LFA 2020: Work & Play (New Orleans, 11/5-11/7)

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*WORK & PLAY*

2020 Literature/Film Association Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

November 5-November 7



Keynote: Vicki Mayer, Tulane University



Holding the annual conference of the Literature/Film Association in New
Orleans raises questions of labor and leisure in relation to adaptation in
the study of literature, film, and media. Not only has the city served as
the home to writers and filmmakers, but it also has become a major media
capital in its own right, enticing television and film production with tax
incentives and its distinctive culture. As =E2=80=9Cwork=E2=80=9D and =E2=
=80=9Cplay=E2=80=9D have motivated
a good deal of recent scholarship across literature, film, and media
studies, we invite presentations that put these concerns in conversation
with adaptation, broadly defined. While we welcome papers on any aspect of
film and media studies, we are especially interested in presentations that
address one or more of the following concerns regarding work or play:




   - the work behind adapting into a different medium
   - labor and cultural production
   - authorship and adaptation
   - the workplace as cultural intersection/metaphor in literature, film,
   and media
   - production studies and below-the-line labor
   - play in cultural production
   - teaching adaptation and adapting teaching
   - labor, social change, and adaptation
   - adaptation as textual play
   - game play as adaptation
   - games as adaptations or adapting games
   - play in analyzing and interpreting text
   - plays as adaptations or adapting plays into a different medium
   - performance as adaptation



We also have significant interest in general studies of American and
international cinema, film and technology, television, new media, and other
cultural or political issues connected to the moving image. In addition to
academic papers, presentation proposals about pedagogy or from creative
writers, artists, and filmmakers are also welcome.



Vicki Mayer is Professor of Communication at Tulane University. Her
research encompasses media and communication industries, their political
economies, infrastructures, and their organizational work cultures. Her
publications seek to theorize and illustrate how these industries shape
workers and how media and communication work shapes workers and citizens.
Her theories inform her work in the digital humanities and pedagogy, most
recently on ViaNolaVie and NewOrleansHistorical. Her books include *Produci=
ng
Dreams, Consuming Youth: Mexican Americans and Mass Media*; *Below the
Line: Producers and Production Studies in the New Television Economy*;
and *Almost
Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy*.



We also will be holding a special screening of *Suddenly, Last Summer*, the
1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz film adaptation of Tennessee Williams=E2=80=99
controversial play, with a screenplay by Williams and Gore Vidal. A panel
discussion will follow.



Please submit your proposal via this Google form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv5dhgfCt_APAh5huco3Xgj1CVnK5sj7=
lKyz21tKWJWhHXXw/viewform?vc=3D0&c=3D0&w=3D1>
by July 1, 2020. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Pete Kunze
at [email protected]. Accepted presenters will be notified by
July 15, and the conference program will be available by August 1.



The conference hotel rate of $179/night is available at the Four Points
Sheraton French Quarter*.* Limited travel grant support is planned to be
available for select graduate students, non-tenure-track faculty, and/or
independent scholars and artists. We also will award Best Graduate Student
Paper. Details for an added application process for such support will be
shared following proposal acceptances in July.



The conference registration fee is $200 ($150 for students and retirees)
before October 1, 2020 and $225 ($175 for students and retirees)
thereafter. All conference attendees must also be current members of the
Literature/Film Association. Annual dues are $20. To register for the
conference and pay dues following acceptance of your proposal, visit the
Literature/Film Association website at http://litfilm.org/conference and
use our PayPal feature.



Presenters will be invited to submit their work to the *Literature/Film
Quarterly* for potential publication. For details on the journal=E2=80=99s
submission requirements, visit here <http://www.salisbury.edu/lfq>.

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General list info and FAQ: http://comm.umn.edu/~grodman/cultstud.html

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ana, sans-serif">WORK &amp; PLAY</font></span></b></p>

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0 Literature/Film
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 Orleans,
Louisiana, USA</font></span></p>

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><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">Nov=
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><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">Key=
note: Vicki Mayer,
Tulane University</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
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=A0</font></span></p>

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><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">Hol=
ding the annual
conference of the Literature/Film Association in New Orleans raises questio=
ns
of labor and leisure in relation to adaptation in the study of literature,
film, and media. Not only has the city served as the home to writers and
filmmakers, but it also has become a major media capital in its own right,
enticing television and film production with tax incentives and its distinc=
tive
culture. As =E2=80=9Cwork=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cplay=E2=80=9D have motivate=
d a good deal of recent scholarship
across literature, film, and media studies, we invite presentations that pu=
t
these concerns in conversation with adaptation, broadly defined. While we
welcome papers on any aspect of film and media studies, we are especially
interested in presentations that address one or more of the following conce=
rns regarding
work or play:</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
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<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001=
pt 0.5in;line-height:normal"></p><ul><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana=
,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">the work behind adapting
into a different medium</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,s=
ans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">labor and cultural
production</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;col=
or:rgb(66,66,66)">authorship and
adaptation</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;col=
or:rgb(66,66,66)">the workplace as
cultural intersection/metaphor in literature, film, and media</span></li><l=
i><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">produc=
tion studies and
below-the-line labor</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans=
-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">play in cultural
production</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;col=
or:rgb(66,66,66)">teaching adaptation
and adapting teaching</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">labor, social change,
and adaptation</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif=
;color:rgb(66,66,66)">adaptation as textual
play</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb=
(66,66,66)">game play as
adaptation</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;col=
or:rgb(66,66,66)">games as adaptations
or adapting games</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-se=
rif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">play in analyzing and
interpreting text</span></li><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-se=
rif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">plays as adaptations
or adapting plays into a different medium</span></li><li><span style=3D"fon=
t-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">performance as
adaptation</span></li></ul><p></p>



























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also have
significant interest in general studies of American and international cinem=
a,
film and technology, television, new media, and other cultural or political
issues connected to the moving image. In addition to academic papers,
presentation proposals about pedagogy or from creative writers, artists, an=
d
filmmakers are also welcome.</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
=A0</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">Vic=
ki Mayer is
Professor of Communication at Tulane University. Her research encompasses m=
edia
and communication industries, their political economies, infrastructures, a=
nd
their organizational work cultures. Her publications seek to theorize and
illustrate how these industries shape workers and how media and communicati=
on
work shapes workers and citizens. Her theories inform her work in the digit=
al
humanities and pedagogy, most recently on ViaNolaVie and NewOrleansHistoric=
al.
Her books include <i>Producing Dreams, Consuming Youth: Mexican Americans a=
nd
Mass Media</i>; <i>Below the Line: Producers and Production Studies in the =
New
Television Economy</i>; and <i>Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lu=
re
of the Local Film Economy</i>. </font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
=A0</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">We =
also will be
holding a special screening of <i>Suddenly, Last Summer</i>, the 1959 Josep=
h L.
Mankiewicz film adaptation of Tennessee Williams=E2=80=99 controversial pla=
y, with a
screenplay by Williams and Gore Vidal. A panel discussion will follow.</fon=
t></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
=A0</font></span></p>

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><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">Ple=
ase submit your
proposal via <a href=3D"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv5dhgfCt=
_APAh5huco3Xgj1CVnK5sj7lKyz21tKWJWhHXXw/viewform?vc=3D0&amp;c=3D0&amp;w=3D1=
" style=3D"color:blue">this
Google form</a> by July 1, 2020. If you have any questions or concerns, con=
tact
Pete Kunze at <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">litfilmconfere=
[email protected]</a>. Accepted presenters will be=C2=A0</font></span><span sty=
le=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66)">notified by July =
15,
and the conference program will be available by August 1.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
=A0</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">The=
 conference hotel
rate of $179/night is available at the Four Points Sheraton French Quarter<=
b>.</b>
Limited travel grant support is planned to be available for select graduate
students, non-tenure-track faculty, and/or independent scholars and artists=
. We
also will award Best Graduate Student Paper. Details for an added applicati=
on
process for such support will be shared following proposal acceptances in J=
uly.</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
=A0</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">The=
 conference
registration fee is $200 ($150 for students and retirees) before October 1,=
 2020
and $225 ($175 for students and retirees) thereafter. All conference attend=
ees
must also be current members of the Literature/Film Association. Annual due=
s
are $20. To register for the conference and pay dues following acceptance o=
f
your proposal, visit the Literature/Film Association website at <a href=3D"=
http://litfilm.org/conference">http://litfilm.org/conference</a>
and use our PayPal feature.</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">=C2=
=A0</font></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"=
><span style=3D"color:rgb(66,66,66)"><font face=3D"verdana, sans-serif">Pre=
senters will be
invited to submit their work to the <i>Literature/Film Quarterly</i> for
potential publication. For details on the journal=E2=80=99s submission requ=
irements,
visit <a href=3D"http://www.salisbury.edu/lfq" style=3D"color:blue">here</a=
>.</font></span></p></div>
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
General list info and FAQ: <a href=3D"http://comm.umn.edu/~grodman/cultstud.html" target=3D"_blank">http://comm.umn.edu/~grodman/cultstud.html</a>

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