35.2615, Calls: Discourse Analysis/ Critical Discourse Studies - "The language of the manosphere: global perspectives" (Jrnl)

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Subject: 35.2615, Calls: Discourse Analysis/ Critical Discourse Studies - "The language of the manosphere: global perspectives" (Jrnl)

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Date: 24-Sep-2024
From: Veronika Koller [v.koller at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: Discourse Analysis/ Critical Discourse Studies - "The language of the manosphere: global perspectives" (Jrnl)


Call for extended abstracts: Special issue of Critical Discourse
Studies on The language of the manosphere: global perspectives

Guest editors: Veronika Koller, Alexandra Krendel, Jessica Aiston,
Mark McGlashan

We are calling for extended abstracts of 1,500 words for a special
issue of the journal Critical Discourse Studies on the language of the
manosphere. In particular, though not exclusively, we seek
contributions that examine the language of the manosphere and its
influence and spread in non-Anglo-American contexts and in languages
other than English. This work is currently
underrepresented/underreported in the academic literature. The due
date for abstracts is 1 December 2024.

The manosphere is a loose online network of different groups –
including involuntary celibates (incels), self-styled pick-up artists
or seduction experts, male separatists and men’s rights activists –
that share anti-feminist and misogynist beliefs. To date, the language
and discourse of the manosphere has been mostly researched for
Western, especially North American, contexts (e.g., Krendel et al.
2022, Dayter and Rüdiger 2022, Heritage 2023, Koller et al. 2023,
Krendel 2023). With this special issue, we intend to give an
up-to-date overview of the state of the art of linguistic research
into the manosphere but with two distinct aims designed to address
problems with previous research. These aims are:

Broadening the focus of linguistic research on the manosphere to
non-Anglo-American and non-Anglophone contexts
Positing positive interventions that address problems raised through
research into manosphere communities and language. (How) can critical
research help members of these communities as well those negatively
impacted by these communities?

In doing so, we acknowledge that what is known as the “manosphere” in
Anglo-American contexts may manifest differently elsewhere. However,
networked online misogyny is likely to be a global phenomenon, and
groups using absolute statements, dehumanising metaphors, in-group
vocabulary and pseudo-science to refer to women and men may be found
in many various cultures.

We therefore especially, but not exclusively, encourage contributions
from outside Anglo-American contexts. We are further interested in
quantitative and/or qualitative studies and in research on multimodal
features of the manosphere. However, all papers should include
detailed linguistic analysis of authentic data.

The 1,500-word abstract should mention the study’s focus and research
question(s), contain a brief literature review as well as detail on
data and methods, provide indicative findings and discuss what
implications the study has for effecting positive change. Please send
your extended abstract to v.koller at lancaster.ac.uk.

The extended abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors, who will
select contributors of full papers. Those will be subject to internal
and external review.

Due date for extended abstracts: 1 December 2024
Notification of acceptance: 13 January 2025
First drafts: June 2025

References
Dayter, D., & Rüdiger, S. (2022). The Language of Pick-up Artists:
Online discourses of the seduction industry. Routledge.
Heritage, F. (2023). Incels and Ideologies: Exploring how incels use
language to construct gender and race. Palgrave.
Koller, V., Krendel, A., & Aiston, J. (2023). The Language of
Gender-based Separatism. Cambridge University Press [Element].
Krendel, A. (2023). Self-help and masculinity: Speech acts in an
online men’s group. Pragmatics and Society, 14(6), 844-868.
Krendel, A., McGlashan, M., & Koller, V. (2022). The representation of
gendered social actors across five manosphere communities on Reddit.
Corpora, 17(2), 291-321. DOI: 10.3366/cor.2022.0257



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