Submission of manuscripts: Authors should send their manuscript via email to culture@uts.cc.utexas.edu and emendoza@mail.utexas.edu.
Covering letter: Please include with every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
Format of mss: Each manuscript should contain:
* Title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purpose of blind refereeing, the full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate sheet
* Abstract of about 100 words and about 5 key words
* Main text. Text to be clearly organized, with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings, and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented in the text
* End notes which, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before references
* References should be cited in the text by author and date (separated with a comma) with a full alphabetical listing at the end of the article. The following are examples of Cultural Dynamics reference style. Please consult past issues for further examples.
Articles in journals: Dhareshwar, Vivek (1996) 'The Trial of Pagans', Cultural Dynamics 8(2): 119-35.
Books: Butler, Judith (1997) Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative. New York and London: Routledge.
Chapters in books: Kaviraj, Sudipta (1996) 'Democracy and Development in India', in Amiya Bagchi (ed.) Development and Democracy, pp. 39-57. London: Macmillan.
Unpublished articles: Van Zoonen, L. (1996) 'One of the Girls? Or the Incipient Feminization of Journalism?', keynote address to the Norwegian Research Council, Oslo.
Website reference: Garton, L., Haythornthwaite, C. and Wellman, B. (1997) 'Studying Online Social Networks', Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3(1), URL (consulted Feb. 1998): http:/jcmc.huji.ac.il/vol3/issue1/
Tables: Tables should be typed (double line-spaced) on separate sheets and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text. All tables should have short descriptive captions with footnotes and their source(s) typed below the tables.
Illustrations: All line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction, (i.e. not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet.
Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of contrast. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet.
AUTHORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING PERMISSIONS FROM COPYRIGHT HOLDERS for reproducing through any medium of communication any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
Style: Use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, define them when first used. Use non-racist, non-sexist language and plurals rather than he/she.
Spellings: UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
Punctuation: Use single quotation marks with double quotes inside single quotes. Present dates in the form 1 May 1998. Do not use points in abbreviations, contractions or acronyms (e.g. AD, USA, Dr, PhD).
Proofs and offprints: Authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to return corrections to SAGE within 3 weeks. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and access to a final pdf of their article.
Books for review should be sent to: Cultural Dynamics, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, 78712-1086, USA. [email: culture@uts.cc.utexas.edu]
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