Submission of mss: authors should send an electronic version of their article to Anthropological Theory,
Rune Hjalmar Espeland, Email: Rune.Espeland@sosantr.uib.no
Covering letter: Please attach to 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 print or electronic journal.
Format of mss: Each manuscript should contain:
(i) title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, 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. Owing to the broad range of subject matter, authors are encouraged to supply the names of one or more potential referees.
(ii) abstract of 100-150 words
(iii) up to 10 key words
(iv) main text and word count -- suggested target is about 7000 to 8000 words. Text to be clearly organized, with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text
(v) end notes, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references
(vi) references in both the text and any end notes should follow Harvard style. References are cited in the text thus: (author, date: page)
(vii) an alphabetical references section should follow the text (and end notes if any), using the Harvard system.
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. They should be reproducible to a final printed text area of 115 mm x 185 mm. Illustrations on disk should be supplied as TIFF or EPS files at high resolution. Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of contrast. Slides are also acceptable. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Permission letters must be supplied to SAGE.
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)
Disks: on acceptance of your manuscript for publication, you will be asked to supply a diskette (IBM-compatible or Mac) of the final version.
Proofs and offprints: authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to the Managing Editor within 2 weeks. They will receive a complimentary journal copy. A maximum of 5 journal copies will be supplied for multi-authored articles. These will be supplied to the main author. And also electronic offprints of their article.
Reviews: Anthropological Theory includes a section in which books and other significant contributions to the field are reviewed. This includes both essay length and shorter contributions.
Books for review and manuscripts of reviews should be sent to: Steven Sampson, Department of Anthropology, Sociologiska Institutionen, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
Email: steven.sampson@soc.lu.se
Reviews: Anthropological Theory operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author.
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