[eccr] Mysterious Bodies: Investigating the Corporeal in Television Drama

>Mysterious Bodies: Investigating the Corporeal in Television Drama
>Edited by Rayna Denison and Mark Jancovich
>
>Horror has often been seen as incompatible with television given the
>supposed conflict between the dangerous, fantastic and trangressive nature
>of the genre and the safe, routine and domestic features of television
>programming. However, recently horror has become a major feature of
>television programming and there has been an expansion of programs
>dealing with graphic representations of the body. Increasingly American
>program makers, for example, have pushed the limits of acceptability in
>terms of violent and sexual material. As a result, the collection will
>look at a range of different types of television material in which the
>body becomes the focus of graphic visual scrutiny as an object of
>investigation and administration. The collection will therefore look at a
>range of program from horror and science fiction through medical
>dramas and those featuring forensic detection, to program dealing with
>sex and/or the sex industry. However, these concerns should not be simply
>seen as contemporary developments and indeed horror programming has been
>a feature of television since the early days, with key shows such as The
>Quatermas Experiment, The Outer Limits, Doomwatch, Dr Who, etc. As a
>result, the collection will seek to explore the reasons for contemporary
>developments while also investigating the historical processes that
>prefigure it, and its various institutional and cultural contexts.
>
>
>Topics covered might include:
>
>* An analysis of the institutional conditions which relate to these
>changing representations of the body, particularly the impact of cable
>and satellite networks and regimes of censorship.
>
>* Generic studies of the body on television, such as the examination of
>the body in horror, science fiction, medical and crime dramas, etc.
>
>* Identity and the body. Obviously the mysterious bodies raise issues
>about sex, gender, sexual orientation and race both in relation to
>the subject and object of investigation, but they may also provoke
>questions about our relationship to and understanding of bodies.
>
>* The problematic body of the hero. In many dramas, the mysterious body is
>not simply other but often that of the main protagonist. Many heroes are
>engaged in quest to make sense of their bodies and the destiny that it
>determines for them and this can be seen in a range of shows, perhaps most
>noticeably in Buffy and Smallville but also in dramas such as Nip/Tuck.
>
>* Consuming the televisual body: fans, critics and other audiences. While
>institutional and textual analysis has much to tell us about these bodies,
>their representation also provokes powerful responses. While many are the
>focus of intensive fan cultures, which merit detailed investigation, they
>have also been the object of intense criticism and condemnation. What are
>the politics of such objections.
>
>Shows discussed might include: Quatermas; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Outer
>Limits; Twilight Zone; Dr Who; Star Trek; Mission: Impossible; Quincy; Dr
>Kildare; St Elsewhere; Twin Peaks; The X-Files; CSI; Without a Trace;
>Coldcase; Silent Witness; Waking the Dead; ER; Law and Order; Buffy the
>Vampire Slayer; Sex and the City; Smallville; Nip/Tuck; Star Gate; Six Feet
>Under; Tru Calling
>
>Proposals or finished articles by 1 December 2004
>Acceptance by 1 February 2005
>Finished articles by 1 July 2005
>Requests for revisions by 1 September 2005
>Revised articles due by 1 December 2005
>Submission of final manuscript to publisher 1 April 2006
>
>Please send your proposal or article to BOTH Editors
>
>Rayna Denison
>Media and Film Studies
>School of Humanities
>University of Sussex
>Falmer Campus
>Brighton BN1 9RH
>Tel: 01273 876587
>Email: (r.denison /at/ sussex.ac.uk)
>
>And
>
>Mark Jancovich
>2.45 Arts Building
>Film and Television Studies
>University of East Anglia,
>Norwich, NR4 7TJ,
>United Kingdom.
>Tel: 01603 592787
>Email: (m.jancovich /at/ uea.ac.uk)

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