[Commlist] CFP: Style, Form and the Slasher Film

CfP: /Style, Form, and the Slasher Film/ (Working Title, for intended 
publication in 2027/28)
Edited by Wickham Clayton

The slasher film has received a significant amount of increased critical 
attention within the last decade, suggesting it is not only /not/ a dead 
subgenre, but also one that has a tremendous amount of critical and 
theoretical relevance to the development of film aesthetics. 
Furthermore, the slasher is itself subject to changes in popular cinema 
form. The style and form of the Hollywood slasher film is still a very 
fruitful area for exploration, however global iterations of the slasher 
are indicative of its continued application in film. Furthermore, the 
fusing of formalist methodologies with cultural studies has been shown 
to be beneficial to both frameworks yet there is space for further 
demonstration of this hybrid approach, ultimately providing groundwork 
for strengthening both.
With these points in mind, this volume proposes to continue the 
exploration begun in /Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film 
/(2015), while expanding the scope of case studies and applications. 
Abstracts are invited relating to the subjects covered in the first volume:

  * Historical developments in slasher cycles
  * Formalist readings of films, franchises and cycles
  * Defining the qualities of slasher sub-subgenres and tendencies
  * Critical readings (cultural studies and ‘theory’) of slashers using
    formalism as a foundation for close analysis
  * The application of formalism and cognitivism toward further cultural
    studies analyses (including representation, identity politics,
    class, race, gender and sexuality)

Furthermore, I strongly encourage and invite abstracts on (but not 
limited to) the following approaches expanding the scope of the original 
volume:

  * The style of the slasher in a North American context, with focus on
    the relevance of Canadian, Indigenous, Mesoamerican and US
    independent filmmaking
  * Formal innovation and interpretation in global cinematic iterations
    of the slasher
  * Considerations of formal contributions of overlooked figures in
    slasher production

Furthermore, this collection aims to be not just inclusive, but 
representative of the range of voices in film production, criticism and 
viewership. Therefore I am actively soliciting abstracts from 
marginalised writers, scholars and critics, inclusive of race, class, 
gender, sexuality and nationality.
There is interest from Palgrave Macmillan, as the publisher of /Style 
and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film/.
Please send abstracts of no more than 350 words and a brief bio to 
Wickham Clayton ((_gwickhamclayton /at/ googlemail.com) 
<mailto:(gwickhamclayton /at/ googlemail.com)>_) by 31 July 2024. Queries 
welcome, and early career/PhD student/non-traditional scholar-friendly.

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