cfp Due Date: 06-30-2017
The Films of Faith Akin
Due Date: 06-30-2017
Original articles are sought for a volume of essays on the films of Fatih Akin. Suggested topics include:
- Individual film interpretations
- Film genre in Akin’s films (e.g., road movie, gangster film, western, documentary)
- Visual syntax of his films
- Role of music and the soundtrack
- Role of language and multilingualism in his films
- Influence of cinematic role models (Turkish, German, Hollywood, and others)
- Reception (in Germany, Turkey, and elsewhere) and intended audience
- Transnationalism, hybridity, and multiculturalism in his films
- Gender, gender roles, representation of gender
- Film aesthetics
- Role within international (and German and Turkish) cinema
- Character analysis, role of identification
- The Fatih Akin “crew” (how his frequent collaborators have influenced his films)
- Fatih Akin’s public persona
- The place of his films within Turkish German cinema
Articles should not have been published, though reworked conference papers are encouraged. Send a 300-word abstract (and complete paper, if available), 2-page CV, 100-word biographical statement, and contact information to Kristie Foell (foell@bgsu.edu) and Courtney Johnson Fowler (cej136@psu.edu) by 30 June 2017.