Language policy has always been about far more than choosing which language to use in government, education, or the law. In addition, language policy involves the use of languages for purposes of cultural governance, or ...

Popular narratives of mobility, if and when constructed in reference to Anhui, are usually framed within a discourse of rural poverty and economic hardship, and as such, tend to mobilise the trope of history. In fact, the ...

Chinese television dramas over the past few decades have seen the rise and decline of various narratives: stories of successful entrepreneurs, stories of Chinese going to live overseas, anti-corruption political drama, ...

IN 2005 MAroa VARGAS LLOSA DELIVERED HIS LECTURE "CONFESSIONS of a Liberal" for the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. A summation of Vargas Llos's intellectual evolution since the ...

Cosmetic surgery reality television (CSRTV) is not merely about cosmetic surgery, nor merely about reality television: it is a blend of these two areas and hence both media and bodies must be analysed when examining it. I ...

This chapter examines community-based media projects that have attempted to shift racialized discourse and improve the representation of Muslim and Arab communities in mainstream Australian news media since 200l. By seeking ...