| Ashwani Sharma on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:30:09 +0200 (CEST) |
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| <nettime-ann> CFP: The Wire files [darkmatter journal issue] |
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darkmatter – special 'dialogue' issue [www.darkmatter101.org]
'Way down in the hole'- The Wire files
call for contributions
The critically acclaimed US television drama The Wire has recently ended its fifth and final series. The Baltimore set HBO show has been celebrated for its gritty realism and complex representation of urban crime, policing and American city politics. Through the TV cop genre The Wire has weaved together issues of drugs, poverty, policing, inner-city murder, surveillance, political corruption, institutions, labour, schooling, print media, youth, sexuality and gender, with an ensemble cast of African-American and white characters and intricate plot-lines, providing one of the most compelling accounts of race, class and the city in contemporary media.
To mark this event the online journal darkmatter [www.darkmatter101.org] is putting together a special 'dialogue' issue exploring the aesthetics and politics of The Wire. If you are interested in making a contribution send a 300 words abstract outlining your proposed piece by 30 June 2008. If accepted, final pieces between 1500 to 4000 words to be submitted by 1 September 2008. We welcome contributions in the form of essays, reviews, interviews or creative media pieces on any aspect of the show - from detailed analysis of specific characters and episodes to the examination of The Wire in relation to the history of television, film and literary genre fiction, or as a mapping of the crisis of race, politics and the neoliberal capitalist economy in Baltimore, America and globally.
send abstracts and any enquires to ash sharma [ash.disorient@gmail.com]
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