[eccr] LOVE MAYBE: A Romantic Comedy Study Day

>Dear All
>
>With apologies for cross-posting:
>
>LOVE MAYBE: A Romantic Comedy Study Day
>
>Call for Papers
>Study Day on the Romantic Comedy, University of Nottingham
>19th August, 2004
>
>The "lightweight" yet contested natures of both romance and comedy within 
>film have led critics to skew arguments around, or to ignore completely, 
>the vital contribution made to culture by the romantic comedy. This one 
>day event is a response to Love Actuallys claim that "love is all around 
>us". Exploring the prevalence and longevity of the romantic comedy in film 
>we ask whether the need for love is indeed at the heart of the romantic 
>comedy. The aim is to delve into the production, marketing, distribution 
>and reception of romantic comedies to uncover the textual and industrial 
>reasons for their enduring popularity. In addition, we hope to develop and 
>challenge previous feminist and "screwball" debates around the romantic 
>comedy, to see whether these interventions really speak to the heart of 
>the genre. This study day is intended to provide a forum for debate on the 
>romantic comedy that will widen the scope of debates around the genre, as 
>well as perhaps enabling us to look at these films in a new light.
>
>Topics might include: Stardom and the romantic couple, alternative 
>couples, gender relations and feminism in the romantic comedy, production 
>and marketing of the genre, music and sound in the romantic comedy, the 
>romantic comedy auteur or audiences for romantic comedies.
>
>Proposals for papers should be no more than 250 words and the deadline is 
>14th May 2004. For further information, or to submit a proposal, please 
>contact Rayna Denison at 
><mailto:(arxrld /at/ nottingham.ac.uk)>(arxrld /at/ nottingham.ac.uk), or by post to:
>
>Rayna Denison
>Institute of Film Studies
>School of American and Canadian Studies
>University of Nottingham
>University Park
>Nottingham
>NG7 2RD
>
>
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