CFP: Motorcycle Myth and Realities
CALL FOR PAPERS
Motorcycle Culture: Myths and Realities
We invite you to submit an abstract of a proposed essay or paper for a new
collection entitled "Motorcycle Culture: Myths and Realities," edited by
Gary L. Kieffner, Department of History, University of Texas at El Paso;
Susan Buck, Founding Editor of Thunder Press Eastern Edition; and Steven E.
Alford, Department of Liberal Arts, Nova Southeastern University.
We are especially looking for contributions addressing the following subjects:
Images and myth.
The motorcycle as art, poetry, or agency.
The street-riding machine itself.
Cultural descriptions or explanations.
Riders' experiential descriptions.
"The biker" as subaltern or as "other."
Analyses of media, corporate, or other power structures in relation to
motorcycling.
Political or hegemonic discourses.
Although a wide variety of disciplinary approaches and topics are possible,
the collective project is a practical application of Linda
Tuhiwai Smith's Decolonizing Methodologies (New York: Zed Books, 1999).
Therefore, papers must be written in such a manner as to be mindful of the
need to de-colonize riding culture, subcultures, and community and to
prevent their further colonization by interests adverse to bikers or to
motorcycling as an activity.
Guidelines
Length: Twenty-five to thirty double-spaced, manuscript pages will be
considered.
Style: Chicago style
Format: The contributor should submit the following three items as separate
e-mail attachments to the first editor: 1. A one-page abstract including
the title of the proposed contribution. 2. A biographical statement of
fewer than 150 words including an indication of how long the contributor
has been riding (if applicable). Biographical statements of selected
contributors may be published in the collection. 3. A mailing address,
phone number, and e-mail address.
Deadline: Abstracts, biographical statements, and contact information must
be received by April 15, 2002 for consideration.
If the abstract is selected, then the following conditions apply:
Selection of any given abstract does not convey any promise that the
resultant essay or paper will be included in the collection.
The paper must be submitted via e-mail in X-word processing format not
later than June 15, 2002.
Any inclusions of pictures, illustrations, plates, diagrams, charts, etc.
must be camera-ready, with appropriate attributions. If copyrighted
material is included, the contributor is responsible for obtaining all written
permissions for their reproduction in this collection. If the contribution,
or portions of it, is the intellectual property of any press, association,
company, or person other than the contributor, then the contributor is
responsible for submitting copies of all permission instruments to the first
editor.
Review: Selected papers will be peer reviewed by at least two readers. The
editors will make the final decision concerning acceptance of abstracts and
papers. The review process will take at least 6-8 weeks. Contributors
should retain a file of their papers.
Please contact the first editor if you have any questions or electronic
transmission problems:
Gary L. Kieffner, Dept. of History, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W.
University Ave., El Paso, Texas 79968-0532. Tel.: 505.997.9102. E-mail:
Kieffner@utep.edu
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Steven E. Alford 954 262 8204
Professor, Liberal Arts alford@nova.edu
Nova Southeastern University http://www.nova.edu/~alford
"The fine silks and cottons, the laces, and other ornamental luxuries of a
rich country may contribute very considerably to augment the exchangeable
value of its annual produce: yet they contribute but in a very small degree
to augment the mass of happiness in society." Thomas Malthus
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