Call for Articles on Shaghai Moderne: Future in Microcosm (Culture Unbound Journal)

07 February 2011
Call for Articles on Shaghai Moderne: Future in Microcosm (Culture Unbound Journal)
Deadline: 30 June 2011

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research is calling for papers on all aspects of Shanghai and its future to be published by the end of 2011.

Guest Editors: Justin O’Connor and Xin Gu

“Culture Unbound” is an academic journal for border-crossing cultural research, including cultural studies as well as other interdisciplinary and transnational currents. It serves as a forum with a wider scope than existing journals for cultural studies or other, more specific, subfields of cultural research and it is globally open to articles from all areas in this large field. http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/index.html

Culture Unbound is accepting papers for its special issue on the city of Shanghai – China’s economic powerhouse and new global city. What is its role in the new China and what kind of future does it hold in microcosm?

In this issue we ask: if the future is slouching to Shanghai to be born, what kind of future is it? Where is it going , what are its costs, who is benefiting, and what kind of past is it leaving in its wake. What will it mean for China and beyond.

We are therefore calling for papers on all aspects of Shanghai and its future(s). Themes might be:

  • Contemporary art and culture
  • Popular Culture
  • ‘Alternative’ or ‘marginal’ lifestyles
  • Cultural/ creative industries
  • Popular protest and conflicts of everyday life
  • Urban Regeneration and Planning
  • Cultural policy and City Branding

We are also looking for relevant book reviews in this issue! The deadline for papers is 30th June 2011 to allow referee reports, revision and a publication date by the end of the year.
Please send enquires and complete papers to justin.oconnor@qut.edu.au and x1.gu@qut.edu.au

For guide for authors please refer to: http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/instructions-for-authors.html.

More information here.
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