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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS For a SpeCIAL ISSUe, Western American Literature invites submissions examining the depiction of the West on television. In anticipation of this special issue, we encourage submissions for individual papers or panels on these topics for the 2011 Missoula WLA conference. Although the golden age of the television Western has long since passed, we have seen in the 21 st century a remarkable rebirth of the portrayal of the West on television: in reality shows (such as MTV’s The Real World, set most recently in Hollywood), in series that reinvent and revise the clas- sic Western (such as Deadwood ), and in series that make extensive use of western settings and locations (such as the original CSI ). For this issue, we are interested in original work investigating the depiction of the West in contemporary television. Essays might be focused on readings of individual episodes, comprehensive discussions of an entire series or of a particular element of the television West that touches on several series. Some possible topics might include (but are not limited to): • televisions series taking place in contemporary (such as Big Love, Breaking Bad, and Friday Night Lights) or historical (Deadwood, Carni- vale) western settings • television series that take Western genre conventions and adapt them to a contemporary setting (such as Sons of Anarchy) or that relocate Western conventions in other places (such as Justified ) or to other frontier settings (such as the science fiction series Firefly) • television series that center on “tough women” in the American West (such as In Plain Sight and Saving Grace); essays might also look at individual female characters who are part of a larger ensemble (such as in Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad ) • television series that depict the Canadian West (such as Little Mosque on the Praire, Heartland, or Vancouver-based series such as Da Vinci’s Inquest and Intelligence) • the West of reality TV (such as Sarah Palin’s Alaska and Ice Road Truckers) • television coverage of (and/or video responses to) the January 8, 2011, shootings in Tucson as visual narratives about the West Essays are not to exceed 35 pages double-spaced, including notes and works cited. Your manuscript should follow MLA style. All submissions should be submitted electronically to our guest editor, Michael K. Johnson. Questions and submissions as well as abstracts for TV-related conference papers should be mailed to [email protected]. Deadline for special issue submissions: 1/1/2012

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

For a SpeCIAL ISSUe, Western American Literature invites submissions examining the depiction of the West on television. In anticipation of this special issue, we encourage submissions for individual papers or panels on these topics for the 2011 Missoula WLA conference.Although the golden age of the television Western has long since passed, we have seen in the 21st century a remarkable rebirth of the portrayal of the West on television: in reality shows (such as MTV’s The Real World, set most recently in Hollywood), in series that reinvent and revise the clas-sic Western (such as Deadwood ), and in series that make extensive use of western settings and locations (such as the original CSI ). For this issue, we are interested in original work investigating the depiction of the West in contemporary television. Essays might be focused on readings of individual episodes, comprehensive discussions of an entire series or of a particular element of the television West that touches on several series.Some possible topics might include (but are not limited to):• televisions series taking place in contemporary (such as Big Love,

Breaking Bad, and Friday Night Lights) or historical (Deadwood, Carni-vale) western settings

• television series that take Western genre conventions and adapt them to a contemporary setting (such as Sons of Anarchy) or that relocate Western conventions in other places (such as Justified ) or to other frontier settings (such as the science fiction series Firefly)

• television series that center on “tough women” in the American West (such as In Plain Sight and Saving Grace); essays might also look at indi-vidual female characters who are part of a larger ensemble (such as in Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad )

• television series that depict the Canadian West (such as Little Mosque on the Praire, Heartland, or Vancouver-based series such as Da Vinci’s Inquest and Intelligence)

• the West of reality TV (such as Sarah Palin’s Alaska and Ice Road Truckers)• television coverage of (and/or video responses to) the January 8, 2011,

shootings in Tucson as visual narratives about the WestEssays are not to exceed 35 pages double-spaced, including notes and works cited. Your manuscript should follow MLA style. All submissions should be submitted electronically to our guest editor, Michael K. Johnson. Questions and submissions as well as abstracts for TV-related conference papers should be mailed to [email protected].

Deadline for special issue submissions: 1/1/2012