[ecrea] CfC Profils américains Steven Spielberg

> Call for Chapters: Steven Spielberg
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>
> Although Steven Spielberg has been one of the most important 
directors and producers since the mid-1970s, little academic research 
has been devoted to his work as a whole. Some of his films have 
attracted attention for various reasons: scholars in film aesthetics 
have analyzed some of the strategies used in Jaws (1975), while experts 
of African American and adaptation studies have unfavorably compared The 
Color Purple (1985) to Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. Spielberg is often 
celebrated for his eye for composition and his talent at catering to the 
audience, and yet criticized for the almost utopian politics of some of 
his films. This special issue of Profils américains 
(http://profilsamericains.blogspot.fr), the second issue to focus 
exclusively on a filmmaker, will thus aim at covering not only the major 
themes and motifs present in Spielberg’s films, but also his relevance 
in other domains such as production and technology.
>
> Proposals can focus on the following aspects, as well as others:
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> • the narrative and aesthetics of Spielberg’s films
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> • the politics of Spielberg’s films
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> • recurrent themes and motifs (childhood, heroism, oppression, the 
sublime, etc.)
>
> • Spielberg and specific genres (scifi, the adventure movie, the war 
movie, the historical movie, etc.)
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> • Spielberg’s influences and his influence on others
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> • the reception of Spielberg’s films
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> • Spielberg and franchises (Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, etc.)
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> • Spielberg and John Williams
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> • Spielberg and George Lucas
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> • Spielberg as producer (Poltergeist, Under the Dome, etc.);
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> • Spielberg and Amblin or Dreamworks
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> • case studies of specific films, notably those having received 
little attention
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>
> 300-word proposals should be sent, along with a short bibliography 
and an author blurb, to David Roche ((mudrock /at/ neuf.fr)) by March 31, 2015.
>
> David Roche
> Professor of Film Studies / professeur d'études filmiques
> DEMA, Université Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès
> Vice-President of SERCIA http://www.sercia.net/
>
>

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