[Commlist] CFP - I International Seminar Intersectional Approaches to Spanish Audiovisual: Female Stardom

International Seminar
Intersectional Approaches to Spanish Audiovisual (1st edition: female 
stardom)
University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M).
27-28 April, 2023

Venue: Madrid - Puerta de Toledo Campus
Organizers: University Institute of Spanish Cinema -UC3M and 
"Television-Cinema: memory, representation and industry" (TECMERIN) 
Research Group
Deadline for submissions: 13 February 2023.
Contact: (tecmerin /at/ uc3m.es) <mailto:(tecmerin /at/ uc3m.es)> 
<mailto:(tecmerin /at/ uc3m.es) <mailto:(tecmerin /at/ uc3m.es)>>
Web: http://eventos.uc3m.es/go/intermirades 
<http://eventos.uc3m.es/go/intermirades>


Confirmed keynote speakers

- Eva Woods Peiró, Reseracher and Professor at Vassar College
- Duncan Wheeler, Researcher and Professor at University of Leeds
- Marina Díaz López, Researcher at Instituto Cervantes


*Call for paper*

Film stars play a key role as mediating figures between the industry and 
its public and, they embody cultural and social representations of great 
significance in the construction of gender, class, race, age or sexual 
identities. Stardom allows us to move away from traditional views of 
film authorship and to study the historical agency of women in the media 
industries. Historically they have been active subjects in the public 
sphere, with professional careers that connect with a wide array of 
audiences.

This Seminar will consider proposals on any star/actress from Spain (or 
working in the Spanish film industry), historical or contemporary. 
Special attention will be paid to the figure of the actress and singer 
Lola Flores (1923-1995), in line with the commemoration of the centenary 
of her birth. Although Lola Flores is remembered as an important figure 
in twentieth-century Spanish popular culture, there are still few 
academic contributions that have delved into her career and social 
significance.

Moreover, Lola Flores continues to be a very present reference in 
contemporary Spanish culture: recent television programmes, such as the 
documentary Lola (Movistar+, 2020), advertising campaigns, multiple 
references in social networks, or debates around new international stars 
such as Rosalía. Such relevance is explained by her status as an 
empowered and groundbreaking woman, who gave visibility to 
subjectivities outside the hegemonic social norms. Her figure is key to 
understanding the history of women inside and outside the audiovisual 
industry and media representations of women. From an intersectional 
perspective, her image contributes to debates on gender and race, as her 
stardom was linked to the gypsy universe. In terms of class, Lola 
Flores' life trajectory is that of a working class woman who rose to the 
top of national stardom. Likewise, her stardom is also linked to 
discourses on age, due to her ability to reinvent herself and remain 
relevant and visible in an industry with strong discrimination against 
ageing femininities. Finally, her impact as a reference point for the 
LGBTIQ+ community both in her time and today is remarkable.

We encourage proposals for individual papers focused on Lola Flores or 
other female stars with gender and intersectional perspectives. The 
topics can include:

    - Media representations of gender and race.

    - Stardom and age: reconfigurations of the public image, progressive
    invisibility in the industry, and limitations to work.

    -Discourses and narratives on class and social mobility articulated
    in historical and contemporary female stardom.

    - Stardom as a space of mediation in the debates and social progress
    of minority groups, such as the Roma community or LGBTQI+ groups.

    - International circulation of stars, their cultural products and
    work as agents in processes of cultural hybridisation.

    - Stars as agents of modernisation and as spaces of negotiation
    between the local and the transnational.

    - Stars as producers of meanings around family dynasties and their
    symbolic capital within the cultural industries.

    - Stars and discourses on the national and the transnational, both
    in terms of production, circulation and reception.

    - Stars as vehicles for cultural artifacts of nostalgia and
    (post)memory within popular culture.

    - Appropriations and re-readings in the digital environment of stars
    within minority communities and subcultures, such as feminist,
    racial or camp appropriations.

    - Transmedia stars: relations between cinema, record industry, live
    performances, etc.



*SUBMISSIONS OF PROPOSALS*
The seminar accepts proposals in Spanish and English until February 13, 
2023.
Those interested in participating should send a proposal to the email 
address (tecmerin /at/ uc3m.es) <mailto:(tecmerin /at/ uc3m.es)> with their name, 
institutional affiliation, email address, title of the paper, abstract 
(max. 400 words), bibliographical references (between 3 and 5) and a 
brief biography (max. 150 words). If accepted, individual presentations 
should last up to 15 minutes.


*REGISTRATION FEE*
All seminar participants must pay the registration fee once the 
acceptance of the proposal has been confirmed.

- Regular fee: €40
- Postgraduate students (Masters and PhD)*: 20 €.
- Non-communicating listeners who wish to receive a certificate of 
attendance: 20 €.

Postgraduate students must send a proof of their enrolment in an 
official programme during the academic year 2022/2023.

*ORGANIZED BY*

- Research Group TECMERIN (Television-Cinema: Memory, Representation and 
Industry), University Carlos III of Madrid.

- University Institute of Spanish Cinema, University Carlos III of Madrid.

*WITH THE SUPPORT OF*

- The Institute of Women, Ministry of Equality, Spanish Government.

- R+D+i “Film and Television in Spain in the times of the Digital Turn 
and Globalization (1993-2008): identities and practices of production 
and consumption” (PID2019-106459GB-I00), funded by the State Research 
Agency, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government.

*IN COLLABORATION WITH*

- Media Department of University Carlos III of Madrid

- Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays.

- Fundación AISGE, Artistas Intérpretes, Sociedad de Gestión.

- Fundación Casa de México en España.



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