or conflict
* Quantitative and demographic studies
* Critical practices and concepts particular to fandom, such as 
beta-reading and the issues of "canon" and "fanon"
* Fan art in visual media (for instance comics, illustrations, or doujinshi)
* Intellectual property and/in the Harry Potter fan fiction community
* Studies of fan productions from outside the English-speaking world

Because the audience for this book will come from many backgrounds 
(both academic and otherwise), and because it will be introducing 
readers to an extensive lexicon of fandom terminology, it is 
imperative that all essays be as free as possible of academic jargon.

Please send abstracts of no less than 300 words, or completed essays, 
to glaubman at earthlink.net.  I would also appreciate a brief note 
about your background and interest in the topic.  Inquiries welcome 
at any time.

Jane Glaubman
University of California, Berkeley
glaubman at earthlink.net

Deadline for proposals: June15

PLEASE POST WIDELY
also appreciate a brief note about your background and interest in 
the topic.  Inquiries welcome at any time.

Jane Glaubman
University of California, Berkeley
glaubman at earthlink.net

Deadline for proposals: June15

PLEASE POST WIDELY
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