Greetings all, it's another year and another call for papers.  

This time on Chinese cinema.

The IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies is compiling a special edition on current trends in Chinese Cinema, following on from the Post Olympics Chinese Cinema Symposium held at the Bader International Study Centre this past December.  The IAFOR, conjointly with The BISC will be releasing a special edition on Chinese cinema in mid 2014 and we are currently looking for article submissions.  Articles can be on any topic relating to Chinese cinema studies, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the cinema of the Chinese diaspora.

Contemporary China, since that watershed period, is continuing to ease restrictions on communication laws and technologies and while Facebook has yet to be permitted in China, there are localized social networking and micro-blogging systems that allow for some commentary on the Chinese political structure.  There is similarly a relaxing of censorship in contemporary filmmaking practice, providing filmmakers room to critique perceived inequities in the political economy.  


Possible topics include but are not limited to:

        The Demise of the Sixth Generation
	Digital Technologies and Spectacular Epics
	Cantonese Language Cinema and Local Identities
	WuXia Then and Now
	Embracing Humour
	From Social Tendency to a Tendency for the Social
	Remakes and Adaptations
	Rural Identities
	The Northern Identity
	Contested Identities
	Martial Arts Epics
	Nostalgia and the Imagined Past
	Blockbuster Aesthetics
	Genre Bending

Please note the following guidelines

Submission Guidelines for the Open-Call Peer Reviewed Papers
IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies
The IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies is a progressive new journal that welcomes scholarship from the late twentieth century into what is being called the Asian Century. It aims to explore social, economic, political and cultural trends in the growing connectivity across cultures in Asia. The cultural citizenship that is evolving from this convergence of cultures embraces a regional empathy and conviviality of harmony, or hybridism. The journal is interested in presenting views on cultural mobility, cultural arbitration and understanding, citizenship beyond borders, migration and identity (national, cultural and diasporic), media trade, national branding, ‘soft-power competition’ and popular culture. It is peer reviewed and aims to give a voice to scholars considering a wide range of emerging aspects of Asian studies. 

http://iafor.org/asianstudiesjournal.html

The full article should be submitted in Word (NOT pdf) to the Editors, 
Dr. Robert Hyland at 
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Dr. SeikoYasumoto.
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Please follow this checklist:
Style sheet APA.
Cover page to include title, author(s), affiliation(s), contact information, and the topic of the submission.
Include an abstract (Maximum 350 words) as page 1.
12-point Times New Roman font Single-spacing throughout the document.
Double space (instead of indent) to designate a new paragraph or section.
Top, bottom, and side margins 2.54 cm.
Manuscript not to exceed 6000 words (excluding tables, figures and references). 
Graphs and visuals can be reproduced electronically.
Timeline: Special edition on contemporary Chinese cinema
Full article submission to Dr.Robert Hyland, guest editor by January 31 2014. 
Review and selection process February 1-February 28, 2014.
Revision of papers for the final submission March 31, 2014.
Editorial Board final review of articles for submission to IAFOR April 30, 2014.
Publication planned for May-June 2014.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the editors.


Best regards,

Guest editor, Dr.Robert Hyland   [log in to unmask]
Journal editors, Dr.Seiko Yasumoto and Associate Professor Jason Bainbridge and Editorial team

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