[ecrea] Call For Papers: Directory of World Cinema ? American Hollywood

> Call for Papers
>
> Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood
>
> Edited by Lincoln Geraghty, University of Portsmouth, UK
>
> I have been commissioned by Intellect to edit the American Hollywood volume
> of their new Directory of World Cinema and I am in the process of assigning
> contributions. The Directory will be published in both print and online
> formats, with the edited print volume for American Hollywood to be published
> in 2011 and biannually from then on. The online repository for the Directory
> is seeking contributors for film reviews throughout the year and will be
> available free to all. For more information on this go to:
> http://www.worldcinemadirectory.org/
>
> The American Hollywood volume consists of 12 genre categories containing 8
> film reviews, each genre is explored through an introductory essay which
> will also be written by contributors. The volume has space for critical
> discussions of key Hollywood directors and there are also chapters devoted
> to exploring the important areas of Hollywood film history, industry,
> stardom and audiences.
>
> This list represents film entries and specialist essays still to be assigned:
>
> Hollywood Directors - Steven Spielberg (c2,500 words)
>
> Genre Essays (c1,000 words each)
> Science Fiction
> Horror
> Comedy
> Historical film
> War film
> Drama
> Romance
>
> Films (c800 words each)
> Alien
> American Pie
> Apocalypse Now
> Ben-Hur
> Breakfast at Tiffany's
> Casablanca
> Chicago
> Close Encounters of the Third Kind
> The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
> Demon Seed
> The Departed
> E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
> The Exorcist
> Fantasia
> Forrest Gump
> Frankenstein
> Ghost
> Glory
> Grease
> Guadalcanal Diary
> In the Heat of the Night
> Interview with the Vampire
> Jarhead
> Jaws
> Kramer vs. Kramer
> Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
> Love Story
> The Matrix
> Mrs. Doubtfire
> Philadelphia
> Planet of the Apes (1968)
> Platoon
> Poltergeist
> Rosemary's Baby
> Saving Private Ryan
> Schindler's List
> Shrek
> The Silence of the Lambs
> The Simpsons Movie
> Sleepless in Seattle
> Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
> Titanic
> Toy Story
> Transformers
> WALL*E
>
> If you are interested in contributing to this project please contact me to
> discuss your contribution. First drafts of essays and film reviews to be
> completed by end of March 2010, with redrafting completed by August 2010
> ready for a September 2010 manuscript submission deadline.
>
> Contact:
>
> Lincoln Geraghty
> (Lincoln.Geraghty /at/ port.ac.uk)
>
>  Dr Lincoln Geraghty
>  Principal Lecturer in Film Studies
>  School of Creative Arts, Film and Media
>  University of Portsmouth

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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