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Dear members (with apologies for cross-posting) Please see the call for papers included below. Geriaction Cinema: A Symposium on the Ageing Action Star Bournemouth University, 10th – 11th May 2018 Keynote speaker: Professor Rajinder Dudrah (Birmingham City University) The action film has been widely analysed for its investment in spectacle, its hyperbolic masculinity, its significance for film marketing and its ideological implications across various conflicts and contexts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. So too have its stars been extensively framed in their cultural-political surroundings over recent decades of film scholarship. As the action-adventure format’s most contemporary manifestation in the blockbuster era reaches middle age, and the personae of Cold-War era action stars increasingly adapt to incorporate themes of ageing, debates around seniority in the genre’s marquee personnel are ever more timely. This symposium will offer delegates the opportunity to discuss the concept of the ageing action star across historical periods, genders, ethnicities and national cinemas, bringing together diverse perspectives on the historical and political coordinates of this enduring genre. We are especially keen to encourage scholars looking at stars from outside Hollywood and Europe. Likely topics include but are not restricted to: * The ageing star in early action cinema * Reinvigorated transnational stardom in the twilight of action careers * Studies of action cinema's political/historical contexts relating to ageing * The impact of ageing on star personae (eg Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Wayne) * Themes of ageing in action cinema * Digital de-ageing * The older female action star * Gender relations in action cinema * Careers after action * Becoming an action star late in a career · · We seek proposals for 20-minute papers, or for pre-constituted panels of three or four papers, that engage with any aspects of the above topic. Abstracts of no more than 300 words, along with a short biographical note, should be submitted for peer review to Dr Laura Crossley: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and/or Dr Austin Fisher: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 26 January 2018. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------