Article
Anthropology
Po-Shek Fu, Man-Fung Yip
Summary: This article discusses how Colonial Hong Kong became a hub of Cold War ideological confrontation, with the United States and Taiwan competing with Beijing for the support of overseas Chinese. Pro-Communist emigre cinema played a significant role in this contest. By analyzing two popular films, the essay explores how the Beijing-sponsored film establishment in 1950s Hong Kong navigated the changing political, ideological, and commercial interests in pursuit of its strategic mission.
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Peng Hai
Summary: “The representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese cinema is a highly debated topic. Two films from 2018, Wangdrak's Rain Boots and A First Farewell, critique the Chinese government's ethnic policies in Tibet and the Uyghur region by portraying the social dynamics and state power that impact the lives of ethnic minority children.”
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Shala Ashraf, Ikram Badshah, Usman Khan
Summary: This article focuses on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, particularly among the Baloch population. It specifically highlights the struggles of blood relatives, especially women, in seeking justice and finding their loved ones who have been forcibly disappeared. The Baloch women have played a crucial role in activism and resistance, providing support for the aggrieved families and challenging the patriarchal society. Their efforts have added a new dimension to ethnolinguistic politics and recognition.
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Shuk Man Leung
Summary: This article explores the overlooked influence of the Cultural Revolution on Hong Kong writer Gu Cangwu during the Cold War. By examining his unpublished works from the 1970s, the article argues that Gu incorporated a Communist perspective in his writings, focusing on local, national, and global events. His untapped works reveal his attempts to resist British colonialism by adopting Cultural Revolution ideology and Chinese nationalism, especially during Hong Kong's Defending Diaoyu Island Movement in 1971.
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Juliane Prade-Weiss, Dominik Markl, Vladimir Petrovic
Summary: This article discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and its challenges to memory studies, focusing on the transmissions and justifications of mass violence. The article argues that the normalization of justifications can perpetuate societal fault lines and set the stage for further conflict. Memory studies provide a conceptual framework for addressing implicit normalizations and explicit affirmations of justifications of mass violence.
Article
Cultural Studies
Arnoud Arps
Summary: This article critically examines the idea of free flow of cultural memory, showing that it does not apply to every local context. In Indonesia, memory only temporarily and briefly travels, more like a jump than a journey. The choice of the Indonesian term "memori melompat" (jumping memory) highlights the need for a local reframing of existing memory concepts.
Article
Anthropology
Brian Tsui
Summary: This article examines Ronald Owen Hall's critique of Hong Kong's Cold War settlement in the 1950s. While the colonial government viewed communism as a threat and the Chinese population as a source of labor or security threat, Hall saw it as a sign of societal failure to provide for the poor. He encouraged his flock to embrace Chinese nationhood and presented an alternative vision that went beyond Cold War binaries and capitalist values.
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Wai-Siam Hee
Summary: This article reexamines the narrative mechanism of amorous histories in China and analyzes its stance towards male same-sex desire during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The praise and critique of male love in amorous histories were regulated by moral norms. However, the tradition of amorous histories eventually gave way to pathologized sexual histories in modern China.
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Shukuko Koyama
Summary: This essay discusses the transnational history education program in China, Korea, and Japan, which utilizes active learning and project-based activities to guide students in exploring the contested past of East Asia. It encourages students to shift from a national perspective to a transnational identity, fostering a global citizen viewpoint.
Article
Cultural Studies
Silvana Mandolessi
Summary: This article examines the changes in collective memory in the digital era and argues that digital memory materializes and implements theoretical claims made by Memory Studies. It discusses four major transformations in collective memory, including the new ontology of digital archives, the shift from narrative to the cultural form of the database, the reconfiguration of agency, and the shift from mnemonic objects to mnemonic assemblages.
Editorial Material
Anthropology
Brian Tsui
INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Olya Feldberg
Summary: This article explores potential avenues for the forthcoming fourth wave of memory studies, focusing on relative duration and different scales of temporality. It differentiates between objects of remembering and modes of remembering, and illustrates the complex interplay between temporalities of different scales and forms of memory.
Article
Cultural Studies
Erol Gueluem
Summary: This article explores the various dimensions of the memory-folklore nexus by drawing on a shared paradigm, examining intersections, and mapping out overlapping methods. By introducing the concept and approach of folkloric memory, it provides broader perspectives on common issues and establishes a groundwork for future research.
Article
Cultural Studies
David Demortain
Summary: This article discusses the impact of uncertainty in computational models on chemical governance and highlights the need for further research on the private production of models and the relationships between different actors to address the mistrust in models.
SCIENCE AS CULTURE
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Elisa Garcia Mingo, Silvia Diaz Fernandez
Summary: This article examines the development of the manosphere in digital environments, with a focus on the construction of male victimhood and its alignment with specific masculinist interests. The study finds that male victimhood is being utilized in the Spanish manosphere to justify misogynistic claims and employ argumentative mechanisms that contribute to the spread of pain on the platform.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Chen Fan, Penn Tsz Ting Ip
Summary: This article examines the complex relationship between the revival of Hanfu and rising Chinese nationalism among Chinese youth living in the UK. By using affective economies as a theoretical framework, the study explores how Hanfu is assigned with specific feelings and values, and how it circulates among young Chinese migrants. Through in-depth interviews and analysis of cultural events, the article reveals the emotional attachments and nationalistic sentiments associated with Hanfu, as well as its symbolic significance as a representation of ancient China.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Renira Rampazzo Gambarato, Johannes Heuman
Summary: This study aims to discuss the potential ethical implications of historical events fictionalization on cultural memory and forgetting, particularly in the context of streaming media services like Netflix. Using theoretical approaches from transmedia studies and cultural memory, the article examines the ethical conundrums involved in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown, focusing on the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The findings suggest that a deeper understanding of the historical fiction genre and the transmedia impact of streaming media productions can mitigate the ethical implications and blurred lines between fact and fiction in The Crown.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Frederik Dhaenens, Salma Mediavilla Aboulaoula, Anke Lion
Summary: This essay explores how "SKAM" and its Western European remakes represent the formation of same-sex desire and sexual identity. The study found that the remakes remained faithful to the representation politics of the Norwegian original. Emphasizing authenticity and everyday realism, they situated teenagers in a Western context that prompts reflection on attitudes towards sexual identity and same-sex desire.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Rafaela Orphanides, Line Nyhagen, Emily Keightley
Summary: This article examines discourses of authenticity embedded in European popular culture based on an empirical study of British and Greek women's magazines. The analysis suggests that these discourses contain contradictory elements, emphasizing women's agency and self-acceptance while silencing societal barriers.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Book Review
Cultural Studies
Tanya Serisier
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
