34.1894, FYI: Call for Abstracts for Collection Concerning the Andy Griffith Show and Language/Social Issues

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-1894. Thu Jun 15 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.1894, FYI: Call for Abstracts for Collection Concerning the Andy Griffith Show and Language/Social Issues

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Date: 14-Jun-2023
From: David Johnson [djohnson at kennesaw.edu]
Subject: Call for Abstracts for Collection Concerning the Andy Griffith Show and Language/Social Issues


This collection calls for abstracts of 250-500 words for essays
concerning social issues in The Andy Griffith Show, which aired from
1960-1968. Social issues may concern the following topics but not
necessarily limited to them:

Alcoholism
Alternate femininities and masculinities
Competing rivalries among women
Construction of femininity and masculinity
Crime
Cultural outsiders in Mayberry
Depictions of the Appalachia region and population
Dialects/accents and other sociolinguistic issues among the characters
Elitism and exclusivity
Family feuds
Gender Roles
Intergenerational conflicts
Stereotypes of women in society
The absence of any ostensible minorities in the episodes
The homeless and otherwise socially disadvantaged
The role of police in society
The role of women in public office

Please email all inquiries to Dr. W. Reginald Rampone, Jr. at
wrampone at scsu.edu or Dr. David Johnson at djohnson at kennesaw.edu   All
abstracts are due by January 1, 2024.

A FINAL NOTE: A publisher has already expressed strong interest in
publishing a collection of essays concerning this topic.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics




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