Call for Articles: Gothic Films and Homosexuality (to be published in Spring
2002)
Articles are invited for a special issue of *Gothic Studies* (see below) on
the gender politics at play in 'horror/SF' movies. Harry Benshoff's
*Monsters in the Closet* offers a good survey of homosexuality in horror
movies. To what extent does the depiction of flesh betray an uncertain
sexuality in horror/SF movies? How is homosexuality (re)inscribed in movies
aimed at a mainstream heterosexual audience? I would invited potential
contributors to look at recent 'horror/SF' movies such as 'Alien 3', 'Alien
Resurrection', 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein', 'Star Trek First Contact' or
'Dark City' and investigate the repressed discourse of homosexuality present
in these movies. Papers can deal with one or several movies, as well as
cinematographic adaptations of gothic novels, and queer Gothic subtexts of
mainstream films.
Please send 5000-7000 word articles (preferrably in electronic form) by
1 March 2001 to:
Michael Eberle-Sinatra
Northrop Frye Centre, Victoria University
73 Queenıs Park Crescent, Toronto
Ontario M5S 1K7, Canada
michael.eberle.sinatra@utoronto.ca
*Gothic Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal*
*Gothic Studies* is a new journal, the only one serving this expanding,
interdisciplinary field. Courses in the Gothic are now common in
Universities around the world. Gothic art, whether cinema, sculpture, or
literature, is ubiquitous, with its own, much studied canon of works. Until
now, no journal addressed the needs of this expanding, intellectual
constituency. Publishing the latest research, *Gothic Studies* is essential
reading for all scholars working in the field. The journal invites
contributions from anthropology, psychology, philosophy, film studies,
literary studies, cultural studies, history and criminology. Its most recent
special issue focussed on the interdisciplinary theme of the monstrous,
while future special issues include Gothic and Romanticism; Gothic Theatre;
Charles Brockden Brown; Gothic Films and Homosexuality; Gothic and the
Environmental Crisis. Relevant to both students and faculty, Gothic Studies
invites articles that are both theoretically informed, and clearly written.
Its Advisory Board comprises the top scholars in the field. Contributors to
date include Fred Botting, Steven Bruhm, Alison Chapman, Neil Cornwell, Joan
Dayan, Jessie Givner, Jerrold Hogle, Lisa Hopkins, Michelle Masse, Robert
Miles, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, David Punter, Andrew Smith, Rebecca Stott,
William Veeder and Anne Williams.
All libraries subscribing to the journal receive also receive an on-line
subscription at no further charge, making *Gothic Studies* an extremely
useful teaching resource. In addition, institutions will receive two
additional subscriptions to the journal for named post-graduate students.
Personal subscriptions entitle the holder to automatic membership of the
International Gothic Association.
For more information on *Gothic Studies* and the IGA, go to:
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/mirrors/romnet/iga
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