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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%">CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS </span></b></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i><span style="line-height:107%;color:blue">Screening Scarlett Johansson: Gender, Genre and Celebrity</span></i></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">We invite

chapter proposals for an edited collection on the intersection of celebrity,

gender and genre, focused on the persona and work of Scarlett Johansson. </span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">In recent

years, Johansson has achieved new standing as the darling of science fiction

cinema. However, what makes her a worthy figure of critical investigation is

the multiplicity of genres and personae that she has been associated with. In

her twenty-year career, Johansson has inhabited the personae of child actor (<i>Manny &amp; Lo</i> (1996), <i>The Horse Whisperer </i>(1998)), indie ingénue

(<i>Ghost World </i>(2001), <i>The Man Who Wasn’t There </i>(2001), <i>Girl With a Pearl Earring </i>(2003), <i>Lost in Translation</i> (2003)), director’s

muse (<i>Match Point </i>(2005), <i>Scoop </i>(2006), <i>Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona </i>(2008)), action heroine (<i>The Island </i>(2006), <i>Iron Man 2 </i>(2009), <i>The

Avengers (2012)) and, most recently, science fiction performer (Her (2013), Lucy (2014), Under the Skin (2013),

<i>Ghost in the Shell</i> (2017)).</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><br></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">This collection

seeks to provide the first book-length account of Johansson’s persona and work.

It will position Johansson as a discursive conduit for discussing celebrity as

it intersects with questions of gender and genre, a research trajectory that is

enabled by Johansson’s varied career. The collection casts a critical eye over

the characters she has portrayed and personas that she has inhabited, and how

the two intersect and influence one another. The collection not only brings

together a critical analysis of Johansson’s work. It draws out the multitude of

meanings generated through and inherent to her performances.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><br></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">We welcome a

range of approaches to gender, genre and celebrity, focalised through Johansson’s

persona. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to:</span></span></font></p>

<ul><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">Johansson, gender and science-fiction

cinema</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">Indie cinema stardom</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">“Crossover” stardom</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Child performers and performance</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">Johansson as auteurs’ “muse”</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">Gender and Johansson as voice

performer</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">Johansson’s action cinema stardom</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%">Female celebrity and science-fiction

cinema</span></span></font></li></ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Submission requirements: </span></b></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Please send a 350 word abstract

(excluding bibliography) with a title, 100-word bio, and contact information

by <span style="color:blue">December 2nd, 2016</span>. </span></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Deadlines: </span></b></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Submission of abstract: <b><span style="color:blue">December 2nd, 2016</span></b></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Notification of decisions: by<span style="color:red"> </span><b><span style="color:blue">January 6th, 2017</span></b><span style="color:blue"></span></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Chapters due: <b><span style="color:blue">April 7th, 2017</span></b></span></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%">Contact info</span></b><span style="line-height:107%">:</span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Please send abstracts or enquiries to the editors

via email at <span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:screeningscarlettjohansson@gmail.com">screeningscarlettjohansson@gmail.com</a></span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:blue"><br></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">Editors: </font>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Dr Janice Loreck (Monash University)<br></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Dr Whitney Monaghan (Monash

University)</span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Dr Kirsten Stevens (Monash

University)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><br></span></span></font></p>

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