Scholars of Film, History, and Theory: The Film & History Conference in November 2002 looks at "American Wests in Film, TV, and History." The panel on THE ANTI-WESTERN (e.g., Little Big Man, Westworld, Once Upon a Time in the West, Unforgiven) will consider the aesthetic, cultural, and historical attempts to dismantle the archetypal Western. Why does this type persist, or are its days numbered? When do we resist it? When does it go underground? What other guises does it then adopt? What literary or cultural forces does it respond to in its anti-thetical form? Is a feminine aesthetic at the heart of the anti-Western film? The panel will consider a broad range questions about the nature and function of the "anti-Western" film. Other critical inquiries into this type of cinema or television are therefore most heartily welcome. Beware, though: only dead folks pony up their proposals after August 15, 2002. The conference will hole up in the Kansas City Marriott, Kansas City, MO, November, 2002. They say the water's good there. Here's the link for extra bullets: www.filmandhistory.org Please e-mail a brief proposal (~200 words) and an even briefer biographical note to this panel's neighborly sheriff: Dr. Loren Quiring Department of English University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901 <[log in to unmask]> ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]