?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Looking+modern+%3A+fashion+journalism+and+cultural+modernity+in+Shanghai%2C+Singapore+and+Hong+Kong&rft.creator=Tay%2C+Jinna&rft.subject=Asia&rft.subject=Chinese-ness&rft.subject=city&rft.subject=consumption&rft.subject=cosmopolitanism&rft.subject=creative+cities&rft.subject=culture&rft.subject=cultural+modernity&rft.subject=fashion&rft.subject=fashion+journalism&rft.subject=Hong+Kong&rft.subject=journalism&rft.subject=looking&rft.subject=magazines&rft.subject=popular+culture&rft.subject=sex&rft.subject=Shanghai&rft.subject=Singapore&rft.subject=visual+culture&rft.description=This+thesis+examines+the+development+of+Asian+cultural+modernity+in+the+cities+of+Singapore%2C+Hong+Kong+and+Shanghai+through+their+fashion+magazines.+These+three+cities+have+positioned+themselves+as+aspirants+to+global+city+status%2C+concurrently+facilitating+their+ambitions+by+relaxing+media+laws+and+emphasising+cultural+production.+One+outcome+is+a+growth+in+the+production+and+consumption+of+fashion+magazines.+There+has+been+a+parallel+growth+in+the+consumption+of+and+interest+in+fashion+and+self-adornment+in+these+cities%2C+particularly+through+global+brand+names.+This+thesis+investigates+these+cultural+transformations+by+examining+the+production+of+fashion+texts+in+the+context+of+their+cities.+It+does+this+by+utilising+the+concept+of+fashion+journalism+(as+a+product+of+fashion%2C+journalism+and+the+city)+as+a+means+of+identifying+the+contemporary+social%2C+cultural+and+political+articulations+of+these+fashion+texts.+To+do+so%2C+this+research+draws+together+a+framework+that+takes+into+account+different+fields+(fashion%2C+journalism%2C+modernity%2C+city%2C+Asia)+that+contribute+to+the+concept+of+fashion+journalism%2C+thereby+approaching+fashion+texts+through+a+multi-disciplinary+perspective+anchored+by+establishing+the+contexts+of+each+city+and+its+specific+magazine.+The+subsequent+analyses+of+Vision+(Shanghai)%2C+WestEast+(Hong+Kong)+and+Harper's+Bazaar+Singapore+reflect+and+capture+an+evolution+of+these+cities+coming+into+their+own.+With+particular+emphasis+on+the+cultural+assertions+of+global+Chinese+identities+in+WestEast%2C+an+escape+from+national+discourses+through+participating+in+cosmopolitanism+in+Harper's%2C+and+the+emphasis+on+popular+visual+culture+as+a+form+of+popular+literacy+and+knowledge+formation+in+Vision.+These+findings+contribute+firstly%2C+towards+an+understanding+of+the+issues+occurring+in+the+cultural+modernisation+of+these+cities+and+secondly%2C+of+fashion+journalism+as+a+promoter+of+the+experiences+of+cultural+modernity+in+Asia.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F16455%2F1%2FJinna_Tay_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Tay%2C+Jinna+(2007)+Looking+modern+%3A+fashion+journalism+and+cultural+modernity+in+Shanghai%2C+Singapore+and+Hong+Kong.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F16455%2F&rft.rights=Copyright+Jinna+Tay&rft.identifier=Creative+Industries+Faculty