[Commlist] CFP Refocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman

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*ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman*

Edited by Susan Samantha Kerns

*Call for Chapter Proposals*

●Deadline for proposals: December 31, 2019

●Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2020

●Deadline for chapters: June 30, 2020

Susan Seidelman has a knack for being ahead of the curve when it comes 
to innovative filmmaking styles, trends, and celebrity casting, and yet 
there is a lack of critical, academic writing on her work. She is a 
central figure in American independent cinema, since she emerged with 
other No Wave filmmakers in New York City in the 1980s before casting 
Madonna in her first starring role in /Desperately Seeking Susan/. She 
has worked with seminal musicians from the beginning, caputuring the 
zeigeist of New York City long before directing the pilot episode of 
/Sex and the City/. Unlike many women filmmakers of the 1980s, Seidelman 
also continued directing feature films for major Hollywood studios while 
working in television.

This edited collection seeks to become a comprehensive and innovative 
study of Seidelman’s career. In creating space for increased visibility 
for, and study of, Seidelman’s work, this collection will encourage 
fresh perpsectives on her fiction films (of all lengths), television 
episodes, documentaries, and music videos. Chapters focusing on single 
films, on a period in her career, specific themes, or her work as a 
whole are welcomed. Possible topics could include but are not limited to:

●Analysis of individual films, television shows, or music videos

●The relationship between film and television work as it relates to 
Seidelman’s career

●Celebrity and star persona in Seidelman’s films

●Urban representations or urban/suburban tensions, perhaps especially 
pertaining to New York City

●Activist housewives in Seidelman’s films

●Women’s labor and/or class in Seidelman’s films

●Representations of women authors in Seidelman’s films

●Seidelman and American independent cinema

●Conceptions of love, sex, relationships, or family in Seidelman’s films

●Technology and gender in Seidelman’s films

●Private and public spaces in Seidelman’s films

●Fashion in Seidelman’s films

Please send your 350-word proposal and a 100-word bio to Susan Kerns by 
December 31, 2019. Acceptances will be sent out in January 2020. Final 
chapters should be around 7,000 words, in English, and referenced in 
Chicago endnote style. Chapters will be due on June 30, 2020. This 
volume will be published by the University of Edinburgh Press in the 
ReFocus series on American directors. Series editors are Robert Singer, 
Gary D. Rhodes, and Frances Smith.

Please direct any enquiries or questions to:

Susan Kerns – (skerns /at/ colum.edu) <mailto:(skerns /at/ colum.edu)>

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