Marginality on the Screen: Contemporary European Cinema
At the turn of the century, Europe is in full cultural and political
transition. The demographic makeup of Europe is changing rapidly, and
the loci of cultural production are shifting away from the
traditional, homogenous center toward the more heterogenous
periphery. This session proposes to examine how the voices and images
of those who had been excluded from mainstream culture came to the
fore in European cinema of the 1990s and the beginning of the
twenty-first century. How has marginality found a voice and created
an image of itself over the last twelve years? What kind of stories
are being told? How do the images created by marginal groups of
themselves differ from representations of them by the mainstream film
industry? What changes, if any, have there been in the last decade in
the relationship of aesthetic discourse to political and social
engagement?
This session welcomes 500-word proposals for papers on any European
national cinema, and a wide variety of theoretical and critical
perspectives will be entertained. Possible aspects of marginality
might include, but are not limited to, issues of gender, sexual
orientation, immigration, racism, ageism, unemployment, homelessness,
disease, and physical disability.
Due date: September 15, 2001. Please send proposals to Professor
Jeffrey Spires, Department of Romance Languages, Hamilton College,
Clinton NY 13323 (jspires@hamilton.edu).
-- Department of Romance Languages Hamilton College Clinton, NY 13323 315-859-4775Il n'y a d'autre enfer pour l'homme que la betise ou la mechancete de ses semblables. Le Marquis de Sade
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