Postmillennial Pop Series

This series strives to publish work that reimagines scholarship on popular culture in the age of late-capitalism, transnationalism and globalization. How do media innovations and practices still in formation reanimate critical approaches to a capacious array of popular forms like music, television, video games, comics and movies, as well as emergent forms and platforms in popular discourse? Conversely, how does the analog (in form and concept) persist, resurface and reinvent itself despite the fascination for “the new” or the “not yet”?

While the series focuses on contemporary popular cultures, the designation “postmillennial” is not meant to be a historical proscription. Instead, Postmillenial Pop encourages approaches that considers contemporary forms and popular practices within a broader matrix of political, cultural and affective histories of race, sexuality, gender and class. Furthermore, the series seeks to publish work that engages the ephemeral and interstitial archives of previous forms of global “re-structuring” and domination, including work that contextualizes the effects of empire, immigration, diaspora and labor movements on popular cultures.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Submissions should take the form of a 3-5 page proposal outlining the intent and scope of the project, its merits in comparison to existing texts, and the audience it is designed to reach. You should also include a detailed Table of Contents, 2-3 sample chapters, and a current copy of your curriculum vitae. Please refer to NYU Press’ submission guidelines. Submissions can be sent to the series editors: Karen Tongson University of Southern California [email protected] Henry Jenkins University of Southern California [email protected]