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                            THE VELVET LIGHT TRAP
                   A Critical Journal of Film and Television
 
                            Number 40 (Fall 1997)
 
                              PLANET HOLLYWOOD:
               FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEO AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
 
Although there has been much recent commentary about the globalization of
film, television and video, international media exchange dates back at least
as far as the inception of cinema.  The United States has of course exported
the most significant volume of media.  Texts originally produced in the
United States have historically supplanted much indigenous media,
perpetuating the global reach of U.S. culture and corporations.  However, in
the "opposite" direction has been a steady, but relatively small, stream of
foreign media into the United States.  At the same time, national media
cultures across the globe were becoming more and more *international*,
challenging prevailing linguistic, cultural, economic, and national borders.
 
The Velvet Light Trap seeks manuscripts addressing the issue of interational
film, television and video.  We encourage a wide array of theoretical
approaches:  historical, formal, cultural studies, postcolonial,
feminist, political economy and others. Possible areas of exploration could
include (but are not limited to):
 
     --  international film distribution
     --  foreign film exhibition in the United States
     --  international media corporations
     --  dubbing and subtitling practices
     --  trans-cultural remakes and sequels
     --  video piracy
     --  non-English production and distribution within the United States
     --  "crossover" film stars (i.e. Bardot, Dietrich, Eastwood)
     --  wartime media distribution
     --  satellite television
     --  international politics, economics and media (i.e. UNESCO, GATT, NAFTA)
     --  Western media in Eastern Europe after the Fall
     --  the coming of sound film
     --  multi-national productions
 
Each manuscript _must_ be of 5000-9000 words and follow current MLA style.
 
Submit ONE hard copy and ONE 3.5" diskette (either Mac or DOS/Windows
versions of common word processors are acceptable, as is ASCII or RTF
formats) to:
 
The Velvet Light Trap
Department of Communication Arts
Vilas Hall -- 6th Floor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
 
FAX (608) 262-9953
 
                    ***  DEADLINE:  AUGUST 15, 1996  ***
 
For further information, contact Derek Kompare at (608) 262-2543 or e-mail:
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