CALL FOR PAPERS

For 40 years, the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JCE) has been recognized as a top outlet for high quality ethnographic research. Published bi-monthly, JCE is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal for sociological research that uses ethnographic methods to analyze social life as it occurs in specific social contexts. JCE focuses on empirical studies based on ethnographic methods such as participant-observation, unobtrusive observation, intensive interviewing, contextualized discourse analysis, narrative analysis, and qualitative feminist analysis.

JCE invites researchers to submit original articles, reviews, or special issue proposals to the editors. The journal welcomes submissions from all social sciences, especially

• Anthropology
• Communication Studies
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Education
• Gender Studies
• Gerontology
• Health Studies
• Leisure Studies
• Management
• Marketing
• Race and Ethnic Studies
• Religion Studies
• Sexualities
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

Manuscripts may be submitted at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/joce. All submissions sent out for review will be peer reviewed. JCE aims to have all reviewed papers go through their initial review within three months of receipt. Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in JCE. Previously published papers and papers under review by another journal are not acceptable.

Manuscripts should be contextualized within relevant theoretical or methodological literatures. They should also highlight their theoretical or methodological contributions to the field. Empirical pieces should detail the methods for data collection and analysis. Generally, manuscripts should not exceed 40 pages (or word count equivalent of 250 words per page of 10,000), including tables, notes, and references. All manuscripts must include an abstract of no more than 150 words. Use Chicago Manual of Style, double-space the manuscript, include references, tables, footnotes, etc and a short informative abstract of approximately 150 words (please attempt to keep footnotes at a minimum). To ensure anonymity, keep all identifying information out of both the text and the bibliography. The abstract and manuscript are sent to reviewers and therefore should contain only the title.

Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in JCE. Previously published papers and papers under review by another journal are not acceptable.

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