Horror Cinema and Class Critique: Between Reaction and Revolution
deadline for submissions:
September 30, 2024
full name / name of organization:
Northeast Modern Languages Association (NeMLA)
contact email:
ryustealonso@stetson.edu
source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/08/06/horror-cinema-and-class-critique-between-reaction-and-revolution
56th NeMLA Annual Convention, March 6-9, 2025 in Philadelphia, PA
Horror’s current market(able) shock value and reinvigorated political potential for social commentary have contributed to a wave of narratives and diverse voices that, both before and behind the camera, unearth the genre’s thought-provoking aesthetics while offering fresh takes on social anxieties, fears, and traumas. In this complex landscape, class dynamics permeate horror’s texture both diegetically and extra-diegetically. On the one hand, narratives, tropes, and characters can be read according to their relation to class; on the other, an effective material critique must concentrate on the apparatus that is horror, taken as an object able to defy—or conversely, reinforce—bourgeois ways of seeing/being.
For years, we have invited scholars from various disciplines to reflect on horror from this perspective: our collective has been growing, bringing to the fore methodological tools that have successfully influenced the study of the genre through a Marxist lens. In light of the 2025 NeMLA theme, we are interested in discerning the forces that animate horror by investigating its relation to the ominous ideology of capital.
Together with the accepted discussants, we look forward to considering some pressing questions: In the current crisis of visual culture, is horror still a persuasive apparatus that employs fear to thrust dominant ideologies upon us? Or does the genre radically destabilize the imposed social order through the interpellation of fear, chaos, and violence? Could these opposing dynamics coexist, and if so, what are the contours of horror’s contradictions?
We are thrilled to accept proposals that effectively blend movie analyses with theoretical discourses that attempt to answer these inquiries. Please submit abstracts of 200-250 words in English by September 30, 2024, at https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21191. Accepted participants must send their paper draft no later than February 1, 2025, to be shared with the collective. Essays should be between 10-15 pages, double-spaced, and include a “Works Cited” section. All participants are expected to read each other’s work before the session and provide a one-paragraph response to one person as assigned by the chairs.
If you have any questions regarding the roundtable, please contact the organizers directly: Valeria Dani (vd76@cornell.edu) and Ruth Z. Yuste-Alonso (ryustealonso@stetson.edu).
categories
film and television
interdisciplinary
popular culture
twentieth century and beyond
Last updated August 8, 2024
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