Ron Riekki and Kevin Wetmore, editors, call for abstracts for consideration for inclusion in a volume with the working title
The Many Lives of The Purge.
We seek essays analyzing any and all parts of Blumhouse’s Purge Universe: The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016), The First Purge (2018), The Purge TV series (2018-2019), The Forever Purge (2021), or other aspects of the franchise, including parodies of and references to in contemporary politics.
Proposals due by: February 28, 2021
Accepted proposals will be informed immediately on March 1 and sent a style sheet.
First drafts are due June 15. The draft will be 5-6K words (all inclusive of notes and works cited).
The editors will return edited drafts to contributors by July 4. Final drafts will be due in early October.
Email proposals and/or any questions to
kwetmore@lmu.edu. Thank you.
