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Guest Editors:  
Harriet Earle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK  
Jessica Clark, University of Suffolk, UK

This call for papers seeks submissions that engage with the television
series American Horror Story (produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk)
as part of a Special Issue for the European Journal of American Culture.
Over six seasons (so far), American Horror Story has received massive
popular and academic interest for its bold and often apposite reworkings
of a wide range of cultural tropes and folk stories, set against
uniquely American backgrounds and played out through a distinct cast of
characters.

Papers should be between 6000-8000 words and the deadline for final
submission is 31st January 2018. Abstracts are due 10th September, 2017.

Papers should be submitted to the Special Guest Editors Harriet Earle
and Jessica Clark via
[AHSspecialissue@gmail.com](mailto:AHSspecialissue@gmail.com){target="_blank"}.

Submissions to this journal could include, but are not limited to,
critical interrogations of:

- Horror, supernatural and the gothic
- Fame and celebrity culture
- The development of American popular culture (i.e. television)
- Intersectionality, imagery and representation: femininity,
  masculinity, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, class, age, etc.
- Colonisation and Colonialism
- Immigration and the Melting Pot
- Madness and mad politics
- Emotion and affect
- Violence and/or sexual violence
- Queer bodies, identities and selves
- American Institutions and Institutionalisation
- Sex, sexual bodies and sexual pleasure/desire
- The American family
- Producing television: production, editing, soundtrack and aesthetics.
- Audience reception, review and fan production

The list is by no means exhaustive and we are happy to consider any
piece which works with some/all of the current six series of American
Horror Story or those which cross series boundaries with a strong
thematic focus at their centre.

Please consult the European Journal of American Culture website
([https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/page/index,name=journalresources/](https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/page/index,name=journalresources/){target="_blank"})
for more information about the journal and its formatting guidelines.
This special issue follows the ethos of the *European Journal of
American Culture* as a whole: we aim to reflect the interdisciplinary
and international nature of contemporary studies of American Culture.

All authors are welcome to submit abstracts: from PhD candidates and
early career researchers, to established academics. We look forward to
receiving abstracts for consideration.

The series is due to be published in June 2018.

### Publication schedule:

- Submission of abstracts: **10th September 2017**
- Notification of abstract acceptance: 24th September 2017
- Submission of full posts: 31st January 2018
- Publication date: June 2018


Guest Editors: Harriet Earle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Jessica Clark, University of Suffolk, UK  This call for papers seeks submissions that engage with the television series American Horror Story (produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk) as part of a Special Issue for the European Journal of American Culture.

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CfP: Special Issue of the European Journal of American Culture: “American Horror Story”, Deadline: Sept 10, 2017