[ecrea] Silencing Cinema: Film Censorship around the World

Silencing Cinema: Film Censorship around the World

INTRODUCTION
In recent years there has been a renewed scholarly interest in film 
censorship. This went hand in hand with a broader definition of 
censorship, new theoretical underpinnings of the concept and an 
enlargement of research approaches to it. Acknowledging that banning, 
cutting or other forms of control were not monopolized by 
authoritarian regimes (e.g. Nazi-Germany, Fascist Italy, the Soviet 
Union), researchers agree that censorship was and is more complex, 
and that it constitutes more than simply restrictions imposed 'from 
above' by state institutions.
While the international literature on the topic is dominated by 
accounts of the legal and ethical frames, it also tends to deal with 
the history and practices of censoring movies in a few cases: the US, 
the UK and some major Western European countries, especially those 
that experienced dictatorial regimes. In many more countries, though, 
including those in the Third World, scholars have conducted 
groundbreaking research on film censorship. Unfortunately, access to 
most of these publications is restricted to those who read the local 
language. Silencing Cinema: Film Censorship around the World, a 
volume edited jointly by Daniel Biltereyst and Roel Vande Winkel, 
aims to bring together a wider variety of case studies and to foster 
cross-national comparative research in this field.

CONCEPT
This call for articles invites film historians and other experts to 
contribute a chapter on particular countries or regions. The articles 
may offer new research, but summaries of works that have already been 
published are also welcome. The editors prefer articles stressing 
film censorship within particular geographical boundaries, covering 
(i) shifts in the legal and ethical underpinnings of film censorship, 
(ii) structural and institutional changes, and (iii) shifts in 
censorship practices. Although the editors prefer contributions with 
a broad time span, papers on particular periods (e.g. silent era) 
will also be considered. Articles with a narrow focus (for instance 
case studies of a particular film or director) are not likely to be accepted.
The editors will compose an introduction and a conclusion in order to 
frame all chapters in a broader perspective and to facilitate 
cross-cultural comparison. To stimulate further research, the volume 
will also include a general bibliography and an inventory of 
important archival collections.

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
If you would like to be considered for inclusion in the volume please 
send a short abstract (c. 400 words) by 15 August 2010 summarizing 
your contribution. Please also include a short CV and a selected list 
of publications. The editors will carefullyall proposals and make a 
selection. As soon as they have come to an agreement with a 
publishing company, guidelines regarding deadlines (the due date will 
be no sooner than 30 June 2011), length (probably 8000-10.000 words), 
reference systems etc. will be sent out to all selected contributors.
Palgrave MacMillan has expressed serious interest in the possibility 
of publishing a collection along the lines indicated in this call, 
but a publishing contract with this company (or another global 
academic publisher) cannot be negotiated before all contributors have 
been confirmed.

Please send your proposals to Daniel Biltereyst (Ghent University, 
(daniel.biltereyst /at/ ugent.be)) and to Roel Vande Winkel (University of 
Antwerp, (roel.vandewinkel /at/ gmail.com)).
Daniel Biltereyst is a Professor of Film Studies at the Ghent 
University, Belgium, where leads he the Centre for Cinema and Media 
Studies (CIMS, www.cims.ugent.be). He published in international 
journals and readers, and is the co-editor of The New Cinema History 
(co-edited with Richard Maltby and Philippe Meers, Blackwell, 2010).
Roel Vande Winkel is assistant Professor at the University of Antwerp 
and book review editor for the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and 
Television. He is the author/editor of various publications on film 
history, including Cinema and the Swastika: the International 
Expansion of Third Reich Cinema (co-edited with David Welch, Palgrave 2007).

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