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This new series is prompted by a growing appetite for books that tap into the fascination we have with what constitutes an iconic or cultish phenomenon and how a particular person, TV show or film character/film infiltrates their way into the public consciousness. We will look at particular examples of ‘fan culture’ and approach the subject in an accessible manner aimed at both fans and those interested in the cultural and social aspects of these fascinating – and often unusual – ‘universes’.
The concept of the book series is to address cult/fan culture within a specified gaze. Topics will range from mythic actors like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean to the long-lasting television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer to film juggernauts like Harry Potter, James Bond and Star Wars.
Each of the subjects we choose have massive visual appeal as they deal with fan fashion, memorabilia, (fan)homages, merchandising and branding that help to create the immersive world that extends beyond the phenomenon itself. The books will aim to exploit this visual aspect to align them with other Intellect book series such as the World Film Locations and Directory of World Cinema series that make good use of relevant collected imagery.
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After two successful issues and the third forthcoming in March 2012, Craft Research is preparing to expand to two issues per year. From 2013 there will be two issues, one in January and one in September each year.
Submission
The final date for submission of contributions for Vol 4.1 is Friday 1 June 2012.
For guidance notes or further information, or to submit an article or review, please contact the editors or visit the journal's website for details
Kristina Niedderer
Katherine Townsend
Intellect is proud and delighted to announce our 2013 journal portfolio. The list exemplifies our commitment to widening critical debate in new and emerging areas of academic study.
Applied Theatre Research
ISSN: 20493010 | Online ISSN: 20493029
Editors: John O’Toole, Melbourne University and Penny Bundy, Griffith University
Aims & Scope
Applied Theatre Research is the worldwide journal for theatre and drama in non-traditional contexts. It focuses on drama, theatre and performance with specific audiences or participants in a range of social contexts such as: education, developing countries, business and industry, political debate and social action, and with children and young people; theatre which happens in places such as streets, conferences, war zones, refugee camps, prisons, hospitals and village squares as well as on purpose-built stages. Read on
Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies
ISSN: 20477368 | Online ISSN: 20477376
Principal Editor: Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College
First Associate Editor: Manuela Gieri, University of Basilicata;
Second Associate Editor: Grace Russo Bullaro, City University of New York;
Third Associate Editor: Stephen Gundle, University of Warwick; Reviews Editor: Ellen Nerenberg, Wesleyan University
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies is a fully peer reviewed English language journal, which explores Italian cinema and media as sites of crossing, allowing critical discussion of the work of filmmakers, artists in the film industry and media professionals. The journal intends to revive a critical discussion on the auteurs, celebrate new directors and accented cinema, and examine Italy as a geo-cultural locus for contemporary debate on translocal cinema. The journal also welcomes contributions on the hybridisation of film and media aesthetics, and the development of innovative transmedia texts and crossmedia narratives. Read on
The Journal of Fandom Studies
ISSN: 20466692 | Online ISSN: 20466706
Principal Editor: Katherine Larsen, The George Washington University
Associate Editor: John Walliss, Liverpool Hope University
Aims & Scope
The multi-disciplinary nature of fan studies makes the development of a community of scholars sometimes difficult to achieve. The Journal of Fandom Studies seeks to offer scholars a dedicated publication that promotes current scholarship into the fields of fan and audience studies across a variety of media. We focus on the critical exploration, within a wide range of disciplines and fan cultures, of issues surrounding production and consumption of popular media (including film, music, television, sports and gaming), The journal aims to address key issues in fans studies itself, while also fostering new areas of enquiry that take us beyond the bounds of current scholarship. Read on
The Journal of Popular Television
ISSN: 20469861 | Online ISSN: 2046987X
Principal Editor: James Leggott, Northumbria University
Associate Editors: Julie Anne Taddeo, University of Maryland and Tobias Hochscherf, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel Online; Editor/Assistant: Derek Johnson, University of East Anglia
Aims & Scope
Firmly based in the belief that popular television continues to play a major cultural, political and social role, The Journal of Popular Television has a reach both to those within the academic fields of television, media and cultural studies, and to wider scholarly communities, for example in politics, history, literature and sociology. It will bring together contributions from established and leading names within the field, with perspectives from newer researchers. Read on
For more information about these or any of our journals please contact marketing@intellectbooks.com.
The Philosophical Actor: A Practical Meditation for Practicing Theatre Artists (Intellect, 2011), which is the seminal contribution to theatre practice written by Donna Sotto-Morettini, has been included in the annual Choice Outstanding Academic Title list.
The Outstanding Academic Title list is chosen by the Choice editorial staff from a list of over 7000 publications. These outstanding works have been selected for their excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of their contribution to the field, and their value as important - often the first - treatment of their subject. Comprising just over 9% of the titles reviewed by Choice during the past year, Outstanding Academic Titles are truly the "best of the best".
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Donna on this fantastic achievement.
Information about The Philosophical Actor can be found online.
Latest news from Intellect
Happy New Year from all at Intellect!
Latest news
- We are very happy to welcome the newest member of our team - Alice Gillam - who starts work in the Marketing team today.
- Our Popular Culture supplement will soon be available as a free download. The supplement contains articles produced by our community of writers and editors and is guarteed to raise a few eyebrows, watch this space for a chance to get your hands on a free copy.
- Latest review: Consciousness, Literature and the Arts review The Philosophical Actor: A Practical Meditation for Practicing Theatre Artists by Donna Soto-Morettini
- Hundreds of Intellect books added to the Web of Knowledge Book Citation Index: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/weblog/view-Post,id=51215/
- Journals: the first two 2012 journal titles are available to view for free: Punk & Post-Punk and Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art.
- New books now available for the New Year:
Directory of World Cinema: Germany
New Zealand Film and Television: Institution, Industry and Cultural Change
China's Environment and China's Environment Journalists: A Study
Signifying Europe
People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet
Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research
To keep up with all the latest Intellect news find us on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/sEpecB) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/intellectbooks). We are also now using Goodreads (http://bit.ly/tBJRJ5). If you have any questions please contact marketing@intellectbooks.com.
Intellect is now using Goodreads as a forum to allow people to discuss and recommend our publications. If you are an Intellect author or simply a casual reader, we invite you to join and come and rate, recommend or just discuss over 640 Intellect publications. Goodreads is a fantastic place to find out more about Intellect's books but also to join the debate and have your say. Take a look at Intellect's profile: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7015003
Some of you reading this will be aware that in October this year Thomson Reuters launched their Book Citation Index, a new resource within the Web of Knowledge platform covering 25,000 books in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Intellect was an early adopter of the Book Citation Index and is glad to report that we now have nearly 200 of our book titles indexed through the platform. We submitted our books during the early stages in the index’s development because we believe this initiative will greatly benefit our community of authors and editors, making their research more accessible and ensuring that all citations are adequately recognized.
Thompson say the “Book Citation Index is designed to enhance the powerful discovery and analysis capabilities of Web of Knowledge by incorporating comprehensive book citation data. Researchers can search for and identify the most relevant and esteemed literature along with the 12,000 peer-reviewed journals and 150,000 conference proceedings already indexed in Web of Knowledge, enabling users to navigate the links in citations across books, journals and proceedings. Books are indexed at the chapter level, resulting in improved searches and deeper insights into the citing behavior between books and the wider world of scholarly research”.
Visit the Web of Knowledge to find out more. If you have any questions regarding Intellect and the Book Citation Index please direct them to Melanie Marshall, the Books Manager (melanie@intellectbooks.com).
Guest blogger Katrien Jacobs talks about Chinese netizens and Japanese porn stars
We are very lucky to have Katrien Jacobs - prominent scholar and author of the book People's Pornography - as our resident guest blogger. Over the coming weeks Katrien will be exploring several interesting and potentially controversial subjects here on our news feed. If you have any questions or would like to leave a comment please post below.
Our Japanese Liberator - Sola Aio
Words by Katrien Jacobs
The Chinese desire for pornography is typified in the public support for Japanese porn stars and celebrities who partake in the Web 2.0 revolution. Chinese netizens admit to craving contact with Japanese porn stars and project onto them a sense of perfection and liberation. For instance, the porn star Sola Aoi (sometimes called Sora Aoi) became a celebrity in mainland China through her heavy activity on Twitter and Weibo. She became known for “having brought down China’s Great Firewall” when she turned into a fervent micro-blogger on Twitter in 2010 and managed to motivate thousands of Chinese fans to “jump the great firewall” and access the banned micro-blogging website.
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'As a companion study to his own monograph Stephen King on the Big Screen (2009), in which Mark Browning discusses theatrically released movies formulated around a King-based premise, Stephen King on the Small Screen (2011) now deals with television-oriented productions based on material by King. A brief introductory review of the major works on the topic up to the date of publication demonstrates that this is indeed a much neglected area. King adaptations in television are mostly mentioned in passing, if at all, even in those works proclaiming to analyse a wide range of material. Browning thus provides a platform for King’s television pieces to be discussed in their own right and outside of potentially restricting or distorting theoretical frameworks.'
'The Directory Of World Cinema: Spain is part of a series of books designed to be essential reading for any foreign film buffs. Broad and ambitious in scope, it provides a complete overview of Spanish cinema.
The Directory Of World Cinema differs from other country-based cinema series’ in the way in which it tackles its subject. Rather than presenting information about the country’s film industry in a chronological, historical manner, using films to back up cinema theory, it places the films firmly in the foreground. The book is split into sections on a genre basis, and each section has an introductory article offering some background information, followed by critiques of the stand-out films in that genre.
Articles and critiques have been contributed by a range of authors, offering specific expertise on a genre or film, and everything from a 1930s musical to the internationally-acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth has an entire page devoted to it. Each film entry comprises a short synopsis and critique, as well as explaining the significance of the film within its wider context…'
To read the full review visit Subtitledonline.com
Directory of World Cinema: Spain is now available
