Call for papers:
Three or four collaborators in the areas of Women's Filmmaking in Spain,
Greece, Turkey, the Middle East and Egypt are required for a publication
entitled:
Visions of Struggle: Women's Filmmaking in the Mediterranean
Prospective collaborators should already have completed a PhD and have at
least three refereed publications to their name. Interested parties should
contact Flavia Laviosa at [log in to unmask] in the first instance,
detailing their proposed chapter submission and enclosing a brief academic
CV.
Description and goals of the book proposal:
Focusing on the neighboring countries in the Mediterranean rim, as the
general unifying geo-cultural location for a contemporary discussion on
women's human, civil, and social rights, this book elaborates a
cross-cultural definition of being a woman in struggle, transcending
geo-ethnic boundaries and bringing together shared life experiences. The
collection situates feminist arguments on questions of women's psychology,
anthropology, and sexuality. Such issues are examined through the works
of contemporary women directors from Mediterranean countries, whose cinema
is confrontational and relevant to the discourse of women's studies. These
artists are mobilized by diverse cinematic forms of intervention, take on
the responsibility as leading advocates for women's problems, and
purposefully use their cinematic art to document a new feminist social
realism. Contributors examine films which are expressions of
counter-cinema, cultural contestation and political commitment for
Mediterranean women's collective experience of struggle. Innovative in
content, groundbreaking in its multi-disciplinary approach to film text
analysis and women's issues, this volume is a significant contribution to
the development of transnational and comparative feminist film studies.
Visions of Struggle is an excellent resource for scholars and students
interested in film, women's, and cultural studies in the Mediterranean.
Papers should:
a) discuss only women directors from Mediterranean countries
b) include in your discussion preferably only films directed from the year
2000 to now
c) select only directors/films that address issues pertaining to women's
cultural and psychological issues, as well as themes related to women's
social and civil rights
d) motivate your director(s)' and film(s)' choices as expressions of
counter-cinema
e) situate your director(s)' and film(s)' choices as artistic
voices/expressions of a feminist discourse in the Mediterranean rim
f) develop a multi-disciplinary approach to film text analysis and women's
issues (including psychological, cultural, sociological, anthropological,
political and historical aspects)
Word limit of submittted papers 7,500 including notes and bibliography.
Chicago Style for the Humanities. The papers will be reviewed by external
and anonimous referees.
Best regards,
Flavia Laviosa
Flavia Laviosa, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Department of Italian Studies
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
USA
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Tel.: (781) 283-2618
Fax: (781) 283-2876
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