Instructions for Authors:

Submission

All submissions should be made online at the Cultural Studies Manuscript Central site.New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”. 

It will be assumed that the author has retained a copy of his or her paper. Submission of a paper to Cultural Studies will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In submitting a manuscript the authors agree that the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article have been given to the publishers. This includes reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm, or any other reproduction of similar nature and translations, though copyright is retained by the author.

Manuscript format

All submissions should be in English, typed or computer printed in double spacing. Please prepare an abstract of up to 300 words (including 6 keywords) for purposes of review. The authors name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript except for on a detachable cover page along with an address, short biographical note and the title. Please supply an email address and a contact number.

Photographs, tables and figures

We welcome figures sent electronically, but care and attention to these guidelines are essential as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.

§         Figures must be saved individually and separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.

§         Avoid the use of colour and tints for purely aesthetic reasons.

§         Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible.

§         All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. figure 1, figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1(a), figure 1(b)).

§         Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.

§         The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.

§         Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).

Please note that it is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please do not hesitate to contact our Production Department if you have any queries.

Copyright-protected material

Written permission to reproduce photographs, tables, figures, song lyrics or any other copyright protected material must be obtained by authors from copyright holders before submission.

Citation style

Manuscripts must conform to the Harvard reference style. When an author's name is mentioned in the text, the date alone is inserted in parentheses immediately after the name: Smith (1970). When a less direct reference is made the name and date are given together in parentheses. Several authors are separated by a semicolon: (Smith, 1970; Mbene, 1984).

When the reference is dual or multiple authorship use: Smith and Jones (1971) for two authors and; Smith et al. for more than two. Only use initials if two authors have the same surname: (Smith, A., 1970; Smith, B., 1971).

If two or more works by the same author are cited in the same year, add lower case letters after the date to distinguish them: (Smith, 1970a, 1970b).

When using a republished book, a translation or a modern edition of an older book, give the date of the original publication as well: Smith (1970/1999). When using a reprinted article, cite the date of the original publication only.

When referring to mass media materials, include relevant information within parentheses: (Women's weekly, 16 July 1983: 32).

Treat recorded music as a book: the musician or group is the author, the title is underlined and the distributor is listed as the publisher; treat television series and films similarly. Treat television episodes, poems, songs and short stories (i.e. works that are not usually published separately) as articles, placing the title in single quotation marks.

Reference List

Submissions should include a reference list conforming to the style shown in the following examples:

Book
Leach, Edmund (1976) Culture and Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Two or more references to the same author
Leach, Edmund (1976) Culture and Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

-(1974) Levi-Strauss. London: Fontana.

Multiple authors
Ogden, C. G. and Richards, I. A. (1949) The Meaning of Meaning (2^nd edn). London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Two references published in the same year; translated text; two places of publication
Lacan, Jacques (1977a) Ecrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. New York and London: Norton. (Originally published 1966).

Article in reader not already cited; multi volume work; article in book by same author
Leavis, F. R. (1945) "Thought' and Emotional Quality'. In his (ed.) (1968) A Selection from Scrutiny (vol. 1). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 211-30.

Article in journal
Macherey, Pierre and Balibar, Etienne (1978) 'Literature as an ideological form: some Marxist propositions'. Oxford Literary Review, 3(1) 4-12.

Article in magazine or newspaper
Burstall, Tim (1977) 'Triumph and disaster for Australian films'. The Bulletin, 24 September 1977: 45-54.

Film or TV programme
The War Game (1966). Dir. Peter Watkins, BBC.

Proofs
Page proofs will be sent for correction to the author whose name appears first on the title page of the article unless otherwise requested. The difficulty and expense involved in making amendments at this stage make it essential to prepare their typescripts carefully: any alteration to the original text is strongly discouraged. The proofs should be returned as quickly as possible.

Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

Guidelines for Book Reviews

Our goal is to provide information on and analysis of books of potential interest to the international readership of Cultural Studies. Because of the field of cultural studies is/can be defined broadly and often draws on the work and literature of other fields, reviews should focus on the book's relevance to cultural studies. Book reviews should be 475-950 words, succinct and incisively critical. Longer reviews and essays will be the exception. Submissions for longer reviews and review essays will undergo the journal's blind review process and should only be submitted after consultation with a book review editor. Also, please contact a book review editor for details on reviewing films, conferences and other events of significance.

All submissions should be in English, typed or computer printed in double spacing. Book review submissions should be made online at the Cultural Studies Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

All reviews should include the following:

Heading information:

1. Title for the book review (short, preferably 5-6 words maximum);
2. Title and author of the book reviewed; and
3. Publication information: city, publisher, date, page length, ISBN and price for cloth/Hbk and ISBN and price for paper.

Body of review:

1. Brief description or explanation of contents of books;
2. Consideration of its relevance to cultural studies; and
3. A critical engagement with the contents of the book.

Ending information:

1. Brief biographical note of the author of the review (2-3 lines).

Book reviews should be submitted to one of our book review editors:

Stuart Price
School of Arts
de Montfort University
UK

Alvaro Pina
Rua Jose P Chaves
PORTUGAL

Gil Rodman
Department of Communication Studies
University of Minnesota
USA