The series in currently inviting book proposals aligned to its aims and scope.
See our guidance on how to write a proposal
To submit a proposal or schedule an initial chat, contact one of the editorial team:
Series Editor
Samantha Holland; [email protected]
Commissioning Editor, Emerald Publishing
Katy Mathers; [email protected]
Calls for submissions
Emerald Studies in Gender and Popular Culture critically explores how gender identities, norms, and stereotypes are shaped, challenged, and reinforced through media and cultural texts.
Aims and scope
As we re-imagine and re-boot at an ever faster pace, this series explores the different strands of contemporary culture and gender. Looking across sites of popular culture, the series asks: what has changed for gender? And, perhaps more seriously, what has not? Have representations of genders changed? How much does the concept of ‘gender’ in popular culture define and limit us?
Spanning film, television, fashion, graphic novels, and reality TV, the series examines the evolving role of gender in popular culture and its intersections with race, class, ethnicity, and embodiment. As cultural narratives shift through reboots, nostalgia, and new media, this series interrogates whether meaningful progress has been made or if traditional constraints persist. Providing a vital space for scholars to analyze gender representation, feminism, masculinity, and non-binary identities, this series offers fresh insights into the dynamic relationship between gender and popular culture.
Emerald Studies in Gender and Popular Culture provides a focus for writers and researchers interested in sociological and cultural research that expands our understanding of the ontological status of gender, popular culture and related discourses, objects and practices.
This title is aligned with our fairer society goal
We are passionate about working with researchers globally to deliver a fairer, more inclusive society. This perhaps has never been more important than in today’s divided world.
