[csaa-forum] CFP: Edited Collection – Ryan Murphy: Genre, Gender and Authorship

[Phoebe Macrossan]

*Call for Papers*



*Edited Collection – Ryan Murphy: Genre, Gender and Authorship*



Editors: Dr. Melanie Robson (UNSW Sydney), Dr. Jessica Ford (University of
Newcastle, Australia) and Dr. Phoebe Macrossan (Queensland University of
Technology)



In his 20 years in the US television industry Ryan Murphy has amassed a
large and diverse body of television work. Murphy exemplifies the modern TV
mogul, operating as an executive producer, creator, showrunner, writer and
director on a wide range of series. Murphy is well-known for creating or
co-creating *Nip/Tuck *(FX 2003-2010)*, Glee *(FOX 2009-2015)*, American
Horror Story *(FX 2011-)*, Scream Queens *(FOX 2015-2016)*, American Crime
Story *(FX 2016-)*, Feud *(FX 2017), *Pose *(FX 2018-), *9-1-1 *(FOX 2018-)
and *The Politician *(Netflix 2019-), among others*. *



In 2018, Murphy signed an unprecedented $300 million deal with streaming
giant Netflix to create content for the platform for the next five
years. Murphy’s
television series and made-for-TV movies have been distributed across
broadcast, cable and streaming, and they have a distinct recognizable style
and aesthetic. Murphy has re-popularised the television anthology format
and is known for his camp aesthetics and experiments with genre, form and
style. Murphy’s television series often champion underdogs and
non-traditional lead characters, such as people of colour, minoritized
women, trans* and non-binary characters and people who are diverse in their
sexuality, gender, and/or sex characteristics. While these characters may
be marginalized in other television series, in Murphy’s series they are
rendered in complex and dynamic ways, challenging and subverting gender and
genre expectations.



This edited collection seeks to investigate the key concerns, forms, and
central abiding questions of Murphy’s television oeuvre, paying particular
attention to the question of how and why his particular creative and
business decisions have made him so powerful in the current television and
streamed content environment.



We are particularly interested in papers that address how Murphy and his
work sits at the intersection of many contemporary debates in television
studies around genre, gender and authorship, including but not limited to:



-       Genre studies of Murphy’s work

-       Genre hybridity and fluidity

-       Questions of television aesthetics and style

-       “Quality” television, “cinematic” television and “peak” TV

-       Movie stars on television and television celebrity

-       Expansion of television distribution networks

-       Shifting genre boundaries and expectations

-       Diversity of voices and perspectives on television

-       Non-traditional television protagonists, including queer
characters, older women, trans* characters and people of colour

-       Questions of gender and sexuality in visual culture

-       Changing models of television authorship

-       Questions of television authorship, paratexts and branding

-       And more





Please send 400-word abstracts and a short bio to Melanie Robson (
m.robson at unsw.edu.au) by April 1, 2020.



If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jessica Ford
jessica.ford at newcastle.edu.au or Phoebe Macrossan on
phoebe.macrossan at qut.edu.au.



Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2020.

Full papers due: 16 September, 2020.



All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed.


*Dr Phoebe Macrossan*
T: @phoebemack <https://twitter.com/phoebemack>
W: unsw.academia.edu/PhoebeMacrossan
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