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