CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
'The Erotic Empire: Sexuality, Gender and Power in Britain and Beyond':
AVSJ (Australasian Victorian Studies Journal) Volume 8 for 2002
The AVSJ is an annual interdisciplinary journal. We are now calling for
articles on the theme of 'The Erotic Empire: Sexuality, Gender and Power in
Britain and Beyond' for consideration by our referees for publication in
AVSJ Volume 8 2002. Topics might include:
o race relations and fears of miscegenation
o bending gender boundaries
o gender and narrative
o desire and Orientalism
o death and the erotic
o inverts, decadents and obscenity
o science and racial, gender and sexual categories
o sexual traffic
o colonialism and women
o empire and masculinities
o sport, Empire and gender.
We do not, however, wish to restrict your interpretation of the theme, and
informative and provocative papers on other topics relating to the
designated theme will be considered.
If you wish to submit a paper please send it to the editors no later than
31 MAY 2002, keeping the following guidelines in mind.
FORMAT
2 hard copies in laser quality print on A4 white paper (double-spaced)
accompanied by a high-density disk identified by means of a label stating
your name, the title of your paper, the file name and format in which it is
saved. Please send your work on a Mac formatted disk saved in Microsoft
Word 6 or above, or RTF. Please ensure that the hard copies themselves do
not identify the author and that the disk is scanned for viruses.
ILLUSTRATIONS
We welcome illustrations but they must be presented in the highest quality
reproduction available. Black-and-white line drawings may be submitted in
high resolution photocopies; photographs or slides of paintings should be
of high quality production such as those supplied by art galleries.
Contributors are responsible for ensuring copyright clearance.
STYLE
Your work should conform to the latest MLA style guide, using parenthetical
documentation with a list of "Works Cited" and minimal footnotes; quotes of
less than four lines should be enclosed within double inverted commas (")
and be kept within the body of the text; single inverted commas (') should
be used for quotes within quotes; quotes of over four lines should be
indented with no inverted commas. Submissions that do not conform to MLA
style will be returned for modification.
Note that the "Works Cited" should reference only those works that have
been specifically referred to by page number in your text; we do not
require lists of books that you have consulted but not quoted.
WORD LIMIT
7000 words.
A short biographical note (no more than three or four lines) should
accompany your submission. Please include your full mailing address, email
address and phone number.
Please send to:
The Editors
AVSJ
School of English, Communication and Theatre
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Australia
Robert Dingley, Jennifer McDonell and Cathy Waters
Editors, AVSJ
Email: avsj@metz.une.edu.au
Dr Jennifer McDonell
School of English, Communication
and Theatre, University of New England
ARMIDALE 2351
PH: +61 (02) 67 73 2517
FAX:+61 (02) 67 73 2623
Mobile: 0407 466 405
Co- Editor
Australasian Victorian Studies Association Journal (AVSJ)
Website: http://uq.net.au/avsa/journal.html
All email correspondance pertaining to the journal should be sent to the
following address: avsj@metz.une.edu.au
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