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Welcome to H-Film, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-Film encourages scholarly discussion on cinema, film  and media studies, visual arts as well as digital humanities. We invite you to use H- film as a collaborative platform to create intra and para academic projects related to the cinema, media, visual culture and film studies.

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Recent Content

Discussion published by Elif Sendur on Friday, May 17, 2019

Gender, Sex, Fantasy: 21st-Century "Cinderellas"

Hidden between the lines in fairy tales exists the history of fantasy about women and sexuality. Because of its world-wide popularity and rags-to-riches feel, the “Cinderella” fairy tale best demonstrates this literary historicity. Jack Zipes, Cristina Bacchilega, and others have argued for the significance of examining fairy tales and their adaptations to see what the driving force of each narrative is and what this might represent. In this collection, we will examine 21st-century “Cinderella” adaptations that explore gender, sexuality, and fantasy in new and exciting ways.

Discussion published by Elif Sendur on Friday, May 17, 2019

US-MEXICAN ENCOUNTERS IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN CINEMA / ENCUENTROS ESTADOUNIDENSES-MEXICANOS EN EL CINE NORTEAMERICANO CONTEMPORÁNEO

PUBLICACIÓN EN LÍNEA IMEX.

MÉXICO INTERDISCIPLINARIO / INTERDISCIPLINARY MEXICO CALL FOR PAPERS US-MEXICAN ENCOUNTERS IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN CINEMA / ENCUENTROS ESTADOUNIDENSES-MEXICANOS EN EL CINE NORTEAMERICANO CONTEMPORÁNEO

Editors of this issue: Guido Rings and Stephen Trinder

Discussion published by Elif Sendur on Friday, May 17, 2019

Adapting Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in a Transmedia Context

The editor of Adapting Superman is seeking abstracts for essays that could be included in an upcoming collection.  Essays should examine the practices of adaptation and the relationship between stories or characters among the DC comic books featuring Superman and various media, including but not limited to: film, television, cartoon, radio, novel, comic strip, and video games.  Analysis should demonstrate adaptation theory as applied to the particular techniques utilized in moving from a comic book into a different medium.  Proposals which demonstrate how particular adaptation or s