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Instructions for Authors:

Postcolonial Studies welcomes original and challenging contributions informed by a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its aim is to generate a productive dialogue and exchange between theorists and writers in disparate locations. All work submitted will be refereed by a range of international readers and editors. In addition to standard length papers of 5,000 words, longer 7,000 and 9,000 word papers may also be considered, as well as photographic essays, review articles and collaborative essays.

Authors wishing to submit reviews or review articles should first contact the Reviews Editor, Karina Smith (Karina.Smith@vu.edu.au). All other queries regarding submissions should be directed to the Managing Editor, David L Martin (pcs@netspace.net.au).

Submissions:

Submissions will be accepted by email as an attachment in Microsoft Word to: pcs@netspace.net.au

In addition, two hard copies of the article, double-spaced throughout (including quotations and footnotes) on single sides of opaque paper, with all authorial details removed, should be sent to:

On a covering page, a brief abstract should be provided, along with full names of the authors and the submission's title, together with a correspondence address, a short biographical note (50 words) and, where possible, a contact fax number, telephone number and e-mail address.

The submission proper should bear no identifying details other than the title of the submission. 

Presentation:

Please use endnotes for all references and citations. Notes should be marked clearly in the text at the point of punctuation using superscript and listed consecutively at the end of your article. Bibliographical references should always be provided in the form of endnotes; we do not publish separate bibliographies at the end of articles. If the program Endnote is used, please remove all Endnote Fields from the file before sending. Notes should not be listed at the bottom of each relevant page. Avoid over-numbering references: if one source is being cited for several references within a paragraph, number this only once at the end of the paragraph. The use of notes in general should be kept to a minimum. 

When citing books, please use the following format, e.g.:

            Summers, Lillian, Antipodean Alliances, London: Coolgardie Press, 1995, p 7.

            Kirk, John Stuart, Middle East on Trial, London: Bodley Head, 1977, pp. 3-9.

When citing chapters in books, please use the following format, e.g.:

            Birks, John, 'Middle East Labour' in Middle East Today, S Sinclair (ed), London:         Frank Cass, 1987, pp. 28-36.

Menchev, Brian Lewis, "Disappearing acts: postcolonialism, autobiography and the spoken word" in Telling Tales: Narrating the Postcolonial Self, Barker Whitlam (ed), Melbourne: Barwon Heads Books, 2001, pp. 45-62.

When citing articles, please use the following format, e.g.:

Fredericks, Sara, "Disappearing acts: autobiography and the spoken word", Self and Society, 89(2), 1998, pp. 104-135.

Rubin, Brownwyn, 'Drowning in the Gulf', Foreign Policy, 69(4), 1987-88, pp. 120-134.

Unpublished theses, mimeographs and reports also receive full references including the name of the appropriate institution. For newspaper references, give the author, title, name of paper, town in brackets, date of issue and page numbers. Authors' names should be abbreviated to initials and surname in the footnotes.

Tables and Figures:

Diagrams and figures should be suitable for photographic reproduction, and should be supported by appropriate permissions from copyright or intellectual property holders. Figures should be numbered in order of appearance. Clearly descriptive or identifying captions should be provided for each figure, followed (at the end of the caption) by appropriate references for any reproduced material. The author should take care to indicate clearly in the text where diagrams and tables are to appear.

House-style:

British rather than American spelling should be used. The s-suffix is used, for example, civilise, civilisation rather than civilize, civilization. Dates should be written as follows: 5 August 1966. Numbers from one to nine should be written out in full: figures should be used for numbers above 10. Quotations of less than fifty words should be incorporated into the body of your text. Please place closing punctuation marks outside the quoted material (e.g. Jackie Huggins refers to the interplay between her mother's voice and her own as a process of "fighting with our tongues"). Quotations of longer than fifty words should be set as block indented quotations separated by one line space above and below the block quotation. Please spell out acronyms the first time they are used and provide the acronym in parentheses directly after. For subsequent references use the acronym only (e.g. Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR); thereafter, use ANTAR only).

Offprints:

Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

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