*Sex and the Cinema: *
*A Film Studies journal Conference – CfP*
From the extremes of Disney canoodling at one end of the spectrum to
pornography at the other, sex has always had a central role in moving
images. This role has never been confined to representations in individual
scenes, but has taken shape in every industrial and cultural aspect of
their production, dissemination and consumption, from the Hollywood casting
couch and red-light-district alleyways, to parked cars at drive-ins and the
YouPorn user’s bedroom. So too has sex held a key position in film
scholarship, aesthetics and the cognate disciplines that appraise moving
images and their function in society. In recent years, this presence has
only grown, in the form of key individual publications as well as
burgeoning subfields (e.g., porn studies) and objects of inquiry (e.g.,
grindhouse programming).
As a substantial intervention into this ongoing research, the Centre for
Film and Media Research, the Aesthetics Research Centre and the journal *Film
Studies* will stage a major international conference at the University of
Kent in Canterbury (UK), to be held 9-11 December 2016.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
--Prof. Daniel Biltereyst
--Prof. Anne Eaton
--Prof. Jon Lewis
This interdisciplinary conference aims to investigate the role of sex on
screen, in cinematic spaces, and among the film world’s various domains;
participants are encouraged to interpret both ‘sex’ and ‘cinema’ broadly
and creatively. The organisers seek a wide range of proposals (for
individual papers, panels or workshops) on any issue related to this topic,
including (but not limited to) historical or contemporary examinations of:
--programming practices, DVD labels’ listmaking
--specialty distributors or exhibitors, online portals
--the role of sex at/in film festivals
--genres, cycles and production trends that pertain to or make strategic
use of sex or sexuality
--the use of sex in marketing and promotional materials
--individual films, television series and other media
--the role of sex in star/celebrity formation
--the aesthetics of sex films, from smut to erotica
--ethical issues pertaining to sex and the cinema
--production conditions and labour issues
--regulation and censorship
--policing of public spaces, zoning
--film magazines and sex, e.g., *Films and Filming*
--amateur filmmaking, home cinema
--technological developments
--sexual politics, cultural activism and community building
--sexual subcultures
--gender, sexuality, race, class
--the public and private sphere
--sex films and pedagogy
--the body in performance and reception, e.g., body doubles, porn
performance, ---embodied spectatorship
--taboos and prohibitions
Proposals of 200-500 words and a short bio should be sent by 1 May 2016 to
[log in to unmask] *Selected papers will be published in a special
issue of the journal Film Studies.*
Dr Mattias Frey
Reader in Film
Managing Director, Centre for Film and Media Research
Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Arts
Co-Editor, *Film Studies*
University of Kent - Jarman School of Arts, 2-26 - Canterbury CT2 7UG - UK
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