> UPDATE: NEW DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS 15 SEPTEMBER!
> www.filmandhistory.org
>
> Dear Scholars of the West and of Film,
>
> The door will remain open for proposals for our conference on
> THE AMERICAN WEST(S) IN FILM, TV, AND HISTORY until
> 15 September-by which time everyone will be into a fall semester
> state of mind.
>
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> Samurai Gunslingers: The Western and=20
>
> the Samurai/Martial Arts Film.=20
>
> Please join the Film & History Journal for its annual conference in =
> Kansas=20
> City Missouri. Propose a paper on the cross fertilization of the Western =
> and the Martial Arts film genres.=20
>
> Consider the sword duel near the beginning of _Seven Samurai_. The =
> aesthetic of the quick-draw and precision shooting roughly correlate to =
> iaido and kyudo, and as we see in westerns and martial arts movies =
> require the same dedication and practice to master.=20
>
> Since many Westerns and martial arts films were made during the same =
> period papers might also consider the ways in which the shootouts model =
> and reflect sword duals in such films as:
>
>
> =B7 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,=20
> =B7 The Quick and the Dead,
> =B7 Once Upon a Time in the West,
> =B7 The Shootist,=20
> =B7 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
> =B7 High Noon
> or any other film which heightens the experience of the shoot-out as an =
> end in itself.
> Further paper possibilities might include but are not limited to
> =B7 the artistic impact on current film of the ways in which the two =
> genres have come together the cowboy/samurai/warrior monk as embodiments =
> of their cultures and/or a warrior archetype
> =B7 women warriors in either genre. The Quick and the Dead or Crouching =
> Tiger, Hidden Dragon might be interesting here.
> =B7 the supernatural as narrative element
>
> These are suggestions, but almost any connection between martial arts =
> and the western will be considered.
>
>
> Send 250 word proposals by 15 September, 2002 to:
> Cher Holt-Fortin
> holtfort@oswego.edu
>
>
> Film & History Conference on the American Wests in Film, TV, and History
> Kansas City Marriott, Kansas City, MO
> November, 2002
> http://www.filmandhistory.org/
>
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> The 2002 meeting of the Film & History Society will be at the Kansas =
> City Margot, Country=20
>
> Club Plaza, next door to the Kansas City Arts Institute. Special events =
> are planned for the
>
> meeting. For details about the meeting, the site, and travel, see the =
> web site at <http://www.filmandhistory.org/>
>
> =20
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