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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU" lang="EN-AU"><font size="3">Call for Papers:<span style="COLOR: red">
Representations of “The Family” in Television (Edited Collection)</span></font></span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU" lang="EN-AU"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break">
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU" lang="EN-AU">We invite contributions for an edited collection
that examines the shifts in representations of “the family” in television. It is the aim of this book to trace and critically explore the many permutations of the family in relation to cultural anxieties and socio-political change.
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU" lang="EN-AU"><o:p><font face="Century Gothic"></font></o:p></span> </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">We seek submissions adopting a Cultural Studies approach that critique “the family”
in relation to issues including, but not limited to: </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Familial compositions. E.g.
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">“blended”, “single parent”, “adoptive/foster”, “same-sex”, “patriarchal nuclear”, “dysfunctional”.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">Specific subject positions and cultural constructs. E.g. patriarch/father figures, matriarch/mother figures, “the teenager”.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">Gender</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">Sexuality (including</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">
m</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">onogamy and polygamy)</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">National identity</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">‘Race’/ethnicity</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Class<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Postmodernism<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Late capitalism<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Generational relationships<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Public/private domains<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Urban/suburban anxieties<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">Surveillance society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Century Gothic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">Loss of community/re-workings of community</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font face="Century Gothic"></font></span> </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">Texts that could be discussed include, but are not limited to,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Family Ties, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show, Diff’rent Strokes, Good Times, The Nanny, Step-by-Step, Full House, Who’s the Boss, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Desperate
Housewives, Modern Family, Two and a Half Men, The Gilmore Girls, Family Matters, Big Love, Married with Children, Roseanne, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Wonder Years, Seventh Heaven, Life Goes On, South Park, Packed to the Rafters, House Husbands, Kath and
Kim, Redfern Now, Till Death Us Do Part, Bless this House, Love Thy Neighbour, The Royle Family, My Family, Dani’s House, Life with Boys</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">Please send a 300-500 word abstract with a working title and brief biographical statement
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU">(including your contact information, affiliation, position and also a list of relevant publications)
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-AU">in MS Word format to the editors, Dr Kara-Jane Lombard and Dr Alzena MacDonald, Lecturers in the School of Media, Culture and Creative
Arts at Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia), via shared mailbox: <a href="mailto:TV.families@curtin.edu.au">
<font color="#663399">TV.families@curtin.edu.au</font></a> by 7 June 2013. </span>
<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-AU">Please
note: the submission of a complete paper is not necessary. We will invite papers (6500 - 7000 words) for the collection after the deadline for abstract submission.
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Dr Alzena MacDonald</font><font size="1" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><br>
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