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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

Scientific board:

Antonio Attisani (Università degli Studi di Torino), Sandro Bellassai (Università di Bologna), 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)

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

POLITICS

ECONOMY

IDENTITY

SEXUALITY

Body spectacle

Power

Consumerism

Straightness

Masculine/Feminine

Mutation of the body

Militancy

Industry

Race/Nation

Eroticism

Bodybuilding

Conflict

Marketing

Homosexuality

Seduction

 

Hegemony

Merchandising

Homophobia

Pornography

 

Class

 

Queerness

 

 

Deadline for proposals: January 10, 2016 =Notification of acceptance: February 10, 2017

Mail to:  centroricerche.crad@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.

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