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Critical Arts, which has been publishing since 1980, prides itself in publishing original, readable, and theoretically cutting edge articles. Many articles first published in the journal have been subsequently reprinted with acknowledgement elsewhere. We are proud of this republishing record, which includes original articles first published in Critical Arts by authors such as JM Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, and later, Stuart Hall, David Kerr, Ntongela Masilela, and Handel Kashope Wright, amongst many others. As well as publishing the work of established scholars, Critical Arts is also geared to opening spaces for new, young and dynamic authors, whose emerging work is of critical and theoretical significance. Amongst our authors are MA and Ph.D. students whose work is often theoretically refreshing, conceptually innovative and critically challenging. Critical Arts provides a platform for such students who need to find their niche within the research and publishing community. Since the inception of Critical Arts, a number of integrated theoretical trajectories and ongoing debates have emerged. Submitting authors are requested to familiarise themselves with these themes; for example, Critical Arts prefers analyses which interrogate essentialist ideas rather than simply assuming them. We thus encourage current authors to address and critically engage discussions previously published in the Journal, in their own analyses. Critical Arts is subscribed to by hundreds of university and other libraries; in South Africa, Africa, the USA, Europe, India and China, and is also available online via Routledge at http://www.informaworld.com/rcrc. Back copies from 1980-1992 are available at http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals. Critical Arts has been published by UNISA Press since 2005, and since 2007 an international edition has been published by Routledge, who simultaneously took over the electronic subscriptions managed by EBSCO, Gale, SABINET and AJOL. Of special interest to South African-based authors, is that Critical Arts is accredited with the South African Department of Education. For further information on Critical Arts' achievements and scope of interest, including a bibliography since 1980, please consult: Denzin, N. ed. 2000. Cultural Studies: A Research Annual. Offprints are available from the journal. Please e-mail: tomasell@ukzn.ac.za or criticalarts@ukzn.ac.za |
