Call for abstracts are invited for co-edited anthology which addresses global manifestations of children’s films and family films outside the Disney background on 1st March, 2012 by eminent editors Bruce Babington and Noel Brown. There has been different scholarly work which aims on the commercial, historical and textual aspects of Disney films. But despite this the children’s films and family films produced elsewhere whether in the Hollywood, European or other international cinemas have been comparatively neglected. Main motto of this collection is to readdress the balance by examining the reception and production of these films.
Original research is invited on any aspect of non-Disney children’s films and family films, whether historically-oriented or more contemporary in scope. Essays may address key industrial and commercial issues attached to international children’s films and family films or analyze the production and reception of important individual texts (or filmic cycles).
A non-proscriptive list of possible topics includes:
• The relationship between children’s films and family films
• The relationship with children’s cultural studies
• Their relationship with other ‘crossover’ media, such as books, comics and video games
• The dialectical relationship, either textual or in terms in reception, between Disney and non-Disney children’s/family films
• The status of children’s films and/or family films in terms of genre
• The development of children’s and family film movements in film industries internationally, particularly in the French, Eastern Europe and Japanese cinemas
• The commercial and/or aesthetic aspects of the family blockbuster
• The reception of children’s films and family films globally
• The role of festivals and conventions in bringing lower-budget children’s films and family films to wider attention
Deadlines:
- Last date for submitting abstracts is 1 March 2012
- Brief biographical notes should be attached with the abstracts
- Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be notified by 1 April 2012,
- Authors will be expected to deliver completed essays (of no more than 7,500 words, inclusive of references) by 1 August 2012
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