[ecrea] CFP - Body Politics: Representing Masculinity in Media and Performing Arts

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BODY POLITICS.
REPRESENTING MASCULINITY IN MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS
International conference
Università degli Studi di Torino, June 6-7, 2017

Curated by:
Giaime Alonge, Giulia Carluccio, Federica Mazzocchi, Maria Paola 
Pierini, Antonio Pizzo, Alessandro Pontremoli

The conference aims at investigating the interaction between masculinity 
and the languages of media and performing arts, both from a historical 
standpoint and from a theoretical perspective. The sessions of the 
conference will feature a series of presentations informed by the main 
theoretical and methodological currents in the relevant fields (cinema, 
video art, television, fashion, advertising, digital and social media, 
dance, theatre, opera, music, etc.).

The conference will welcome contribution from the following AREAS:
Choreography/Mise-en-scène/Direction
Narratives/Genres
Acting/Performance
Gaze/Image
Spectator/Audience/Consumption
Production

Topics include, but are not limited to:

-BODY
Body spectacle
Mutation of the body
Bodybuilding

-POLITICS
Power
Militancy
Conflict
Hegemony
Class

-ECONOMY
Consumerism
Industry
Marketing
Merchandising

-IDENTITY
Straightness
Race/Nation
Homosexuality
Homophobia
Queerness

-SEXUALITY
Masculine/Feminine
Eroticism
Seduction
Pornography

Deadline for proposals: January 10, 2016
Notification of acceptance: February 10, 2017
Mail to: (centroricerche.crad /at/ unito.it) <mailto:(centroricerche.crad /at/ unito.it)>

Proposals are accepted both in Italian and English
Proposals must include a short abstract (2.000 characters), which should 
specify the addressed topics (not necessarily those found in the CFP), 
and a list of essential references (min. 5 titles).
Admission fee for the speakers is €50. The fee is waived for doctoral 
students and candidates.

Scientific board:
Antonio Attisani (Università degli Studi di Torino), Sandro Bellassai 
(Università di Bologna), Ramsay Burt (De Montfort University), Lucia 
Cardone (Università di Sassari), Richard Dyer (King’s College London), 
Massimo Fusillo (Università degli Studi dell'Aquila), Ronald Gregg (Yale 
University), Catherine O’Rawe (University of Bristol), Peppino Ortoleva 
(Università degli Studi di Torino), Veronica Pravadelli (Università 
degli Studi Roma Tre), Jacqueline Reich (Fordham University), Sergio 
Rigoletto (University of Oregon), Karl Schoonover (University of 
Warwick), Emanuele Senici (Università La Sapienza di Roma).

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