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<p class="MsoNormal">(Apologies for cross-posting)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b>Lifestyle culture </b><b><span>and
social transformation </span>in Asia</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A special issue of <i>Media International Australia</i> (2013)
co-edited by Tania Lewis (RMIT), Fran Martin (University of Melbourne) and John
Sinclair (University of Melbourne)</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If <span>there is </span>one
trend <span>that could</span> be said to
characterise Asian late modernities, it is the shared experience of <span>hyper-accelerated</span> social, cultural
and economic transformation. Consumer culture is playing an increasing role in
countries once dominated by socialism. Neoliberal economic and social policies
are increasingly being adopted by authoritarian <span>statist </span>regimes, with liberalization processes restructuring
national economies and, to varying degrees, transforming state structures. More
and more, governments <span>in Asia </span>are
addressing their citizens as individualised, sovereign consumers with reflexive
‘choices’ <span>about</span> their
lifestyles and identities. One of the correlates of these processes of
(neo)liberalisation has been the emergence of new formations of
consumption-oriented middle classes with lifestyle aspirations that are shaped
by national, regional and global influences. How are everyday conceptions and
experiences of identity and citizenship being transformed by emerging and
rearticulated cultures of modernity across the region? </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This issue will examine the growing role of lifestyle media
and culture in Asia, drawing upon the insights of existing research on
lifestyle culture and consumption but extending its focus by relocating such
concerns within the context of Asia and within a trans-national comparative
frame, thus shifting the study of lifestyle away from the Western-centric
approach that has dominated the field to date. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The editors welcome the submission of abstracts proposing
papers dealing with the following texts and concepts in Asian contexts (including
but not limited to Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam,
Philippines):</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Lifestyle
media, from fashion magazines to makeover TV to Internet style guides</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Food,
celebrity chefs and the cultivation of taste</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>The
role of lifestyle experts and cultural intermediaries in Asian lifestyle media
from ‘supernannys’ to dating advisors to style gurus </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Transnational
media and the emergence of regional style cultures</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Green
consumption and the LOHAS movement in Asia</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>New
identities in lifestyle and consumer culture</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Constructing
lifestyles in home design and real estate marketing</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>The
place of religion in life advice media</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Health
and fitness discourses in lifestyle media</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Travel
advice and lifestyle tourism</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Historical
accounts of the development of lifestyle media in Asia</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please submit 200-word abstracts to Dion Kagan: <a href="mailto:dkagan@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">dkagan@unimelb.edu.au</a> by <b><i>April 29th 2012.</i></b></p>
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</font><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:9px;border-collapse:collapse">_______________________________<br>Dion Kagan | </span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:9px">Lecturer, <i>Sex & the Screen</i> </span><div>
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