H-ASIA: CFP C PRACIS Cinema Cultures in South India, Thrissur, Kerala, India 13-14 2012

From: Frank Conlon <[email protected]>

H-ASIA
May 15, 2012

Call for papers: C PRACSIS International Conference on Cinema Cultures in South India, Thrissur, Kerala, India, 13-14 October, 2012

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C PRACSIS International Conference on Cinema Cultures in South India 13 & 14 October, 2012  Thrissur, Kerala, India

Location: India
Conference Date: 2012-10-13
Date Submitted: 2012-05-08
Announcement ID: 194411

South-Indian cinema, from its inception, has exhibited unique yet subtle moves in technology, production, distribution, consumption, spectatorship, aesthetics, and representation. In a span of more than hundred years, South-Indian cinema has exceptionally formulated its own niche within the larger contours of World cinema and the Indian film industry and has evolved as a significant cultural expression which deserves meticulous critical attention. Any contemporary approach to South-Indian cinema includes the enormous systems of stardom, fan-dom, image-nation, spectacle-spectator, economy of film production, technology, cultural politics of film production and viewership. On these grounds, C PRACSIS proposes to organise this years international conference on South Indian cinema on 13 & 14 October, 2012 at the Centre for Media Studies, College Road, Thrissur, Kerala, India. This conference approaches South-Indian cinema in its manifold aspects and attempts to generate meaningful deliberations on various topics associated to it by elaborating on the following issues:

Formative years

Silent movies/black and white/sangeetha natakam (musical theatre), sabha natakam (Professional theatre) and the emergence of film/evolution of film spectatorship/influence of Hindi and Tamil movies/ Madras based film industry.

Regional Cinemas

Emergence of regional film industries in India apropos of Bombay based film industry/ Cinema as popular expression in South India/ cinema and the formation of subnational identities/ subsidies and financial support by state governments.

Technology

Sound track, color, 3D, Editing, dubbing, graphics, special effects, digital film, multiplex, film projection.

Regions in Cinema

Dreamscapes: West, Middle East and other Indian cities/ nation/ Urban/ruralscapes/ City space/ tourist spaces/ etc.

Women and Representation

Womens body/Stardom and Woman body/Gaze and Bodily features, Character types.

Cinema and Sexuality

Repression/Queer/Transgendered/ Masculine/ feminine/bi-sexual/cross-dressing

Comedy

Alternative masculinities and femininities/Countercultures and slang/Mimicry.

Stardom

Emergence of stardom/dominant masculinities/heroines and stardom/the dying subject of stardom/physio-dynamics of stardom, the Macho

Class and Casteing in Cinema

Religion, Caste /socio-political issues/privileged selves and others.

Film and Family

Social evolution of Nuclear Family and Spectatorship/Kids/Crisis in Cinema Family/Mythologizing the family/Womans entry into Cinema

Film Genres

Soft Porn/Art-house/Commercial/Documentary/Political Cinema/Campus/ Childrens Film

Music

Songs and Song sequences, lyrics, background score

Writings on Cinema

Popular/Academic

Cinema in Television and Internet

Film Societies and Festivals

Film Promotions

Notices/Trailer/Poster/Promotional Events/Advertisements/TV Promo

Film as Industry

Banking, Distribution, Infrastructure, Technicians, Extra Artists, Stunt Artists, Trainers

Film Censorship

Movie Theatres

Technology/architecture/crisis in viewership

Adaptation

Literature/Remaking/Dubbing/Sub-titles

Papers and panel proposals are invited from academics, researchers and professionals to present in the conference. Abstracts of the papers (not exceeding 250 words), along with a brief narrative bio (not exceeding 50 words), are to be sent to and to on or before June 15, 2012. Panel proposals should include details of its members.

Abstracts should be submitted with the following information and in this order: a) author(s); b) affiliation; c) email address; d) telephone numbers; e) title of abstract; f) body of abstract; g) key words. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12; single spaced) for the submission of abstracts and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting. Only one paper per author will be accepted for presentation in the conference sessions, and at least one author for each paper must be at the conference in order to present the paper. All proposals are subject to a peer review process. Selected conference-papers will be published in the forthcoming volume of the CPRACSIS Reader.

The receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged immediately and the selected paper-presenters will be notified by June 20, 2012. The conference registration fee must be remitted on or before July 30, 2012 (academics & professionals Rs.1600/US$ 40; research students from India Rs.1100). Further details will be updated at . The last date for the submission of final papers will be October 01, 2012.


C.S.Biju
Director, C PRACSIS
09446230003
Email: [email protected]
Visit the website at http://cpracsis.in


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