Call for articles for a new book on The Andy Griffith Show

[David Johnson]

Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum. I wanted to post something that may be of interest to anyone interested in The Andy Griffith Show. A colleague and I planning to publish a book of essays on the TAGS. It will have both academic and popular essays. We are looking for quality proposals. I am posting the full call for proposals below. Please contact me if you have any interest in this. Thank you. David Johnson

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR COLLECTION
CONCERNING THE ANDY GRIFFTH SHOW
AND 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@scsu.edu or Dr. David Johnson at djohnson@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.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by David Johnson

Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum. I wanted to post something that may be of interest to anyone interested in The Andy Griffith Show. A colleague and I planning to publish a book of essays on the TAGS. It will have both academic and popular essays. We are looking for quality proposals. I am posting the full call for proposals below. Please contact me if you have any interest in this. Thank you. David Johnson

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR COLLECTION
CONCERNING THE ANDY GRIFFTH SHOW
AND 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@scsu.edu or Dr. David Johnson at djohnson@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.

Hello David, welcome to the group, your plans for the book are looking interesting.

Keep us posted.

🙂