Representations of Marginal Paris
Due Date: 03-15-2022
We invite book chapter proposals for the forthcoming scholarly volume titled In the Shadows of the City of Light: Representations of Marginal Paris, to appear in Brill publisher’s series Francopolyphonies. This interdisciplinary edited collection of essays will examine how marginal Paris, including particular populations, spaces, and practices, has been represented in literature and other cultural productions from the French-speaking world.
This volume invites original contributions from various disciplines that explore marginal Paris as depicted in literature, theater, cinema, music, and other cultural productions from the French-speaking world since 1800. The concept of margins is taken in a broad sense to encompass a great variety of populations, spaces, and practices, all of which can be defined as outside the mainstream intellectual, political, geographic, discursive, or social realm. Aspects of marginality include but are not limited to the following:
- race
- socioeconomic status
- LGBTQ+
- immigration
- mental and physical disability
- nightlife
- the “banlieue”
- sports and leisure
- street art
Contributions will be in English. Previously published work or essays that are purely historical will not be considered. Please submit a 300-word abstract and a 100-word biography in English, along with a CV, to coeditors Aurélie Van de Wiele (axvandewiele@salisbury.edu) and Carole Salmon (carole.salmon@furman.edu) by 15 March 2022.
Authors of accepted proposals will be asked to contribute an original essay in English of 6,000–9,000 words (including notes and bibliography), as well as a short abstract and an index by 15 June 2022. Contributors who wish to use illustrations that are not their own will be responsible for securing any copyrights and for the financial cost associated with the process.
Timeline of the Project
- Abstract due: 15 March 2022
- Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2022
- Finalized draft due: 15 June 2022 for anonymous peer-review
- Publication of the volume: tentatively scheduled for early 2023