Co-editors:
- Corey Dzenko, Ph.D., Monmouth University
- Theresa Avila, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Traditionally defined by an individual’s membership and level of participation within a community, “citizenship” has been described by scholars such as Eric Hobsbawm as access to benefits or rights. Yet citizenship moves beyond political framings. According to Aiwha Ong, cultural citizenship is a “dual process of self-making and being-made” but done so “within webs of power linked to the nation-state and civil society.” Taking citizenship as a political position, cultural process, and intertwining of both, this book seeks essays that examine the role of art and visual culture in the Modern (understood as the Early Modern of the Renaissance through Late Modern) and Contemporary eras and from any geographical region.
We are interested in proposals that engage with the questions:
- How does citizenship inform artistic and visual practices?
- And how do images inform citizenship?
- How do images and the built environment reflect, confirm, or challenge ideals of citizenship across visual media and geographical boundaries?
- Topics addressed may include, but are not limited to: nation building, civic practices, transnationalism, civil rights, politics of identity, labor, border zones, affects of belonging, and activism as well as resistance to citizenship.
- Queries are also welcome concerning submission topics.
Essay abstracts (approximately 500 words in length) and a CV should be sent to Dr.Theresa Avila at sahibah[at]hotmail.com and Dr. Corey Dzenko at cjdzenko[at]gmail.com. Drafts or longer outlines are also welcome at this time. We seek previously unpublished work.