[ecrea] Focused call for Book Chapters: European Cinema in the 21st Century: Discourses, Directions and Genres

We are in the process of finalising our edited collection /European 
Cinema in the 21^st Century/ as outlined below, and have identified some 
additional topics on which we now wish to seek submissions.  The 
collection is intended for a – currently under-served – undergraduate 
and early postgraduate market.

These topics are:

·         Diasporic/hybrid identity in British filmmaking

·         Popular German comedy in the 2000s

·         The economics of European film production and their influence 
on style/form

We would appreciate abstracts and author biographies by the 10^th of 
September, with full chapters (max 7000 words) to follow before 30^th 
October 2018. We are currently finalizing contract and submission 
details with leading academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan, and look 
forward to reading your proposals.

Best wishes,

Ingrid Lewis, Assistant Lecturer in Film and Theatre Studies, Dundalk 
Institute of Technology, Ireland, author of /Women in European Holocaust 
Films/ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

Laura Canning, Lecturer in Film and Television, School of Film & 
Television, Falmouth University, United Kingdom.

*Book title: /European Cinema in the 21^st Century: Discourses, 
Directions and Genres/*

**

*Book’s scope and content*

Modules of European cinema have become increasingly popular in 
university curricula, both in European countries and overseas. However, 
knowledge on the topic is often fragmented across a variety of studies, 
or centred around specific national cinemas, which can act as a 
hindrance in discerning key trends and assimilating the complexities of 
European cinema. This book articulates a way of rethinking the study of 
contemporary European cinema by placing at the centre of its efforts the 
students and their needs.

This monograph aims to provide important insights on the key features of 
European cinema in the 21^st Century highlighting its major aesthetic 
schools, traditions, national identities and transnational concerns.  
These features are complemented by an accessible and student-friendly 
structure in which each chapter discusses significant topics, explains 
their context and provides definitions of key terms. Each chapter also 
encourages critical thinking by providing a set of reflective questions, 
and a case-study that summarises and applies the theoretical content.

Furthermore, many scholars have drawn attention to the peripheral 
position assigned to Central-Eastern filmic traditions in overall 
scholarship on European cinema. This monograph is the first of its kind 
to apply a transversal approach to European cinema, bringing together 
the East and the West, while providing a comprehensive picture of key 
trends, movements, genres and national cinemas. Simple and effective, 
this book fills a significant gap in the scholarly literature on the 
topic and provides an invaluable tool for both lecturers and students.

**

*Requirements*

We invite contributions for chapters of 7,000 words focusing exclusively 
on European films released in the 21^st Century. Given that we aim for 
an educational series publication, each chapter should include the 
following elements: definitions of key terms; topic development; 
recapitulative questions; a case study (an in-depth analysis of a chosen 
film that explains and applies the theoretical content of the chapter); 
and a bibliography. Please send your proposals to both these emails: 
(ingrid.lewis /at/ dkit.ie) <mailto:(ingrid.lewis /at/ dkit.ie)> and 
(laura.canning /at/ falmouth.ac.uk) <mailto:(laura.canning /at/ falmouth.ac.uk)>

**

*Co-editors*

**

*Dr Ingrid Lewis*

Assistant Lecturer in Film and Theatre Studies at**Dundalk Institute of 
Technology, Ireland

Latest monograph: /Women in European Holocaust Films: Perpetrators, 
Victims and Resisters/ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

*Dr Laura Canning*

Lecturer in Film and Television, School of Film & Television, Falmouth 
University, United Kingdom.


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