Global Lifestyle Research Articles

Communicating a global reach: Inflight magazines as a globalizing genre in tourism

Like most multinational or international corporations, marketing for airlines hinges on careful strategies of differentiation and promotion; an increasingly important part of the way this is achieved is for airlines to position themselves as ‘global’ and to promise their passengers the kudos of being global citizens and travellers. It is in this way that globalization can be seen to be not about just economic reordering, but also strategic, commercial rebranding; globalization is thus both cultural discourse and identity resource. This is exemplified by the 72 inflight magazines we examine here, and achieved by a series of discursive strategies such as: their cashing in on the global cachet (or ‘worldliness’) of English; their drawing on metonymic repertoires of global cities/destinations and celebrities; and their striking displays of global route‐maps regardless of actual network. Inflight magazines are both global medium (or genre) in themselves and carriers of global messages. Drawing on the discourses of nationality and globality, they epitomize a post‐modern tendency towards the ‘globalization of nationality’ as well as espousing a global lifestyle.

Youth Culture,Media and Globalization Processes in Greenland

Globalization has been advantageous for Greenland, in that it has broken the country’s isolation. The disadvantages described as results of modernization and globalization processes, such as the annihilation of local cultures, giving rise to further stratification problems or causing frustrations as individuals long for things they cannot achieve, are discussed in this article in relation to Thomas Ziehe’s levels of modernization’s penetration into society, culture and the individual. The analysis is based on empirical data from quantitative and qualitative research among 12–19-year-olds in Greenland in 1997 and 2001. As we see, the local culture is not at all in danger of annihilation. Socioeconomic differences exist and are unfortunately entangled in ethnic and centre–periphery factors. The young peoples’ leisure habits reveal an urge for a global lifestyle,but its limited availability does not seem to lead to a sense of being left behind as deprived locals in a global world.

We shall Fight on the Seas and the Oceans…We shall

We shall Fight on the Seas and the Oceans…We shall

Migration and Narration

The following article aims to work out the main narrative techniques of “telling migration”. The conclusions drawn on the subject of migration and narration are based on a one-year field work study, combining participant observation with interviewing. This study took place in New Zealand concentrating on German immigrants between 1936 and 1996. The main source for my analysis given in this paper is provided by 102 people I interviewed. The texts of these biographically-focussed interviews allowed me to work not only on an ethnographical history of migration but also to gain insights into peoples’ experiences, and over and above that, to learn what kind of stories and techniques of storytelling emigration creates. The book focuses on a comparatively wide time frame of sixty years (BoenischBrednich 2001). This makes it possible to analyse very different periods of migration and groups of migrants, contrasting social categories as well as exploring differences in education, milieu, age and gender. Furthermore, it becomes obvious that although all migrants were leaving Germany and arriving in New Zealand, they experienced what were in effect very different countries through time – different Germanys, different New Zealands. To work out the changing reasons for migrating (work migration, refuge, global lifestyle, etc.) inside western societies is a major theme the book is aiming for.

The past, present and future

My generation has seen more progress in science and technology than all preceding generations together. We have also witnessed several intellectual, technological, medical and social revolutions spearheaded by the contraceptive revolution and followed by those in reproductive health, gender equity, information, communication, globalization, international assistance, etc. The results of the first contraceptive revolution were spectacular, by 1990 some 900 million couples used contraception, which became a global lifestyle. When this revolution lost momentum, a new departure took place: the Rockefeller Foundation’s Contraception-21 initiative. The major achievements of this initiative are presented in this volume. All papers represent a significant contribution also to the ultimate objective: the achievement of human dignity for every woman. The revolutions mentioned above profoundly changed the world and our perception of it. They will also assist humankind in deconstructing the deterministic worldview of past centuries and replacing it with a science-driven anthropocentric philosophy.

An exploration of a global teenage lifestyle in Asian societies

Many articles have appeared about teenagers as a social and consumption group in various countries, especially in the West, emphasizing the teenagers’ lavish purchases of a great variety of goods, in particular branded products. Many marketers assume that a similar marketing mix and strategy would be correct to take in all their markets. However, the truth is far more complex and this article attempts to show this by drawing on empirical and secondary data from a wide variety of sources. Concludes that each generation of teenagers has its own global culture shaped by the familiar Western themes and values brought via the mass media. In addition there is the national culture and shared historical experiences which can only heighten social and cultural complexity in understanding the consumer culture of teenagers.

From the contraceptive to the anthropocentric revolution (Gregory Pincus in memoriam)

The author has seen more progress in science and technology than all scientists of all preceding periods together since the dawn of history and has witnessed a number of powerful revolutions (e.g. scientific, information, postindustrial, globalization, environmental, contraceptive, reproductive health, gender equity and demographic) that have profoundly changed the world and our perception of it. The contraceptive revolution started off this irreversible process with spectacular results. By 1990, contraception had become a global lifestyle for more than 900 million couples. It also resulted in subsequent revolutions in reproductive health and gender equity in a new world with a dramatically changed population structure with fewer and fewer children and more and more elderly.These revolutions will assist humankind in the 21st century in deconstructing the deterministic world view of past centuries and replacing it with a science-driven anthropocentric world view.

The Mexican Contribution to Restructuring US Capitalism

■ This article analyzes the history of Mexico-US migration in relation to the contemporary social impacts of labor market restructuring, relocation of production, and global lifestyle and real estate investments in the transnational space defined by NAFTA. Mexico is not simply a supplier of cheap labor that enables US capital to confront globalization. Economics is entangled in politics and a specific history of racialized labor markets, neocolonialism and nation- state construction. The sectors of Mexican capital that benefit from NAFTA are as mobile as US capital and integrated with it, whilst segmentation of the migrant population has been exacerbated by the changes of the past two decades. Multiple contradictions are transforming economic, social and politi cal life throughout the NAFTA region, but although the social consequences of neoliberalism have diminished Mexico's governability, the key issue is whether local social movements and transnational coalitions can modify this regime of accumulation.

GOSPEL AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY

International Review of MissionVolume 85, Issue 336 p. 25-34 GOSPEL AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY Daleep Mukarji, Daleep Mukarji Daleep Mukarji is executive secretary for Urban Rural Mission with the World Council of Churches' Unit II: Churches in Mission: Health, Education, Witness.Search for more papers by this author Daleep Mukarji, Daleep Mukarji Daleep Mukarji is executive secretary for Urban Rural Mission with the World Council of Churches' Unit II: Churches in Mission: Health, Education, Witness.Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1996 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-6631.1996.tb02729.x Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume85, Issue336January 1996Pages 25-34 RelatedInformation