Fat Studies in the UK – call for contributions to new book
This book arises out of the success of ‘Fat Studies in the UK: seminar and roundtable’, which was held at The University of York in May 2008. The editors, Corinna Tomrley and Ann Kaloski-Naylor, are seeking contributions from those living or working in the UK around issues to do with Fatness. We are looking for a variety of work from within and without of fat studies and fat activism that takes a body-positive approach, and which challenges prevailing notions of ‘the obesity epidemic’ and the dieting culture. The book is aimed at a wide audience: academics and practitioners in a variety of health-related settings; activists; and students and researchers in a range of disciplines, including social sciences, humanities, and health sciences. We are interested in academic articles, personal relflexive writing (normally 4,000-5,000 words); poetry; cartoons; art work; (black and white only) and other short creative pieces.
Topics might include (but are not exclusive to) the following:
- Fat studies in the UK
- Fat activism in the UK
- The relationship between fat activism and research
- Gendered approaches to fat bodies
- Feminisms and fatness
- Fat activism and queer politics
- Fatness and community
- Contesting ‘obesity’: moral panics, ‘epidemics’ and ‘obesigenic environments’
- Fat and/in the media
- Size acceptance and body/weight diversity
- Popular culture and fat bodies
- Politics of fatness
- Fat identity
- Growing up fat/fatness and children
- Discovering fat activism
- Creativity and fat activism
- Humour, fatness and fun activism
Work should normally not have been published elsewhere, although we may waive this if your work fits in especially well with our book, and you can obtain copyright clearance. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this option. Abstracts of 300 words and a short biography (up to 500 words) to Corinna Tomrley (cgt500@york.ac.uk) by 31st July 2008.
We will contact everyone by 8th August 2008 to let you know if we can use your work.
The publisher is the small independent press Raw Nerve Books – www.rawnervebooks.co.uk.
Draft Timetable:
Finished work submitted by 31st October 2008.
Edited articles returned to authors by 31st December 2008 for any corrections. Corrected articles to be returned to editors by 31st January 2009 and further proofreading/corrections to take place from February - end June 2009. The book will be published in July 2009. (Detailed timetable of publication schedule can be provided on request, and will be sent to you upon acceptance of your work.)
