CFP: The Cinema of Tod Browning (no deadline noted; collection)
I am currently looking for high-quality contributions to a volume on =
THE
CINEMA OF TOD BROWNING =96 a major press (Wallflower Press) has alrea=
dy
expressed interest in this project.
Tod Browning has up to this day remained a somewhat un(der)-theorized=
movie
maker. Also having produced successes such as Dracula (with Bela Lugo=
si) and
fulminant financial disasters such as Freaks, the impact of his obses=
sion
with the (representation of the) body, its fragmentation and dismembe=
rment,
on the development on Modern Cinema remains to be analysed. In partic=
ular
with reference to much of today=92s discussion about corporeality and