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[ecrea] Call for Chapters: ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron

Mon Aug 01 21:00:45 GMT 2016



Please find below and attached an extended call for chapters for this exciting Edinburgh UP /ReFocus /volume on Mary Harron. We are especially keen to receive expressions of interest for chapters on /The Moth Diaries, /industrial and economic contexts around Harron's film and television work, Harron's place in practice and scholarship, and interviews with Harron. As expected, we've received a number of proposals regarding /American Psycho/ but very few concerning the rest of Harron's relatively small but fascinating and surprisingly complex body of work. We would appreciate it so much if you could forward this call to your own networks or to anyone you think may be interested. Please get in touch with any queries big or small. Thanks for your attention!

Web link: http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2016/05/06/call-for-chapters-refocus-the-films-of-mary-harron

*/ReFocus/**: The Films of Mary Harron*

Edited by Kyle Barrett and Paula Blair

Edinburgh University Press

Series Editors: Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer

Canadian-born filmmaker and screenwriter Mary Harron has created a distinctive body of work over the past twenty years, largely working in the United States, examining feminism in /I Shot Andy Warhol/ (1996) and /The Notorious Bettie Page/ (2005), consumerist hyper-masculinity in /American Psycho/ (2000) and teenage coming-of-age in /The Moth Diaries/ (2011). Harron has also directed episodes of network, cable and streaming television series, including /Homicide: Life on the Street/ (1993-1999), /Six Feet Under/ (2000-2005) and /Constantine/ (2014-2015) as well as the television film /Anna Nicole /(2013). This /ReFocus/ volume seeks chapters that focus on Harron’s diverse career as an independent filmmaker and director-for-hire within television.

Harron emerged during the “Indiewood” boom in the 1990s and has often been overlooked in favor of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh. Harron has also been accused of misogyny within her work, particularly in /American Psycho/, which she co-wrote with actress Guinevere Turner, a collaboration that would continue with /The Notorious Bettie Page/. In examining such perceptions in relation to Harron’s growing and understudied feminist project, this book aims to unearth the significance of the subversive themes and practices that emerge throughout Harron’s understudied career, and to investigate her standing as a diverse and challenging filmmaker working in North America today.

We welcome a range of theoretical, philosophical, historical and industrial approaches to engaging with all aspects of Mary Harron’s work, including chapters concerning, but not limited to, the following;

- *Harron’s place in the history of women in the film and television industries*

-          Adaptation and authorship

-          Biopics

-          Harron’s treatment of gender, feminism and/or sexuality

- *The economics of the projects to which Harron is attached*

- *Harron as screenwriter and/or collaborator*

-          Performance and performativity in Harron’s films

- *Harron’s television work*

- *An exclusive interview with Harron*

- *Engagements with Harron’s recent or new projects (e.g. /The Moth Diaries /or /The Family/)*

-          Your suggested topic

*We will accept expressions of interests and abstracts of up to 500 words accompanied by a 100-word bio, to be sent to (Kyle.Barrett /at/ uws.ac.uk) <mailto:(Kyle.Barrett /at/ uws.ac.uk)> and (peablair /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(peablair /at/ gmail.com)> by 14 August 2016. We will aim to announce successful proposals by mid-September. Full chapters of 5000-7000 words will be provisionally due by the end of December 2016.**Chapters should adhere to US English spellings and technical formatting, and endnote (Chicago) style citation.*

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