Claire Lindsay
The magazine in post-revolutionary Mexico: Archive, store, and history

This paper, drawing on examples from a bilingual cultural magazine published in Mexico from the 1920s onwards, challenges questions of definition and classification that have long dominated periodical studies. Mexican Folkways (1925-1937) was an anthology of Mexico’s art, archeology, myths, fiestas and songs, more…

Michel Hockx
Modern Chinese magazines and moral censorship

Magazines and their editors played a crucial role in the discussion, formulation and dissemination of national values for the Republic of China, which came into being in 1911 … Famous examples featuring in previous scholarship include the cultural debate about a national language and the political debate about China’s role in the Paris Peace Conference. more…