CFP: Bio-adaptations – Adaptation Special Issue

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Bio-adaptations: Adaptation Special Issue

SUBMISSIONS DUE: jANUARY 30, 2025

This special issue will consider the features, issues, and the recent increase in the bio-adaptation which includes, bioplays, biopics, bionovels, and other forms of biographical adaptation. This special issue aims to introduce and interrogate the rise in the bio-adaptation, including but not limited to adaptations of forgotten lives, lives of fictional/mythological figures, the quest for authenticity, and the current trend, from Napoleon to Michael Jackson, for celebrities to be recreated.

Submissions should be 4,000-8,000 words with a deadline of 30 January 2025. If accepted, articles will be published online in advance of the publication of the issue, so it’s advisable to submit before the final deadline. Submissions should be made to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/adapt

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