Call for Chapter Proposals-- (E)-Racing Voice and Identity: Communal and Divisive Aspects of Digital Media

Call for Chapter Proposals-- (E)-Racing Voice and Identity: Communal and
Divisive Aspects of Digital Media

Chapter proposals are now being solicited for:

(E)-Racing Voice and Identity: Communal and Divisive Aspects of Digital
Media

Editors: Cerise L. Glenn & Roy Schwartzman (University of North Carolina
at Greensboro).

Synopsis:

Digital media, also termed "new media," is increasingly being used to
shape racial discourses, particularly as they connect to issues of
voice, identity, agency, activism, and resistance. This book will
address the synergy of social media with voice, identity, and activism
as they pertain to race, as well as social media's power to widen or
constrict the divides on contemporary perceptions of race. The book's
overarching focus examines how digital media shapes new understandings
of traditional constructs of race, identity, community, and
divisiveness, as well as how it provides new avenues for voice and
coordination of racial discourses.

Potential topics for individual chapters may include, but are not
limited to:


Enacting Racial Identity and Fluidity: Racial Boundaries and Ambiguities

Learning and performing race in digital spaces

(Re)defining personal or collective racial identity via digital media

Authenticity and authority in online media

Race and class based digital divides

(Mis)representations of racial identities or behaviors online



(E)-Racing History: Remembrance and Inclusivity

Social media as tools to address social (in)justice

Roles of digital media in preserving/revising history

Digital tools in promoting legacies of racial inclusivity or
marginalization

Corporate and other organizational appropriation of racial histories



Social Justice, Voice, and Mobilization

Coordination of collective action through social media

Digital dialogues centering on race and justice

Digital ways of engaging race in conjunction with other identities
(e.g., gender, class, sexuality, nationality)

Interpersonal, community, national, or international methods of
(dis)empowerment using digital tools

New media as ways of connecting specific ethnic groups with social
causes



Media Convergence and Audience Interaction

Roles of race in online fandom and entertainment

How interactive media challenge or reinforce stereotypes

Audience appropriation of new media to rearticulate identities via
mashups, remixes, etc.

Subversion of mainstream media treatments of race



Other topic areas relevant to the book's overall theme are welcomed. All
theoretical and methodological approaches are invited for consideration.

Deadline for receipt of chapter proposals and supporting materials: 1
August 2016

Proposals should be no more than 500 words plus include a complete
chapter title and 3-5 keywords.  In the abstract, please include: topic,
explanation of material to be analyzed and/or theoretical approach, as
well as preliminary findings/theoretical points. A brief (2-3 page) CV
should be included for every author. Email proposal and CV in MS Word
(.doc or .docx) format to: clglenn@uncg.edu AND roypoet@gmail.com

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full manuscripts
for consideration due: 1 November 2016