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Call for papers:
Looking Both Ways:
Representations of Bisexuality in the Mass Media
A Special Double Issue of the Journal of Bisexuality

Dr. Keith Dorwick, The University of Louisiana at
Lafayette
Dr. Jonathan Alexander, The University of Cincinnati

Today, with the explosion of new forms of media, from
webcams on the internet to periodicals delivered on
CD-ROM to online editions of newspapers, the number
and locations of representations of bisexuality and
other forms of queer sex has also climbed. Too, with
more forms of media that allow for various levels of
privacy, the explicit nature of those representations
range from the very public, such as Sharon Stone's
infamous bisexual killer (Basic Instinct, 1992); to
the less public, as with cable deliveries of
representations of bisexual; to the entirely private
(presumably), such as bisexual porno sites that
deliver full length adult films via broadband
connections through such technologies as Ethernet and
DSL.

As a result of this growth, the social issues that
surround representations of queer sex—in the past, an
entirely underground movement centered around the U.S.
mail service, tawdry bookstores habitated by men
exhibiting a full range of sexual orientations (but
perhaps largely bisexual especially in smaller towns)
and dingy movie palaces reclaimed from vaudeville and
legitimate film—have become entirely complex. These
can include privacy issues, censorship, thrusting of
images and sound upon the unwilling viewer or hearer,
the roles libraries play in the electronic delivery of
adult materials, rural vs. urban understandings of the
depiction of bisexuality acts, the representation of
the tensions between bisexuals and other queers, the
concerns of the differently abled, of church and
religion, economics, politics of identity, community
formation, bi-eroticism, bi-curious and questioning
youth, polyamory, non-monogamy, inter-generational sex
and sexualities and so much more.

This special double issue of the Journal of
Bisexuality, scheduled to appear subsequently in book
form, is seeking papers that will tackle media
representation of bisexuality from recognized
theoretical schools and perspectives (including but
not limited to feminism, queer studies, Marxism,
reader response, deconstruction and other recognized
theory); material that lacks a theoretical
underpinning is not acceptable, though personal
narratives that do include such a perspective and
fusions of various theoretical schools will be
considered. In particular, the editors will welcome
essays that consider the ways the media represents
bisexuals who maintain membership in more than one
minority community: gay men married to women, lesbians
who have straight sex, the disabled, queers of color,
bisexuals who are celibate by choice, etc.

Please submit completed essays (no abstracts) of 20-25
double-spaced manuscript pages to BOTH
kdorwick@... and jamma@... in Word or
RTF format for consideration by 12/31/05; requests to
review relevant books on this topic may be sent to
both addresses as well. Inquiries are welcome, though,
again, only full manuscripts will be considered for
possible inclusion in this special issue.






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