MCLC: Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Mingwei Song <msong2 at wellesley.edu>
Subject: Journal of Italian Cineam and Media Studies--cfp
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Dear list members,

My colleague at Wellesley College, Flavia Laviosa, asked me to help
circulate the cfp announcement for a journal she is editing (on Italian
cinema and media studies) among the China scholars.  The reason is that
she has received numerous submissions on the Chinese Italian filmmakers or
comparisons of Chinese and Italian cinemas.  She is hopeful that this
topic can be further explored, and thus asks me to send you the following
announcement. All questions concerning the journal should be addressed
directly to Flavia herself.  Thank you.

Mingwei Song  

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Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, Intellect
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=215/
Editor, Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College (United States)

The Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies (JICMS) is a new
English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical debate
on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption.  It
provides a platform for dialogue between academics, filmmakers, cinema and
media professionals.  This peer-reviewed journal invites submissions of
scholarly articles relating to the artistic features, cultural themes,
international influence and history of Italian film and media as art forms
and industries.  

Within the realm of a post-national and trans-cultural debate, the purpose
of the JICMS is to refer to Italy as the unifying geo-cultural site for a
contemporary discussion on translocal cinema.  The journal aims to
elaborate a multifaceted definition of Italian cinema, transcending
geo-ethnic land and sea borders and moving away from merely celebratory
local cinematic experiences.  The journal is particularly open to a debate
on how Italian cinema is perceived in other countries as well as on its
artistic influence on world cinema.

The JICMS intends to revive a critical discussion on the auteurs and
celebrate the dynamic role played by new directors, revisit the
historiography of Italian cinema, and devote attention to Italophone
filmmakers and accented cinema.  The journal welcomes contributions which
explore the impact of globalisation on the Italian film industry, the
encounters between cinema and other art forms, the hybridisation of film
and media aesthetics, the relationships of multimodal communication and
inter-medial practices, and the development of innovative transmedia texts
and crossmedia narratives.

The JICMS also invites submissions which examine experimental cinema,
video art,  short films, long/short feature and documentary animation,
original and adapted screenplays, film music (songs and scores),  issues
of stardom and reception studies.  The professional contributions of
screenplay writers, art directors, cinematographers, film editors, costume
designers and make-up artists are also potential subject areas for
submissions.  

Authors should submit abstracts that deal with more than one film or are
not close readings of a character¹s psychological process.  JICM seeks
comprehensive topics and treatments.  Articles submitted to the journal
should be original and not under consideration by any other publication.
Authors whose native/academic language is other than English are
responsible for hiring a professional translator/editor. The journal does
not offer an English translation service.

Interested contributors should send 500 word abstracts outlining the
topic, approach and theoretical bases, relevant bibliography and
filmography, and 200 word biographical notes (listing academic
publications) to the Editor to the following address:
flaviosa at wellesley.edu.

Flavia Laviosa is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies at
Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Her research interests are in Italian
cinema, esp. women and contemporary directors. She is also Guest Editor of
a special issue of Studies in European Cinema (9: 1, 2011) and Editor of
Visions of Struggle in Women¹s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2010).