[ecrea] CFP: Korean Horror Cinema (Edited Collection, EUP, 2012)

>Call For Papers: Korean Horror Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2012)
>Edited by Alison Peirse and Daniel Martin
>
>Abstracts are sought for a collection on Korean 
>Horror Cinema to be published by Edinburgh 
>University Press in 2012. Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2010
>
>South Korean cinema is of rapidly increasing 
>international importance, and this collection 
>offers an informative overview of its most 
>appealing, culturally significant and critically 
>fascinating genre: horror. Korean cinema was 
>virtually unknown among Western audiences and 
>academics until the release of cult hits like 
>'Oldboy' (Park Chan-wook, 2003) and 'The Isle' 
>(Kim Ki-duk, 2000). This book will be a timely 
>intervention, responsive to contemporary trends 
>in both the production and circulation of Korean 
>film. While this book will engage with 
>contemporary films, it also seeks to illuminate 
>the history of Korean horror, exploring a 
>variety of postcolonial texts from South Korean 
>cinemas first Golden Age in the 1960s.
>
>One of the most valuable aspects of this book 
>will be its scope, considering Korean horror 
>beyond the limited canon constructed by European 
>and American distributors, critics and fans. 
>While the films covered will include some widely 
>seen and well known contemporary Korean horror 
>films (such as 'A Tale of Two Sisters' [Kim 
>Ji-woon, 2003], 'Phone' [Ahn Byung-ki, 2002], 
>and 'R-Point' [Kong Su-chang, 2004]), this 
>collection will also consider classic films 
>(such as 'A Devilish Homicide' [Lee Yong-min, 
>1965]), and some of the domestically significant 
>horror films which have never seen theatrical or 
>DVD release in the West (such as 'The 
>Nine-Tailed Fox' [Park Heon-su, 1994] and 
>'Shadows in the Palace' [Kim Mee-jeung, 2007]). 
>In collecting studies on a wide range of films, 
>this book will be informative and educational, 
>of value to researchers, teachers, students and cinephiles.
>
>We have already obtained contributions from 
>academics in the UK, USA, Japan and Korea for a 
>significant number of the chapters in this 
>volume; we are issuing this general CFP in order 
>to obtain the best possible additional 
>contributors and a diverse, international, 
>collection of essays. We are therefore looking 
>for a select number of final chapters that 
>contribute new and original perspectives on Korean horror cinema.
>
>Topics could include, but are not limited to:
>"       The place of Korean folklore in classic and/or contemporary horror
>"       The cyclical and seasonal nature of Korean horror releases
>"       The canonisation of Korean horror within different national contexts
>"       Korean monster movies
>"       North Korean horror films
>"       The relationship between horror and melodrama
>"       Flashbacks in Korean horror film
>"       Remakes of horror, in Korea (e.g. 'The 
>Housemaid') and/or in Hollywood (e.g. 'The Uninvited')
>"       The mother in law as a figure of horror
>"       The relationship between history and 
>horror, e.g. Park Chung-hees military coup of 
>1961 and its impact upon the cinema industry / film aesthetics
>"       War and horror
>"       The representation of schools and education in Korean horror film
>"       Gothic horror
>
>Please send a 300 word abstract, working title, 
>one page CV and contact details to BOTH 
>(alison.peirse /at/ northumbria.ac.uk) AND 
>(d.martin /at/ qub.ac.uk) by 1 December 2010. We will 
>also be happy to answer any informal enquiries about the project.
>
>You will be advised of a decision by 1 February 
>2011, and completed articles (5000 ­ 6000 words) 
>due for submission on 1 July 2011.
>
>Dr Alison Peirse, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies
>Department of Arts
>University of Northumbria
>Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST
>UK
>
>Dr Daniel Martin, Lecturer in Film Studies
>School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts
>Queen's University Belfast
>Belfast BT7 1NN
>Northern Ireland
>

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