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Violent Depictions: Representing violence in popular culture
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Monash University
30 September-1 October 2005
Violent depictions: Representing Violence in Popular Culture is an
interdisciplinary and cross-cultural symposium on the representation of
violence in contemporary popular culture.
The subject of violence is one of the most compelling issues in our
contemporary world. On a daily basis we are exposed to a seemingly
never-ending stream of violent images, which depict both physical and
psychological violence. Although we may be revolted or outraged by
violent imagery, representations of violence in popular culture, the
mass media and the plastic and performing arts continue to fascinate
audiences and reward producers.
The Violence in Representation symposium will examine aspects of the
cultural, social, political and personal representation of violence in
popular culture with the intentions of interrogating who represents
whom, for what purposes, and in what contexts.
There are a number of thematic categories such as violence in films,
literary texts, news broadcasts, the family and urban spaces, among
others, which cut across class, gender, sexuality, and locality. We
welcome papers on any of these themes, in particular that focus on
violence and popular culture from non-Anglo contexts.
Papers already accepted include women and terrorism in Spain, family
feuds in Brazilian films, the space of violence in Marseille, rape in
Italian women's fiction, and media representation of violence in Bali.
Following the conference, the organisers intend to publish selected
full-length papers in a special number of the Transcultures, a
fully-referred international journal.
Please send a short (250 word) abstract with a title by 2 May 2005 to
Philip Anderson ([log in to unmask]) or Brett Hough
([log in to unmask]).
For full details, including registration form, please see our website:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/lcl/conferences/violence/
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Dr Susanna Scarparo
Cassamarca Lecturer, Italian Studies
School of languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Monash University
Clayton, VIC 3800
Australia
Ph: +61 3 99052222
Fax: + 61 3 99055437
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