[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Male Bodies/Global Cinema (12/1/06; collection)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

MALE BODIES IN GLOBAL CINEMA: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
[Deadline proposals: 01/12/06]

The representation of the body has been extensively discussed in Film
Studies since the 1970s. Following an initial emphasis on the study of
the representation of the female body, work in this area in the last two
decades or so has turned its attention also to masculinity. Yet, with a
few exceptions, most of this work to date has focused on Hollywood. This
volume seeks to readdress the balance by offering as wide and
representative a picture of the depiction of the male body in
contemporary cinema as possible. Contributions can focus on specific
countries or ethnicities and can analyse key actors, directors or films
or offer a more diverse overview, but the emphasis will be on cinema
produced in the last twenty years.

Contributions on the representation of the Asian male body in Japanese,
Korean and British cinemas and on the representation of the male body in
Spanish and British cinemas have been already commissioned.
Contributions on any other nationalities or ethnicities are welcome, but
the following will take priority:

- Australian cinema
- Chinese cinema
- Cinemas of Western and Southern European countries (especially France,
Germany and Italy)
- Post 1989 Eastern European cinemas
- Cinemas of the states of the former Soviet Union
- Cinema from the Indian subcontinent
- Latin American cinemas (especially Argentinean, Brazilian, Cuban and
Mexican)
- Middle Eastern cinema

Please send proposals by 01/12/06 to santiago.fouz at durham.ac.uk

Proposals should include:
- Provisional title,
- 500-word abstract
- Provisional bibliography
- Short bio.

Accepted contributions (7,000 words) will be due in July 2007 for
publication in late 2008/early 2009. This project is already under
negotiation with a well established publishers in the field (please
contact the editor for more information).


Project website and full CFP can be found at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/santiago.fouz/worldbodies.htm

-- 
Dr. Santiago Fouz-Hernández
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
University of Durham
Elvet Riverside, New Elvet,
Durham DH1 3JT
United Kingdom

Tel: [+44] (0)191 334 3455
Fax: [+44] (0)191 334 3421

http://www.durham.ac.uk/santiago.fouz




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