SCREEN-L Archives

March 2016, Week 3

SCREEN-L@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Johnson Cheu <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 19 Mar 2016 20:23:19 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (62 lines)
CFP: Robin Williams: Essays on the Man and the Movies (contracted  
collection) (4/18/2016)
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

Notes: I am away at PCA 20-27 March, 2016; email will be slow

Book is under contract! Deadlines for drafts etc. will be FIRM! Timely
communication and responses will be expected.

By 17 April 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

----
Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the
University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu

ATOM RSS1 RSS2