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CALL FOR PAPERS 

 

2006 Film and History League Conference

 

"The Documentary Tradition" Dallas 8-12 November 2006

www.filmand <http://www.filmand/> history.org

 

AREA: Asian Documentary

 

Like other ethnic minority groups, the representation of Asians in
literature and film including non-fiction film has been stereotyped and
the practice continues to this day. The issue spills over to problems
with access to production, distribution and exhibition and when these
hurdles have been circumvented, to concerns about the appropriateness of
the themes represented in the works of art.

 

Submissions for panels and individual presentations on all aspects of
Asian non-fiction film are welcome. Subjects can be diverse and can
include the following:

 

- Analysis of particular films or filmmakers whether based in the US or
in Asia

- Theories of the documentary film from an Asian perspective

- The thematic particularity of the Asian documentary

-  Challenges for the Asian documentary maker

- Issues of diversity and integration in the Asian documentary

- Issues of gender, race and class in the Asian Documentary 

- The documentary tradition in Asian countries

- Cultural themes in the Asian documentary

- Biography and the Asian documentary

- The Asian documentary tradition as part of the American documentary
tradition  

- Politics and the Asian documentary

 

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS July 25, 2006.

 

Please direct enquiries and proposals to Dr. Zia Hasan, Claflin
University: [log in to unmask]

 

 


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