[Commlist] Call for Papers: Special Themed Issue on Geriaction Cinema

*_Call for Papers_*

*_Special Themed Issue on Geriaction Cinema_*

The action film has been widely analysed for its investment in 
spectacle, its hyperbolic masculinity, its significance for film 
marketing and its ideological implications across various conflicts and 
contexts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. So too have its 
stars been extensively framed in their cultural-political surroundings 
over recent decades of film scholarship. As the action-adventure 
format’s most contemporary manifestation in the blockbuster era reaches 
middle age and late-adulthood, and the personae of Cold-War era action 
stars increasingly adapt to incorporate themes of ageing, debates around 
seniority in the genre’s marquee personnel are ever more timely. As 
cinema as a whole is increasingly globalised, we are keen to expand the 
definitions and understandings of ageing, stardom, gender and genre in 
more transnational and multicultural contexts.

The/Journal of Popular Film and Television/will explore these ideas in a 
special themed issue focusing on the notion of ‘Geriaction cinema’. The 
issue will offer scholars the opportunity to discuss the concept of the 
ageing action star across historical periods, genders, ethnicities and 
national cinemas, bringing together diverse perspectives on the 
historical and political coordinates of this enduring genre. We are 
especially keen to encourage scholars looking at stars from outside 
Hollywood and Europe, so we have a particular interest in papers that 
heighten the international and multicultural approach to the genre. With 
female-centred action films becoming more mainstream, we are also 
particularly keen on papers that explore the female action star 
(Michelle Rodriguez, Angelina Jolie). Likely topics include but are not 
restricted to:

    The older female action star (Linda Hamilton, Michelle Yeoh, etc.)

    Gender relations in action cinema

    Generation X action stars (Tom Cruise, Will Smith, etc.)

    The ageing star in early action cinema

    Reinvigorated transnational stardom in the twilight of action careers

    Studies of action cinema’s political / historical contexts relating
    to ageing

    The impact of ageing on star personae (e.g., Arnold Schwarzenegger,
    John Wayne, Jackie Chan)

    Themes of ageing in action cinema

    Digital de-aging/re-animating stars

    Action-adventure generic transformation (/Tropic
    Thunder/[2008],/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon/[2000])

Submissions should be 5000 to 7000 words in length (including 
bibliography and notes), be double spaced in Times New Roman font, and 
adhere to MLA style. Please include a 100 word abstract and 5-7 key 
words to facilitate online searches. Send an electronic copy of your 
submission in .doc or .docx format to Dr. Laura 
(Crossleylcrossley /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(lcrossley /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)>and Dr. Austin 
(Fisherafisher /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) <mailto:(afisher /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)> by 29 
November, 2019.

For more information about the/Journal of Popular Film and Television/, 
please 
seehttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=vjpf20#.VjEmsytqmpo 


Any inquiries about the special themed issue on Geriaction Cinema should 
be directed towards Dr. Laura (Crossleylcrossley /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(lcrossley /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)><mailto:>or Dr Austin 
(Fisherafisher /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) <mailto:(afisher /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)>


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