[Discussion] UPDATE: Trash Cinema: A Primer for Beginners (1/1/06; collection)

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From: "Bleach, Anthony" <BLEACHA@mail.ecu.edu>

Trash Cinema: A Primer for Beginners (collection)

UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 January, 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS: Collection of critical essays on trash cinema

We invite submissions for a critical anthology about the ever-expanding world of
national and international trash cinema.

As fans of trash cinema, while we do like to think of the form as being utterly
anti- or counter- "mainstream" cinema, in the ways it challenges or reworks many
of its assumptions, we are amazed at how many trash favorites (both personal and
more perennial, if such a thing exists) have a striking formal similarity to -
as well as an appeal for devotees of - the "traditional" film canon's fare.

As teachers of trash cinema, while we admit that teaching films that often have
a universal un-appeal for our students has sometimes worked to our disadvantage,
we are interested in the pedagogical advantages of using trash cinema in the
film studies classroom and beyond.

And as scholars of trash cinema, while we know that the films are often
shoddily-produced, ill-distributed, and under-exhibited; that they are often
single-minded in their pursuit of spectacle over substance; and that their use
as scholarly texts to think about and through is often limited by the means and
ends of their production, we are fascinated with the aesthetic and ideological
work that this type of film does.

For this collection - tentatively titled *Trash Cinema: A Primer for Beginners*
- we are interested in building on the work of such scholars as Jeffrey Sconce,
who attempts to make the crucial moves of exposing the assumptions held by more
"traditional" cinema study, as well as the study of trash cinema itself, and
exploring the benefits of the institutionalization of the latter in the academy.

Inquiries or abstracts of 500 words can be sent as e-mail attachments to
Anthony C. Bleach (bleacha@ecu.edu), John F. Lennon (jlennon@mail.as.miami.edu),
and Christopher Robe (crobe@fau.edu). The updated date for submitting abstracts
is January 1, 2006. Final versions of essays accepted for the volume will be
announced in 2006. Please include full contact information with your
submissions.




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