[ecrea] FASCinA 2015_CfP

* Imperfection in Women’s Film. Unexpected Spaces of Feminine Freedom.

Call for paper for: Forum Annuale delle Studiose di Cinema e Audiovisivi 
(FASCinA)

Conference date and location: November 5th-7th
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Proposals are to be submitted by October 2nd, 2015
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(at_fascina.forum /at/ gmail.com)<mailto:(fascina.forum /at/ gmail.com)>_.

All presenters are obliged to provide: title, abstract of maximum 150
words, 3-5 key words, bibliographical references, short bio.

Italian is the main language of the conference, but papers in English
are accepted.

You will be notified of acceptance shortly afterwards.

Created in 2012 in Sassari, Forum Annuale delle Studiose di Cinema e
Audiovisivi (FASCinA) is one of the most important national meetings for
film and media scholars interested in gender cultures. This year FASCinA
Conference aims at analysing the topic of ‘imperfection’ in women’s
film, television, and  visual arts. The conference is focused on the
Italian scenario, but it is open to contributions on different cultural
contexts. The papers selected will be publishedby Edizioni ETS,in
a volume of thebook series FASCinA, directed by Lucia Cardone and
Mariagrazia Fanchi
(http://www.edizioniets.com/view-Collana.asp?col=FAScinA.%20Collana%20del%20forum%20delle%20Studiose%20di%20Cinema%20e%20Audiovisivi).

The presenceof womenin the film andcultural industryisoftenassociated
with the ideaofimperfection;animperfectpresence, as it is
discontinuous,mediatedwithother activities,out of the
norm,different.Thisdifferenceis a source ofmarginalization,butalso
assuresconsiderable freedom to women: toexperiment new
languages,styles,types of production. The FASCinA conference focuses on
thisambivalence to explore itsformsin the Italian cinema and media.

Possible, but not exclusive, topics:

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- Women and the early cinema- between innovation and standardisation:
women and their ambiguous role in the pioneering stage of cinema history;

- Women and biographical writing -telling oneself and recognizing one’s
own imperfection:how women use cinema and audiovisual languages in order
to give voice to their subjectivity and difference;

- Women in the media system* - *changing from inside: how women's
presence interacts with (and changes) cultural and creative industries;

- Women and visual and contemporary arts - outside of the norm: how
feminine imperfection (especially linked to bodies) challengespower and
artistic canons;

- Women and mash-up cultures - offcuts, remnants, discards: howfeminine
creativity re-invents media landscapes, languages and imaginaries.



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