[ecrea] 'Based on a True Story': Claiming Truth in Fiction Film

>=91Based on a True Story=92: Claiming Truth in Fiction Film
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>The academic journal 'New Readings' is inviting proposals for =20
>contributions to a themed issue exploring claims to truth and =20
>authenticity in fiction film (on both the paratextual and the textual =20=
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>level). We particularly welcome essays on specific aspects and the =20
>implications of cinematic truth claims, as well as on wider =20
>theoretical issues or on groups of films, although individual case =20
>studies will also be considered for publication.
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>Topics could include, but are not limited to:
>=95 Historical and cultural variations of film credits making truth =
>claims
>=95 Truth claims and historiography
>=95 Unreliable narration
>=95 Ironic truth claims
>=95 Truth theory
>=95 Speech act theory
>=95 Censorship
>=95 Legal implications and practices
>=95 Effects on the audience
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>Proposals (up to 300 words in length) should be submitted by 31 August =20=
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>2010 to the General Editors (see below). Contributors will be notified =20=
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>of acceptance of their proposal by 1 November. Accepted contributions =20=
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>should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including footnotes and works =20=
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>cited), and must be submitted by 31 March 2011. Please send proposals =20=
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>and submissions as e-mail attachments in one of the following formats: =20=
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>Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc / .docx). 'New =20
>Readings' welcomes proposals and submissions in English, French, =20
>German, Italian or Spanish. Guidelines regarding formatting of =20
>contributions will be provided along with notifications of acceptance.
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>At the same time, 'New Readings' is inviting contributions to its =20
>general issues (no specific deadline). For submission details please =20
>refer to the journal=92s website or contact the General Editors:
>Website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/euros/research/journals/newreadings/
>General Editors (Dr Tilmann Altenberg and Dr Liz Wren-Owens): =
>(NewReadings /at/ Cardiff.ac.uk)
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>About 'New Readings'
>'New Readings' is a peer-reviewed, open-access online-journal. We =20
>publish original research in the fields of literature, film and visual =20=
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>culture. The journal has a strong, but by no means exclusive interest =20=
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>in interdisciplinary scholarship. Established in 1995 to publish =20
>selected research papers presented by scholars visiting Cardiff =20
>University (Wales, UK), in 2000 the journal moved online for increased =20=
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>circulation.
>'New Readings' has recently been relaunched and will publish two =20
>issues per year, one general and one themed. Previous themed issues =20
>have been 'Images of Exile=92, 'Figures of the Self', 'Identity, Gender, =
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>Politics', 'Space and Identity', =91Travelling the Urban Space=92, =20
>=91Writing Difference=92 and =91Alternative Voices in European Cinema=92.

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