CFP: Contemporary Trends in Indian Cinema, Studies in South Asian Film and Media

From: Frank Conlon <[email protected]>

Contemporary Trends in Indian Cinema, Studies in South Asian Film and Media

In this issue of the peer-reviewed journal Studies in South Asian Film and Media we solicit essays that reflect on contemporary trends in Indian cinemas, including:

Hatke Cinema, a new genre of small-budget cinema that, using mostly unknown actors, foregrounding realism over melodrama, is structured around social issues

The tremendous growth in regional cinemas and their audiences

Representations of new themes and experiments in film form in Hindi as well as other language cinemas.

New business practices, such as financing by banks and exhibitions venues, including multiplexes and film festivals

Experiments in engaging the cinematic with contemporary arts practices

The striking ways in which contemporary cinema is engaging with the city and urban subjectivities

The fascination with and representation of masculinity, sexuality and crime

The politics of nation and state

In particular, we are interested in essays that contextualize these contemporary trends in the history of Indian cinema.



We welcome queries and abstracts for the journal. Please discuss your project with the editors before submitting the final draft. Deadline for abstracts: July 30th, 2013.

Submission Date for final papers:September 1st , 2013

Submit abstracts to the editors:
[email protected],
[email protected]

Length: Between 6,000 to 8,000 words



Alka Kurian
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