Call for Chapters: Banned Literature and Deviant Leisure in Contemporary Society

Editors

KIM RIVERA, Kaplan Business School Australia, Australia

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: July 19, 2026
 Full Chapters Due: September 20, 2026
 Submission Date: September 20, 2026

Introduction

Throughout history, societies have attempted to regulate ideas, behaviors, and cultural practices deemed controversial, immoral, dangerous, or socially undesirable. From banned books and censorship campaigns to controversial leisure activities, ritual practices, gambling cultures, underground communities, body modification, and digital subcultures, debates over what is considered acceptable or deviant continue to shape contemporary social life. These practices often reflect broader struggles over power, morality, identity, freedom of expression, cultural heritage, and social control. Banned Literature and Deviant Leisure in Contemporary Society explores the complex intersections of censorship, intellectual freedom, cultural resistance, social regulation, and transgressive leisure. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines and geographical contexts, the volume seeks to examine how individuals, communities, institutions, and governments negotiate the boundaries of acceptable knowledge, culture, and leisure in an increasingly interconnected world.

Objective

This book aims to: * Advance interdisciplinary scholarship on banned literature, censorship, and deviant leisure. * Examine how societies construct and regulate forms of knowledge, culture, and leisure considered controversial or transgressive. * Explore the relationships among power, morality, identity, resistance, and social control. * Provide international and comparative perspectives on censorship and contested cultural practices. * Highlight underrepresented perspectives from the Global South and diverse cultural contexts. * Foster dialogue among scholars in education, sociology, anthropology, leisure studies, cultural studies, media studies, criminology, and related disciplines. * Contribute theoretical, empirical, and methodological insights to contemporary debates on freedom of expression, cultural diversity, and social regulation.

Target Audience

This volume is intended for researchers, academics, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in education, sociology, anthropology, leisure studies, cultural studies, media and communication studies, criminology, political science, history, library and information science, and related disciplines. The book will also be relevant to educators, librarians, policymakers, cultural practitioners, community leaders, and professionals interested in censorship, intellectual freedom, cultural regulation, identity, and contemporary social issues.

Recommended Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Banned books and censorship * Intellectual freedom and academic freedom * Library censorship and information access * Curriculum controversies and educational policy * Literature, power, and social control * Moral panic and cultural regulation * Deviant leisure theory * Gambling cultures and wagering practices * Dark leisure and death-related practices * Underground and informal leisure economies * Youth cultures and subcultural identities * Fraternities, initiation rites, and hazing * Indigenous rituals and contested traditions * Ritualized violence and social belonging * Tattoo cultures and body modification * Food taboos and cultural identity * Cockfighting and traditional leisure practices * Religion, morality, and social regulation * Cultural resistance and countercultures * Social media regulation and digital censorship * Gaming cultures and controversial leisure * Digital communities and online subcultures * Digital piracy and informal media consumption * Artificial intelligence and content moderation * Surveillance, governance, and freedom of expression * Migration, diaspora, and transnational leisure * Race, ethnicity, and cultural censorship * Gender, sexuality, and contested identities * Media representation of deviance * Global South perspectives on censorship and leisure * Comparative international studies * Emerging forms of deviant leisure in contemporary society Researchers from diverse theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to submit chapter proposals.

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 19, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by August 2, 2026 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by September 20, 2026, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Banned Literature and Deviant Leisure in Contemporary Society. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference", "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2027.

Indexing Information for Prospective Authors

IGI Global Scientific Publishing meets the criteria for inclusion in major indexing services such as Scopus; however, it is important to note that all indexing decisions are made independently by these services. IGI Global Scientific Publishing books are selectively indexed by the indexing organization after publication. Indexing cannot be guaranteed for any book prior to publication, and the indexing organization has complete control over the final selection and timeline.

Important Dates

July 19, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
August 2, 2026: Notification of Acceptance
September 20, 2026: Full Chapter Submission
October 25, 2026: Review Results Returned
November 22, 2026: Final Acceptance Notification
November 29, 2026: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

KIM RIVERA Kaplan Business School Australia kjrivera1@alum.up.edu.ph
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