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

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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