[csaa-forum] CFP: Transnational Japanese Fandoms

[Fran Martin]

Dear list,

With apologies for cross-postings:

Call for Papers: JAPANESE TRANSNATIONAL FANDOMS AND FEMALE CONSUMERS
 
University of Wollongong (near Sydney, Australia)
 
3-4 July 2008 
 
This workshop investigates the different ways in which originally Japanese
genres, aesthetics and styles have been taken up, deployed and transformed
by female fans transnationally. The way in which Japanese products, styles
and images are received in different cultures as well as the (sub)cultural
ends to which they are deployed will be investigated, as will the impact of
the fandom on the changing nature of consumerism, participatory fan culture
and particularly gender in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. We invite
papers that discuss female consumers¹ uptake of originally Japanese popular
cultural styles and artifacts across all regions and media.
 
Of particular interest in this workshop is the Œyaoi¹ or Œboys¹ love¹ (BL)
manga/animation fandom popular with girls and young women. Over the last
decade there has been a massive boom in interest in this genre (including
commercially translated and published volumes as well as amateur
fan-authored productions) in Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand and the United
States. Papers focusing specifically on the yaoi/BL fandom are particularly
welcome.
 
The workshop will result in a themed edition of the journal Intersections:
http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/ due for release in April 2009.
 
Keynote speaker: Professor Christine Yano (University of Hawaii) speaking on
the global Hello Kitty Fandom.
 
Other invited speakers include: Professor Chris Berry (Goldsmiths
University) speaking on BL fan circles in Shanghai; Dr Kazumi Nagaike (Oita
University) speaking on the history and cultural context of Japanese BL
fandom; Dr Sharalyn Orbaugh (University of British Columbia) speaking on
yaoi influence on the Harry Potter fandom; Dr Larissa Hjorth (RMIT) speaking
on ³cute customisation² across Japanese and Korean new media; Dr Fran Martin
(University of Melbourne) speaking on the BL fandom in Taiwan.
 
Please send 250 word title and abstract and a short biography to Dr Mark
McLelland (markmc at uow.edu.au) and Dr Fran Martin (f.martin at unimelb.edu.au)
by 25 October 2007. A limited number of travel bursaries will be available.
 
 
 
This event is sponsored by the ARC¹s Cultural Research Network and CAPSTRANS
(Centre for Asia-Pacific Social Transformation Studies) at the University of
Wollongong.


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