期刊名称：INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
| Editoral Statement |
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Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, also known as the Movements project, is a transborder collective undertaking to confront Inter-Asia cultural politics.
The question of culture is among the most important yet difficult facing Inter-Asia today. Prolonged histories of feudal ideology, patriarchy, heterosexism, and, within as well as between countries, racism and discrimination against subjugated peoples continue to block struggles for popular democracy. Long term complex-antagonisms generated by the uneven histories of global capitalism, colonialism and imperialism, the imposed nation-state structure and regressive forms of nationalist identity politics have rendered meaningful dialogues within the region very difficult. At the same time, the globalization and regionalization of technology, economy, and cultural production, and the recent breakdown of the Cold War structure, have opened up a unique moment for dialogues within Asia and internationally.
Unfortunately this potentially generative moment has been met with triumphalist sentiment. Since the 1980's, a pervasive rhetoric of the 'rise of Asia' has come to mean more than the concentrated flow of capital into and out of the region. It has come to constitute a structure of feeling that is ubiquitous yet ambiguously felt throughout Asia. Historically, this feeling of the 'rise of Asia' is complicated by the region's colonial past. While Asia's political, cultural and economic position in the global system will continue to fluctuate, there is a need to question and critique the rhetorical unities of both the 'rise' and of 'Asia'. Wealth and resources are unevenly distributed and there is no cultural or linguistic unity in this imaginary space called Asia. On the other hand, no matter whether there are common experiences shared by sub-regional histories, there is an urgent need for forging political links across these sub-regions. Hence, 'Inter-Asia' cultural studies.
The politico-economic transformations across the region in the Post Cold War era have engendered both new social movements and critical cultural studies as forces of decolonisation. These forces have given rise to alternative modes of knowledge production, and yet no adequate means exists for the circulation of intellectual work and for interaction among critical intellectuals.
It is at such a pivotal conjuncture that Inter-Asia Cultural Studies has emerged as part of a movement for the ongoing construction and reconstruction of critical Inter-Asia subjectivities. It gives a long overdue voice to the intellectual communities in the region and recognizes its own existence as an attempt to continue critical lines of practices. The journal's aim is to shift existing sites of identification and multiply alternative frames of reference: it is committed to publish work not only out of 'Asia' but also other coordinates such as the 'third world'. Its political agenda is to move across: state/ national/ sub-regional divisions, scholarship and activism, modalities/forms of knowledge, and rigid identity politics of any form.
These movements actively engage with local cultural politics within an ever-changing international environment, where politics is increasingly operating in the sphere of culture, under the dictates of a global cultural industry, mediated by new electronic and information technologies, and shaped by different forms of representation¡Ðvisual, virtual, financial. This new situation has brought political economy, culture and politics together in different ways, and forced us to create new ways of thinking and acting. For this reason the project is more interested in generating new questions or finding ways of asking questions differently, than providing fixed answers.
Toward these ends, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies will serve as a link between critical intellectual groupings; we are actively building connections with journals and groups in different locales. The journal welcomes and encourages submissions in all Asian languages. And the journal will try its best to translate accepted non-English essays to facilitate re-translation by our affiliating journals. In addition to full-length essays, the journal will publish discussions, responses, polemics, and reviews of critical practices, projects and events, creative and artworks, especially from marginalized sites, to further transformative works within and between Inter-Asia and other parts of the world. |
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| Acknowledgement |
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This inaugurating issue of the journal is dedicated to the late Professor Renato Constantino (1919-1999) of the University of the Philippines. A prominent thinker, social critic, and respected historian of over 40 books, Professor Constantino has produced immensely important historical work on nationalism, colonialism and imperialism, which has generated global impacts in the past 50 years. As one critic, Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo puts it in 1989, 'His ideas are held together by a single all-encompassing worldview and an uncompromising commitment to the intellectual liberation of his people. By his own description, he is a partisan scholar, one who thrives to be on the side of truth, reason and justice even at the risk of steeping on powerful toes. Constantino, of course, was not born to greatness. His present stature is the result of a long historical process in which he was both active participant and detached observer. In a broad sense, this process is the same one which cleansed Claro M. Recto of his colonial impurities¡Ðthe process of "decolonization" which alone makes the true Filipino and also, in the final analysis, the true internationalist'
(Partisan Scholarship: Essays in Honour of Renato Constantino, Manila: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publisher, 1989: 1). Even when his physical condition had become weaker in the later part of his life, he still generously supported us in various projects. His death is an intellectual loss not only for the journal, which he had kindly agreed to serve as an advisor, but also for the international community of critical scholars. However, his critical spirit and work will remain with us.
The inauguration of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies has involved infinite number of individuals. We cannot possibly name each of them here to express our gratitude for their supports. We wish to thank Japan Foundation, the National Science Council (ROC), and National Tsing Hua University for financial support so that editorial collective meetings across national boundaries could take place and editorial office can be properly set up. The Center for Asia-Pacific/Cultural Studies has to be acknowledged for its generosity of agreeing to house the journal.
In order to inaugurate the project, the 1998 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies¡ÐProblematising 'Asia' Conference was held in July 13-16, in Taipei; and in conjunction with that, Conference on Cultural Studies in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Mainland China, was organized in July 10-11, 1998. We thank Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University for an initiating fund and loan, to organize the conference. We thank ARENA (Asia Regional Exchanges for New Alternatives) and its staff members for co-organizing the conference and bringing activist intellectuals to the event. For funding support in Taiwan, we thank especially Far Eastern Memorial Foundation, National Science Council, Ministry of Education, Government Information Office, Mainland Affairs Council, Foundation of the United World Chinese Commercial Bank, Research and Development division of the National Tsing Hua University, and Cafe Aroma in Taipei. The hard working staff members of the conferences, and later, of the journal's editorial work, have to be given due recognition.
With supports from these institutions and individuals, the project has now begun. |
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Instructions to Authors
The proposal you submit will be the basis on which we judge the book's suitability for publication. It is this that we send to specialist reviewers to report on for us. Therefore, it needs to be organised in such a way that the reviewer is given the right amount of information on which to judge the quality of your work and offer constructive criticism.
The following notes are designed to help you prepare your proposal and to ease the task of evaluation. We emphasise that these are intended as guidelines; some of the sections will be inappropriate to your particular project so do not worry if you feel unable to provide information on all the points. If you have any queries Natalie Foster or Aileen Irwin will be pleased to discuss them with you.
1. Definition of the market
2. A statement of aims
3. A review of the main competitive books
4. A detailed synopsis
5. One or two sample chapters, if available
6. Format
7. A Curriculum Vitae
8. Notes on the contributors if this is to be an edited volume.
1. Definition of the market: Identify as accurately as possible the intended market for your proposed work. List the main readership first, being as specific as possible as to which courses or modules your book could be useful for. This may include, for example, A/S, A2 or other FE courses; introductory undergraduate core courses; upper-level undergraduate options or modules, post-graduate courses; professional courses or in-service training. List any secondary markets for your book.
Where possible, give rough estimates of the size of each market (the numbers of students or numbers of universities or colleges offering the course), and indicate the basis on which the estimate was reached. A list of institutions which offer similar courses is particularly useful.
If there are particular international markets for your book outside your own domestic market which you feel are relevant please also outline these.
2. Statement of aims: Briefly and concisely state the main themes and objectives of the proposed book.
3. Review of competitive books: Briefly review each of the main competitors to your work. These could be books covering the same subject matter or books which would be used as set texts on courses where you hope your book could be used as a substitute or additional text. Please give details of author, title, publisher, price, date of publication, length, hardback and/or paperback. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each book, and how your book will be different/better. If different books are used in domestic and international markets, please give details of these. If there are no direct rivals, review the books which are most similar to your proposed book.
4. Synopsis: Please list chapter headings and provide at least one paragraph of explanation on what you intend to cover in each chapter. Indicate the basic structure and features of each chapter, e.g. introduction, argument summary, case studies, questions for discussion, assignments, further reading.
5. Format : Please indicate how long you think the manuscript will be, giving a total number of words (most of our manuscripts are between 60,000 and 100,000 words) and, if you plan to include illustrations in the book, please state how many, and whether they will be line-drawings - figures, tables etc. - or half-tone illustrations - photographs, film stills, frame enlargements, paintings etc. If possible, indicate the source of these images, so that we can form a rough idea of likely reproduction costs. Please give a realistic date when you intend to submit the complete manuscript. If this is an edited collection, remember to allow time for revisions to individual chapters once these have been delivered by contributors.
6. Sample chapters: If you have any sample chapters prepared please send them with your proposal. If you have versions of chapters available in the form of journal articles, conference papers or even lecture notes, please send these, as we like to send reviewers as much material as possible in order that they can assess your writing style and approach.
7. Curriculum vitae: Please list the academic and relevant professional posts which you have held and your main academic qualifications and publications. If there is more than one author, please supply a curriculum vitae for each author.
8. Notes on the contributors: please supply details of each contributor's affiliation, their main publications and if they have already agreed to contribute to the project.
Once we receive the proposal and sample material we will endeavour to have it reviewed and to reach a decision on whether or not we can publish the book as quickly as possible. If you have any questions while you are preparing your proposal or during the review process, please do contact Natalie Foster or Aileen Irwin.
Natalie Foster, Editor
tel: + 44 (0) 20 7017 6664; fax: + 44 (0) 20 7017 6702
e-mail: Natalie.Foster@tandf.co.uk
Aileen Irwin, Editorial Assistant
tel: + 44 (0) 20 7017 6244; fax: + 44 (0)20 7017 6699
e-mail: Aileen.Irwin@tandf.co.uk
Editorial Board
Editorial Collective
Malathi De ALWIS (International Center for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Filomeno AQUILAR (Ateneo University, The Philippines)
Firdous AZIM (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Melani BUDIANTA (University of Indonesia)
DAI Jinhua (Peking University, Beijing)
Kuan-Hsing CHEN (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
CHO Hee-yeon (Sung Kong Hoe University, Seoul)
CHUA Beng Huat (National University of Singapore)
Naifei DING (National Central University, Taiwan)
Hilmar FARID (Cultural Network, Jakarta)
KIM So-young (Korean National University of Arts, Seoul)
Colleen LYE (University of California, Berkeley)
Eric MA (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Fran MARTIN (Melbourne University)
MORI Yoshitaka (Kyushu University, Japan)
Tejaswini NIRANJANA (Center for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore)
Madhava PRASAD (Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, India)
QUAH Sy Ren (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
SHAMSUL A.B. (National University of Malaysia)
SHIN Hyunjoon (Sungkonghoe University)
Ubonrat SIRIYUVASAK (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
SUN Ge (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing)
TOMIYAMA Ichiro (Osaka University)
Rob WILSON (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Shunya YOSHIMI (University of Tokyo)
YOO Sunyoung (Korea Press Foundation)
Executive committee
Kuan-Hsing CHEN,
CHO Hee-yeon,
CHUA Beng Huat,
Tejaswini NIRANJANA,
Shunya YOSHIMI
Kuan-Hsing CHEN, executive editor
CHUA Beng Huat, executive editor
Chun-yu LIU, managing editor
Mon WONG, manuscript editor
Sheng-Xun ZHENG, website editor
Advisors
Perry ANDERSON (UCLA), Ien ANG (Western Sydney University), Chris BERRY (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Rebecca BRADEN (BFI), Stephan CHAN (Lingnan University), Han-liang CHANG (National Taiwan University), Partha CHATTERJEE (Center for Studies of Social Science, Calcutta), CHENG Tsuen-chi (Information Center for Labour Education,Taipei), Fred CHIU (Academia Sinica), CHO Hae-joang (Yunsei University, Seoul), CHONG Tong-sin (Kuala Lumpur), Arif DIRLIK (Independent scholar, Eugene, OR.), Johannes FABIAN (University of Amsterdam), Johan FORNAS (Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden), Larry GROSSBERG (University of North Carolina), Ghassan HAGE (University of Sydney), Stuart HALL (University of London), Hanno HARDT (University of Ljublana, Slovenia), Gail HERSHATTER (University of California, Santa Cruz), Josephine HO (Center for the Study of Sexualities), Chu-jeo HSIA (National Taiwan University), JOMO K. S. (UN assistant secretary general), KANG Myung-koo (Seoul National University), Lily Kong (National University of Singapore), Francis LOH (Universiti Sains Malaysia), Donald LOWE (Seattle), Daniel MATO (University Centro de Venezuela), Masao MIYOSHI (University of California, San Diego), Yuzo MIZOGUCHI (Tokyo), David MORLEY (University of London), Meaghan MORRIS (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Tessa MORRIS-SUZUKI (Australian National University), Stephen MUECKE (University of Technology, Sydney), MUSHAKOJI Kinhide (ARENA), MUTO Ichiyo (People's Plan Studies Group, Tokyo), Francisco NEMENZO (University of the Philippines), NISHIKAWA Nagao (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto), OTA Yoshinobu (Kyushu University, Japan), PAIK Nakchung (Seoul National University), Aihwa ONG (University of California, Berkeley), Ashish RAJADHYAKSHA (Center for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore), SHIMIZU Hiromu (Kyoto University), WANG Hui (Tsing Hua University, Beijing), Jing WANG (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), WANG Xiaoming (Shanghai University), Paul WILLEMEN (Ulster University), Surichai WUN'GAEO (Chulalongkorn University).
This journal is abstracted or indexed in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, International Bibliography of Social Science, Sociological Abstracts, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
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