Special Issue on Race, Class and Media
Call for Submissions
The Democratic Communiqué, journal of the Union for Democratic Communications, is accepting full-length research articles (8000 words) and short essays on the special issue topic (between 1000-4000 words).
We are seeking work that addresses the intersection of race and class, broadly considered.
Our current conjuncture has demonstrated that the intersection between race and class is fraught with both political and societal tension as well as new and renewed forms of cultural expression. Social movements such as #NoDAPL, #BlackLivesMatter and #justiciaparaberta, the rise of fascist and white supremacist demonstrations as well as counter protests, the discourse on race and Islam and what it implies about race and class in US foreign policy, the policing of brown and black bodies, and the technical (as well as crude) forms of surveillance and counter-surveillance methods have produced a re-centering of the intersection between race, class, gender and sexuality. We are interested in papers that look at contemporary and historical expressions that intersect race and class in media representations, media activism, social movements, cultural politics, and political economic frameworks.
The discourses and realities of race and class have been approached as objects of analysis, frameworks through which groups mobilize, and theoretical inquiries that develop and give shape to contemporary insights. These theoretical insights have the potential to highlight the tensions, conflicts and mergings of political resistance. We would welcome papers that take up debates about theories, methods, and analyses or make departures that are original to broader research projects.
We are especially interested in critical approaches to the analysis of race and class including (but not limited to):
- Critical Race Theory
- Marxism (Frankfurt School approaches, Structural, Neo, and Post-Marxist, and Autonomist Marxist approaches)
- Critical-Ideological
- Critical Feminist Theory
- Critical Queer Theory
- Foucauldian approaches (Biopolitical/Biopower, Governmentality, New Institutionality, Neovitalism, Thano and Necropolitical approaches)
Although we are an organization that promotes research in the fields of communications and media studies, the Democratic Communiqué is an interdisciplinary journal; thus, the scope of the special issue is interdisciplinary. We welcome contributions from sociology, political science, literature, philosophy and other fields as well. Articles and essays must address the theme of the special issue.
Deadline for Submissions: July 1, 2017
Submissions should be sent to:
communiqueraceandclass@gmail.com
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