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ArgumentCall for Chapter Proposals for Edited book titled, "Multiple Representations in HBO TV Series Treme", Dominique Gendrin and Catherine DessingesWe are assembling a book proposal for University Press of Mississippi for an anthology on HBO&#8217;s TV Series Treme. The book aims to interrogate the multiple and complex social-historical, political, racial, and cultural constructions of reality represented in the series through the contributions of scholars from different disciplines. We are looking for extended abstract submissions reflecting diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to, the following:Urban and Cultural Identity: Food, music, Mardi Gras, parades, tourism, entrepreneurship, and citizenry, etc.Social Injustice: Loss, abandonment, poverty, criminality, housing, labor, corruption; etc.Race, Class and Gender: media representations of race, class and gender including Creoles, Mardi Gras Indians and other communities&#8230;Institutions: Political, educational, medical, criminal, etc.Representations and Realities: Realism and fiction, historical truths, etc.Art in Treme: Artistic tropes, metaphors, narrative work, aesthetic dispositions, etc.Treme in Television Studies: HBO status and politics, audience reception, authorial intents, production, etc.Chapter Proposal GuidelinesAn extended abstract of 2-5 pages that should include the following:The specific representation(s) your chapter will examine.A well-defined theoretical framework and methodologyA summary or outline of your proposed chapterA preliminary bibliography of sources that will be used in the chapterYour proposal should be accompanied by a published essay you authored, ideally on the subject matter discussed in the chapter proposal.If you are selecting among multiple essays you have published, please send an essay for which you are the lead or sole author.Please provide an up-to-date curriculum vitae that lists your five most recent publications.Proposals and chapters can be written in English or French.Completed proposals (parts 1-5 specified above) are due on or before midnight February 15, 2013.We will select among the proposals and notify submitters of our decisions by March 30, 2013.Completed chapters will be due June 30, 2013.Please send a title, all author(s) name, phone, address, and other contact information along with the rest of the submission to: &#8220;Dominique Gendrin&#8221; dgendrin@xula.edu&#160;for submissions in the United States and beyond and "Catherine Dessinges" Catherine.dessinges@univ-lyon3.fr&#160;for submissions in Europe.Email submission preferred. Please send submission material as a PDF attachment or a MS word attachment.Scientific coordinatorsDominique M. Gendrin, Ph.D.,&#160;Professor of CommunicationAT&#38;T Endowed ProfessorDepartment of CommunicationsXavier University of Louisiana1 Drexel DriveNew Orleans, LA 70125-1098(Office)504-520-5460(Fax) 504-520-7982Catherine Dessinges, Ph.D.,&#160;Associate Professor of Sciences of Information &#38; CommunicationELICOUniversity of Lyon 36 cours Albert Thomas69008 Lyon, France(Office) +33 (0)4 78 78 76 87Scientific committeeDominique Gendrin, Professeur in Communication, Xavier University, New Orleans, USAVicky Mayer, Professor in Communication, Tulane University,New Orleans, USAWendy Hajjar, Associate Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, USAJean-Pierre Esquenazi, Professeur en Sciences de la Communication, Marje, Universit&#233; Lyon 3, FranceCatherine Dessinges, Maitre de Conf&#233;rences en Sciences de la Communication, Elico, Universit&#233; Lyon 3, France