South Asian Popular Culture

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5th International SAPC Conference - Call for Papers

Published By: Routledge

Volume Number: 9

Frequency: 3 issues per year

Print ISSN: 1474-6689

Online ISSN: 1474-6697

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Instructions for Authors

The instructions below are specifically directed at authors who wish to submit a manuscript to South Asian Popular Culture. For general information, please visit the Author Services section of our website.

South Asian Popular Culture considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to South Asian Popular Culture, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which South Asian Popular Culture incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to South Asian Popular Culture must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

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Manuscripts to be considered for publication should be sent to Dr Rajinder Kumar Dudrah, Department of Drama, School of Music and Drama, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Email: rajinder.dudrah@manchester.ac.uk or Dr Gita Rajan, Associate Professor of English & Director of Asian Studies Program, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA; Email: GRajan@mail.fairfield.edu .

Three copies of each manuscript should be submitted as well as a copy on a CD-ROM. Three sets of photocopies (not glossy reproductions) of suggested illustrations should also be sent to the editor. Manuscripts should be printed on one single side of A4 or 8 x 11 inch white good quality paper, double-spaced throughout with ample margins, and bear the title of the contribution and name(s) of the author(s). The full postal and email addresses of the author who will check proofs and receive correspondence and offprints should also be included. All pages should be numbered. Contributions should not normally be more than 7,000 words in length and should be written in English. They should also include an abstract of 150 words.

South Asian Popular Culture anonymously reviews all articles. The author's name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself, however, a detachable sheet with their full name, postal address and email address should be sent with the manuscript. Articles submitted to the Journal should not be under consideration by any other journal.

Book reviews may vary in length from 300 words for a single-title review to 1,500 words for a substantial review essay. Reviewers should follow the guidelines given for papers, except that full bibliographical details for the books reviewed (including price and ISBN) should be given at the beginning of the review. Rejected manuscripts will not normally be returned.

Electronic Submissions. Authors should send the final, revised version of their articles in both hard copy paper and electronic CD-ROM or email formats. It is essential that the hard copy paper version exactly matches the electronic material. We prefer Microsoft Word files but can translate from most other common word-processing programs. Please specify which program you have used.

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Journal utilises Standard Style 1; a quick guide can be found here
Journal reference style is MLA; a quick guide can be found here
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Notes. Keep textual notes to a minimum, indicate them with superscript numbers, and provide the note text as a list at the end of the article, before the references.

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