[ecrea] CFP Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies

*Italian Cinemas and Media *

*CFP for /Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/*

A complex definition of Italian cinema has emerged since the 1990s, 
leading to a re-thinking of the current and varied manifestations of 
Italian cinemas and media. This/ /CFP for the /Journal of Italian Cinema 
and Media Studies/ aims to reflect on the new semantics of what 
constitutes Italian cinematic, television and media productions today.

Within the realm of a post-national and trans-cultural debate, the 
purpose of this CFP/ /is to refer to Italy as the unifying geo-cultural 
site for a contemporary discussion on translocal cinema. Contributions 
would explore Italy’s reconfigured geographical collocation along the 
reassessed connotation of Italian film and media as portrayed by 
filmmakers and media practitioners working within and outside the 
country as well as of filmmakers of the Italian diaspora.

This CFP intends to contribute to the debate on new and broader 
definitions of Italian cinemas and media by: examining the proliferation 
of filmmaking both within and outside the country; exploring why films 
produced outside Italy fit into notions of Italian filmmaking; 
considering whether foreign directors producing films in Italy could be 
factored into a larger definition of Italian cinemas; investigating new 
forms of independent films; and studying filmmakers of the Italian 
diaspora.

Proposals are invited on, but not restricted to, the following:

- Redefining Italian cinemas, television and media

- National and global constructions of Italian cinema

- Regional Film Commissions productions

- International co-productions

- Independent and experimental cinema

- New digital media, web-based visual texts, advertizing, the 
development of innovative trans-media and cross-media narratives, short 
films, long/short feature/documentary animation

- Italian dialects in cinema

- Italian cinema outside of Italy

- Italian filmmakers working on non-Italian-language films

- Transnational Italian film stardom

Send proposals to the Editor, Flavia Laviosa, at (flaviosa /at/ wellesley.edu) 
<mailto:(flaviosa /at/ wellesley.edu)>

1) 500-word abstract outlining: the topic, critical approach, and 
theoretical bases of your proposed article;

2) relevant bibliography and filmography;

3) 200 word biographical notes followed by a detailed list of your 
academic publications.

The /Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/ is an English-language 
refereed journal.

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