All: Deadline extended: 5/15/16
Finals week, graduation and retreat duties here.
Revised CFP below.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: CFP: Robin Williams: Essays on the Man and the
Movies (contracted collection) (5/15/2016)
With his untimely passing in 2014, Robin Williams left behind a huge
body of film work, from comedies to dramas, to satire, to animation
and voice-over work.
Scholarly essays are sought for a collection on the filmic work and
artistry of Robin Williams. All films and theoretical approaches
welcome.
Possible topics may include but are not limited to (Listed films are
merely suggestions):
? Comedies
? Dramas
? Good Will Hunting
? Youth Culture (Jack, Jumanji, Hook, Toys, Popeye etc.)
? Medical Narratives/Disability (Patch Adams, Awakenings, House of D)
? Queer/cross-dressing (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Birdcage, Boulevard, The
Night Crawler)
? Sci-Fi/Afterlife (Bicentennial Man, The Final Cut, A.I., What Dreams
May Come)
? Collaborations with Barry Levinson (Good Morning Vietnam, Man of the
Year, Toys)
? Villainy and other approaches to One Hour Photo
? Animation (Aladdin, etc.)
? Dead Poet?s Society
? Politics/History (Man of the Year, Moscow on the Hudson, Good
Morning, Vietnam, Jakob the Liar, etc.)
? Williams as ?Everyman?
? Williams and Fatherhood/Father Figure, broadly conceived: (Father?s
Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, etc.)
? Williams and improv in his films
? Williams as ?character actor?
? Being Human
? The Fisher King
? The World According to Garp
? Night at the Museum series
Book is under contract! Deadlines for drafts etc. will be FIRM! Timely
communication and responses will be expected.
By 15 May 2016, please submit a 250-500 word abstract and one-page CV
to Johnson Cheu ([log in to unmask])
Dr. Johnson Cheu
Fixed-Term Assistant Professor
Dept. of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
434 Farm Lane, Rm. 235
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517/355-2400 (D) 517/353-5250
Editorial Board
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies
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