The Routledge Companion to Superhero Studies [Final Call]
Deadline for abstract submissions: 24th May 2024
Editors: Lorna Farnell and Carl Wilson
The editors have already commissioned a substantial number of chapters for The Routledge Companion to Superhero Studies and are seeking the last few essays that specifically consider the following topics:
· Superhero tourism (including Disney parks)
· Merchandise and toys
· Superheroes in the Global South
· Superheroes and refugees
· Superheroes and the Anthropocene
· Digital superheroes
· British superheroes
· Counterculture superheroes
· Superhero narratives 1930-1970s, and offshoots/adaptations
· Superhero origin stories
· Superhero animations (including the X-Men, BTAS, She-Ra, He-Man, magical girls, and more)
· Creators and the creative process
· Fan communities
The editors invite abstracts of around 300 words on any of the above topics.
Final essays will be 5500 words in length, including references, and will be due two months after a provisional acceptance has been made.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 24th May 2024.
Please email your abstracts (together with a short bio, 100 words max) for consideration to both editors: Lorna Piatti-Farnell, [email protected] and Carl Wilson, [email protected]