> > CALL FOR PROPOSALS > Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) > 19-23 March 2014 > Seattle, Washington, USA > http://cmstudies.org > > Paper proposals are sought for the following panel to be submitted for > consideration to the SCMS 2013-14 Program Committee: > > WORKING TITLE: African "Global South" Cinema > > SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: > > African "Global South" Cinema > > How can we identify African Global South cinema in an age of > globalization and transnational cinema? "Nollywood" vs. FESPACO films; > video films vs. auteur or Independent films; world cinema as regional, > transnational, local or global cinema: are all vexed terms. How can we > negotiate around such loaded terms when approaching African cinemas? > > This panel will attempt to distinguish between African films that > employ an address that conveys immediacy to a local audience and those > that are more generally categorized as destined for the world cinema > circuit. Spatial distinctions between distant and close enable us to > situate African cinema along the global-local divide, while placing > the binary under erasure. > > > Please e-mail a 250-300-word abstract, along with a brief biographical > statement and a 5-entry bibliography, by August 18 to: Ken Harrow, [log in to unmask] -- michigan state university department of english 619 red cedar road room C-614 wells hall east lansing, mi 48824 ph. 517 803 8839 [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]