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Call for Papers—Rodeo Movies: The West in the Arena
THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED!! The Film & History Conference on the West in Film and TV (Nov.7-10 in Kansas City, MO) welcomes your contributions to the topic of the Reconstructed West in Rodeo Movies. Movies and TV shows from any era in which rodeo is featured as a dominant theme will promote engaging discussion; from the 1920s "The Bull-dogger," featuring Bill Pickett, to the 1990s "8 Seconds," starring Luke Perry as former world champion bull rider Lane Frost. Below are some suggested issues of interest, but please feel free to improvise:
- Manifestations of the wild versus the tame, or frontier versus civilization
in rodeo movies.
- Transference of the “cowboy code” to the rodeo cowboy.
- Portrayals of race/ethnicity, gender relations and sexual orientation.
- Portrayals of the rodeo culture.
- The rodeo cowboy hero and issues of masculinity.
- The “reel West” in rodeo movies versus the “real West” in rodeo
documentaries.
The deadline for a 250 word abstract is now September 15, 2002. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes. Please send abstracts and other relevant inquiries to Jamie Johnson.
For more information about the conference, visit the Film & History website.
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