[Commlist] CFP: Carry On Conferencing; or, Carry On and/as history

This is just a friendly reminder that there's a little over a week until 
the deadline for this.
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Full details here: _https://carryonconference.wordpress.com 
<https://carryonconference.wordpress.com/>_
_<https://carryonconference.wordpress.com/>_****
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*CALL FOR PAPERS: /Carry On/ Conferencing; or, /Carry On/ and/as history 
| University of Warwick | 30 May 2024*
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2023 marked the 65th anniversary of /Carry On Sergeant/ (Peter Rogers, 
1958), the first instalment of the /Carry On /film franchise (1958-1978; 
1992). Between 1958 and 1978 the series was a mainstay of British box 
offices, and remains among the most prolific British film series. During 
this twenty-year period, thirty feature-length titles were produced and 
released in cinemas, as well as various iterations on stage and 
television. The series has become emblematic of a particular brand of 
British humour characterised by slapstick, farce, and innuendo, drawing 
on traditions and strategies from earlier forms of popular entertainment 
(Medhurst 1992; 2007). Despite its enduring popularity and status in the 
national cultural imagination, the series has received very little 
sustained scholarly attention. Much of the popular discourse around the 
series tends towards either the celebratory or the outright disdainful. 
This event provides a forum for consideration of the franchise from 
various scholarly perspectives, with the intention of showcasing more 
nuanced and complex understandings of the series and its significance in 
histories of film, television, and popular entertainment, and in broader 
social and cultural histories.
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Abstracts are invited for presentations (20 mins) on topics and themes 
related to any aspect of the /Carry On/ franchise from scholars at all 
levels – contributions from postgraduate researchers and researchers 
early in their career are particularly welcome.
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Topics might include:

  * Production histories
  * National histories
  * Social histories
  * Cultural histories
  * Queer histories
  * Issues around representation and identity: age, class, gender, race,
    ethnicity, sexuality, and their intersections
  * The comic heritage of the /Carry On/s
  * The /Carry On/s as ‘difficult heritage’
  * The /Carry On/s and nostalgia
  * The /Carry On/s and genre
  * /Carry On/ aesthetics
  * The /Carry On/s and British cinema
  * Reception, audiences, and fandom
  * /Carry On/ stardom
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    Methodological issues

Submissions and queries should be sent to Richard Dhillon 
((richard.a.dhillon /at/ warwick.ac.uk)) by *5pm (GMT) on Friday 16 February 
2024*. Abstracts should be around 250 words and include a title, the 
author’s name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and contact 
information.



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