Julian Chambliss, professeur d’histoire au Rollins College (Floride, USA), lance un appel à communication pour la 52e conférence annuelle des historiens de Floride. Prenant place dans la section « Media Art and culture », celui-ci se focalise sur les « superhéros » et constitue donc le pendant du récent appel à communication « Mythologie du superhéros : physiologie, géographie, histoire ». S’il entend permettre d’explorer la plce de ces personnages dans la culture américaine, cet appel à communication met en effet l’accent sur les pratiques d’adaptation de ces Comics au cinéma, à la télévision ou en musique : il ne manque que les jeux vidéos auxquels pourraient s’intéresser quelques propositions qu’il s’agira d’élaborer avant le 16 décembre prochain.
From Superman’s 1938 debut through recent tales of identity crisis and political divide, superhero comic books have made an indelible mark on American culture. The current popularity of stories and characters originating in comic books has expanded interest in the medium and in the symbolic power of the superhero. Recent scholarship has attempted to define the superhero’s unique relationship to American culture. The Florida Conference of Historian Special Interest Section (SIS) on Media Arts and Culture welcome submission to the 52nd annual Florida Conference of Historian meeting that address the ways the comic book superhero represents, constructs, and distorts American culture are welcomed. Special consideration will be given to papers that explore comics-inspired movie, television, and music. The Media Arts and Culture SIS welcomes submission from graduate students, undergraduates, and independent scholars who wish to participate. All conference invitees are eligible for review for inclusion in the FCH refereed published proceedings.
1. Paper title and abstract/proposal (300-500 words)
2. Brief vita or biography (one page max)
3. Complete personal information: name, department, academic affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address.Worthwhile topics include (but are not limited to):
Ethnicity and the Superhero / Gender and the Superhero / Superheroes and Nationalism / Religion and the Superhero / The Superhero in the Media / Marvel Cinematic Universe: Past and Presence / Superhero and Identity / Class Identity and the Superhero/ Violence and the Superhero / Political Identity and the Superhero
Dr. Julian Chambliss
Rollins College
1000 Holt Avenue-2762
Winter Park, FL 32789
407-646-2214
Email: jchambliss@rollins.edu
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