Film Studies For Free just bumped into the new online incarnation of
Intensities, the wonderful journal of cult media studies.
Oh yes!
Always a highly innovative and valuable project,
Intensities was first launched at Cardiff
University in 2001 under the editorship of
Matt Hills and
Sara Gwenllian Jones. As its new website
tells us, it later moved to Brunel University, where it was edited by
David Lavery. The journal has relaunched in 2013 with
Leon Hunt as its new editor and will publish two
issues a year. The journal addresses all aspects of cult media
including cult television, cult film, cult radio, cult comics, literary
cults and cult authors, new media cults, cult figures and celebrities,
cult icons, musical cults, cult geographies, historical studies of media
cults and their fandoms, cult genres (e.g. science fiction, horror,
fantasy, pulp fiction, Manga, anime, Hong Kong film etc.), non-generic
modes of cultishness, theorisations of cult media, relevant audience and
readership studies, and work that addresses the cult media industry.
In addition to publishing refereed essays (of between 6000 and 8000
words),
Intensities also features a non-refereed Cult Media Review
section which will carry shorter speculative reviews, reviews of cult
phenomena (e.g. cult TV series, cult films, cult novels, science
fiction, comics), short critical essays, interview transcripts,
conference and convention reviews and articles about aspects of
industry, fan culture, production and authorship.
Intensities' latest calls for papers are reproduced below, as are the tables of (linked) contents from the excellent first four issues of this journal. Let's all wish
Intensities a very happy and long online life at its new website. Its entry has been updated at
FSFF's permanent listing of
open access film and media studies journals.
Call for Papers
Intensities will publish two themed issues in 2013. Essays should be between 6000 and
8000 words, referenced Harvard style and sent as a word document – a 200
word abstract should be sent as a separate document.
Issue 5 Comic Book Intensities – Comics and Cult Media
The first new issue seeks submissions dealing with comics as cult media. Topics might include:
- Cult comic book auteurs – Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Mark Millar, Joss Whedon.
- Cult films from comics – Cinefumetti, Manga and Anime, the Turkish KIlink films, Dredd 3D.
- National and international comic book cultures – French bandes dessinees, Italian fumetti, Japanese Manga.
- Comic book fan cultures – Cosplay and beyond.
- Underground and alternative traditions.
- Beyond the cape and mask – neglected comic book genres.
- From EC to Dark Horse – Horror comics.
Deadline extended to Friday March 1st 2013
Issue 6 Historical Approaches to Cult TV
This issue seeks submissions examining TV shows that have acquired
cult status at a historical distance – both established cult shows (The Avengers, The Prisoner, the ‘classic’ series of Doctor Who)
and those that have received less (or possibly even no) critical
attention. In addition, the papers will locate those shows
historically, either by drawing on archive materials or suggesting new
cultural, historical or institutional contexts in which they might be
understood. Deadline for submissions: May 31st 2013
Special Issue – Mysterious Bodies
Guest Editors: Rayna Denison and Mark Jancovich
- Rayna Denison and Mark Jancovich, ‘Introduction’ Jancovich_Intro
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Mark Jancovich, ‘An Unidentified Species: Horror, the Body and Early Television’ Jancovich, Unidentified Species
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Lincoln Geraghty, ‘Painted Men and Salt Monsters: The Alien Body in 50s and 60s American Science Fiction Television’ Geraghty, Painted Men and Salt Monsters
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Milly Williamson, ‘Television, Vampires and the Body: Somatic Pathos’ Williamson, Television, Vampires and the Body
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Matt Hills, ‘”Gothic” Body Parts in a “Postmodern” Body of Work? The Hinchcliffe/Holmes Era of Doctor Who (1975-77)’ Hills, Gothic Body Parts in Postmodern Body of Work
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Rayna Denison, ‘The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence: Investigating the Complexity of the Television Body’ Denison, The Muppet Show Sex and Violence
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Rebecca Feasey, ‘Investigating Angel: The Hair, the Car and the Wardrobe’ Feasey, Investigating Angel
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Peter Hutchings, ‘Welcome to Royston Vasey: Grotesque Bodies and the Horror of Comedy in The League of Gentlemen‘ Hutchings, Welcome to Royston Vasey
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Elke Weissman, ‘The Victim’s Suffering Translated: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the Crime Genre’ Weissmann, Victim’s Suffering Translated
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Julian Savage, ‘The Lost Cult of Wake in Fright‘ Savage, Lost Cult of Wake in Fright
Edited by Matt Hills and Sara Gwenllian Jones
- Steven Jay Schneider, ‘Murder as Art/The Art of Murder: Aestheticising Violence in Modern Cinematic Horror’ Schneider, Murder as Art
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I.Q. Hunter, ‘Even Baser Instincts: Notes on Hollow Man‘ Hunter, Even Baser Instincts
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Stephen Harper, ‘”They’re Us”: Representations of Women in George Romero’s ‘Living Dead’ Series’ Harper, They’re Us
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Kate Egan, ‘The Amateur Historian and the Electronic Archive:
Identity, Power, and the Function of Lists, Facts and Memories on “Video
Nasty”-themed Websites’ Egan, The Amateur Historian and the Electronic Archive
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Linda C. Badley, ‘Spiritual Warfare: Postfeminism and the Cultural Politics of the Blair Witch Craze’ Badley, Spiritual Warfare
Edited by Matt Hills and Sara Gwenllian Jones
- Marie-Laure Ryan, ‘From The Truman Show to Survivor: Narrative versus Reality in Fake and Real Reality TV’ Ryan, From The Truman Show to Survivor
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William D. Routt, ‘Bad for Good’ Routt, Bad for Good
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Mark Jancovich, ‘Placing Sex: Sexuality, Taste and Middlebrow Culture in the Reception of Playboy Magazine’ Jancovich, Placing Sex
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Bertha Chin and Jonathan Gray, ‘”One Ring to Rule Them All”: Pre-Viewers and Pre-Texts of the Lord of the Rings Films’ Chin and Gray, One Ring to Rule Them All
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Will Brooker, ‘The Many Lives of the Jetman: A Case Study in Videogame Analysis’ Brooker, Many Lives of the Jetman
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Intensities interviews Henry Jenkins @Console-ing Passions, University of Bristol, July 7th 2001 Intensities interviews Jenkins
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Ben Talbot, Conference Review: Compete, Command and Conquer –
Playing for Space at the International Games Cultures Conference Talbot, Compete, Command and Conquer
Edited by Matt Hills and Sara Gwenllian Jones
- Lynette Russell and Nathan Wolski, ‘Beyond the Final Frontier: Star Trek, the Borg and the Post-colonial’ Russell_Wolski
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Mark McLelland, ‘Why Are Japanese Girls’ Comics Full of Boys Bonking?’ McLelland
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Alan McKee, ‘Which is the Best Doctor Who story? A Case Study in Value Judgements Outside the Academy’ McKee
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Patricia MacCormack, ‘Becoming Hu-Man: Deleuze and Guattari, Gender and Third Rock from the Sun‘ MacCormack
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Annette Hill and Ian Calcutt, ‘Vampire Hunters: the Scheduling and Reception of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel in the UK’ Hill_Calcutt
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Will Brooker, ‘Parallel Earths: Diana 2000 – a Review Essay’ Brooker_Earths