The Jurassic Park Book: edited collection
Editors: I.Q. Hunter and Matthew Melia
Contact email: iqhunter@dmu.ac.ukProposals are invited for contributions to a proposed edited collection of new essays on Jurassic Park (1993), its sequels, franchise, and spin offs.
Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993) took over $50 million dollars in its opening weekend and went on to gross over $1 billion worldwide at the box office. One of the definitive Hollywood blockbusters, Jurassic Park met with almost universal critical and popular acclaim, broke new ground with its CGI recreation of dinosaurs, and started one of the most profitable of all movie franchises.
To mark the film’s 30th anniversary, this collection aims to interrogate the Jurassic Park phenomenon from a diverse range of critical, historical, and theoretical angles. Proposals are especially sought for 6 – 7000 word chapters on gender, race, and colonialism; international distribution, marketing, reception and audiences; merchandising, toys, video games and other spin offs; CGI, SFX, film form and production design (cinematography, editing, sound, music etc.).
Please send proposals of 250 words with a short biography and note on institutional affiliation to Ian Hunter:
iqhunter@dmu.ac.uk and Matt Melia:
m.melia@kingston.ac.uk by 31 July 2020.
