Popular
culture tourism encompasses destinations featured in popular culture
expressions (e.g. film, television, literature, music, fashion, sports) and the
people who travel to these places because of their association to the
expression. Traditionally, popular culture tourism research has focused on
either one of these perspectives, exploring topics like commoditization, staged
performances and authenticity; these focus on the extent to which a tourism
experience is organized for visitors and to what degree it can be regarded as
genuine. Popular culture tourism destinations often experience a strong
marketing push to cultivate niche products and experiences in the wake of being
featured in a popular culture medium. Thus, unique destination marketing opportunities
follow this kind of tourism, such as the shaping of destination images and
brands for example through the re-imagination of historical pasts and
fabrication of a modern heritage. The tourists who visit these destinations
exhibit somewhat more complex motivations than traditional tourists’ travel
motives. Some have a passionate interest (i.e. fans) in a particular popular
culture phenomenon, whilst for others the popular culture association of the
place attracts them to visit for of added value. For fans, the drama,
entertainment, social interaction as well as community connections are central
to the experience.
The purpose
of the special issue is twofold. First, it aims to explore from a
multi-disciplinary perspective the emergent intersections between popular
culture, fandom and tourism as a debatable consequence of the increasing
processes of mediatisation and globalization. Second, the special issue aims to
investigate how the manifestation of meanings induced by popular culture and
communal fan identification in search for authenticity influence the
place-making practices of destinations.
Authors are
invited to submit manuscripts relevant, but not limited, to the above themes:
- History of the intersection between popular culture and tourism
- Economic and socio-cultural theory underpinning the development of the popular culture tourism phenomenon
- Globalization, mediatization and the transformation of popular culture and tourism
- Popular culture as a means of tourism development: issues, opportunities, and controversies
- Heritage, popular culture tourism and authenticity
- Popular culture production and consumption patterns inducing tourism
- Fandom, neo-tribalism and co-creation in popular culture tourism
- Integrated destination place-making, management and marketing for popular culture tourism
- Non-representation theory, space, place and popular culture tourism
- Popular culture tourism and sustainable development
Guidelines:
The call
welcomes and encourages theoretical or empirical papers taking an
interdisciplinary perspective from academics and practitioners who form part of
the wider research community, where interests align with the themes identified
above. For all proposals, authors should submit an abstract (250 - 300 words)
to the guest editors, by the date indicated in the timeline below.
Timeline:
Saturday 1
November 2018: Submission of abstracts (to guest editors)
Monday 19
November 2018: Response to abstracts and acceptance
March/April
2019: Submission of full papers to Scholar One Manuscripts
April/June
2019: Anonymous Peer Review via /TJPC / (4-8 weeks)
June/July
2019: Initial decisions / reviews sent back to authors
Late
August/Early September 2019: Submission of final papers to Scholar One
Manuscripts
Mid-September/Early
October 2019: Copyediting
Friday 18
October 2019: Submit papers for typesetting
Monday 2
December 2019: Online publication of accepted articles
Length of
the papers:
It is
anticipated that papers included in this special issue will be between 5,000
and 7,500 words. Manuscripts exceeding this length will be critically reviewed
and if appropriate can be extended.
Submission
guidelines:
Manuscripts
will undergo blind peer review. Please indicate in the title page that your
manuscript is a candidate for the special issue. Submissions to The Journal of Popular Culture are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts-the journal online
submission and peer review system. Registration and access. Papers must
be formatted in strict accordance with The Journal of Popular Culture style
guidelines. To view the
complete instructions for authors.
Editors’
Contact Information:
Please copy
in and submit abstracts to all three editors:
Lincoln.Geraghty@port.ac.uk
vziakas@marjon.ac.uk
c.lundberg@surrey.ac.uk
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