[ecrea] CFP: Queer Sinners and Saints

I wanted to offer a reminder that the deadline for Queer Sinners and 
Saints, an area of the 2016 Film and History conference, is approaching. 
Abstracts are due June 1.

http://filmandhistory.org/conference/2016/CFP_Queer.php/
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The resurrection of discourses on morality, coupled with increasing 
legal and social acceptance for LGBT identities, makes this a ripe time 
to investigate how queerness, especially queer film and television, are 
understood in contemporary society.  This area seeks to investigate 
godly and heretical queerness not only in representation, but also in 
industrial practices, production, and reception.

As queer characters increasingly figure in mainstream narratives, how 
has queerness evolved? What aspects of LGBT characters are promoted or 
repressed? Who's in and who's out? And how did queerness in the past 
find expression? Was the queer always the sinner, the heretic? Moving 
beyond reductive moral examinations of homosexuality, this area seeks to 
investigate the power and subversion of the queer figure, both on screen 
and off in the film and television industry.   Queer Sinners and Saints 
invites abstracts for 20-minute papers on aspects of queer film and 
television pertaining to the conference theme “Gods and Heretics.” 
Possible topics for papers:

   * Hagiographies of queer media celebrities, how celebrities use their
     fame to support or challenge LGBT causes vilification of “bad” queer
     celebrities
   * Audience responses to godly or heretical queer characters, film, or
     television series
   * Complex morality within queer stories or queer industry practices
   * Canonization and canon formation within queer film and television,
     inclusion/exclusion of particular films and television series on
     course syllabi and in research
   * The rise, fall, and/or resurrection of queer media, such as film
     festivals, television networks, production companies

Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also 
welcome, but they must include an abstract and contact information, 
including an e-mail address, for each presenter. For updates and 
registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the /Film & 
History/ website (www.filmandhistory.org <http://www.filmandhistory.org>).

Please e-mail your 200-word proposal by 1 June 2016 to both area chairs:

Bridget Kies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
_bkies@uwm.edu_ <mailto:(bkies /at/ uwm.edu)>

Carla Bernava
University of Sao Paulo
(carla.bernava /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(carla.bernava /at/ gmail.com)>

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Bridget Kies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies
LGBT Studies
(bkies /at/ uwm.edu) <mailto:(bkies /at/ uwm.edu)>

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