CALL FOR PAPERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION MONTREAL, CANADA: MAY 10 - 12, 1997 CINEMA AND THE STEREOTYPE *Stereotype, cliche, commonplace: few critical terms are so ill defined while grouping so many different areas of study, whether in the social sciences (where the notion of stereotype is used) or in literature and the arts (where all of the aforementioned terms are often used as synonyms). This conference seeks to question this set of terms and notions via cinema and its neighboring media (advertising, television, video, etc.). From "type casting" to mise-en-scene, from the circulation of narrative schemes, themes and ideologemes to the spectator's activity, the main objective of this conference is to examine the function and the diversity of the stereotypic phenomenon in relation to film. This conference will also be the occasion for studying the specific stereotypes (or cliches) which are active in culture at large as well as within film and image culture: where do they originate from? How did they become stereotypes? What is their discursive, social and cultural value? What role do they play in the study of film history? We are encouraging proposals from different perspectives (formal/rhetorical, ideological, feminist, semilogical, historical, etc...) in order to engage a thorough debate over the issue of stereotypes in cinema studies. *Please submit a 500 word proposal (including your name, affiliation and position) by NOVEMBER 12, 1996 (use either surface mail, fax, or e-mail) or address inquiries: Martin Lefebvre, AQEC Conference Director Departement des litteratures, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4 Fax: (418) 656-2991 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: (418) 656-2131, ext. 3510 or 4163 / (418) 656-2398 ******************************* Clint Yoby mailto:[log in to unmask] TCF Dept/University of Alabama "Life could slip away in absent minded numbness I'm only saying this 'cuz I wish for the best When you stay in self-incarceration I think it's such a shame. Don't stay home..." - 311 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]