Presentation of journal sections
Plan
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This section reports on workshops, seminars, conferences or symposia on the United States and aims to keep a record of significant events in American studies prior to the publication of proceedings. Contributions range from comprehensive reviews to more specific analytical appraisals. They should highlight the events’ significance by providing an account of the major issues addressed, individual papers, and ensuing discussions. This section is open to contributions by doctoral students. Academic event attendants, participants, and speakers may submit. We recommend that reviews not be written by event organizers themselves. Reviews may be written in French or English. The recommended length is 2 to 5 pages. Contributors are kindly asked to send along paper abstracts and links to event websites if available. For detailed guidelines please refer to the stylesheet. Submissions should be sent to the section editors: David Diallo (history, politics, and society) or Karim Daanoune (literature, arts, and culture).
Book Reviews
This section’s editors are in charge of seeking reviewers for books received, but you may send proposals to review a book. For the sake of academic honesty, if you feel you have any conflict of interests (e.g. family member, manuscript reader...), please let us know. Transatlantica only publishes original book reviews. Reviews shall not be shorter than 1,000 words. They can be of various formats (review, critical appraisal, bibliographical essay, etc.), but should in all cases include a summary (chapters, sections, etc.) and an assessment (positive and negative aspects). Reviews may also end with a discussion of the larger issues.
Reviews must include the following:
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Full title of the book;
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First and last names of author(s);
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Place of publication, publisher, series, year of publication;
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Number of pages;
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ISBN;
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Price;
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First and last names and institution (if applicable) of the reviewer.
Book reviews are published in French or English. Quotations should be in the language of the original work and followed by the page number in parentheses. Section editors hold the right to modify spelling, typographic presentation or style. For detailed guidelines please refer to the stylesheet. Reviews may be sent to the section editors: Thomas Constantinesco (literature, arts) or Sandrine Baudry (history, social sciences, cultural studies).
Recognitions
This section is dedicated to encounters with writers, artists or translators. It publishes interviews (written, recorded or filmed), essays, unpublished texts of fiction or poems. It also welcomes tributes to a writer’s work. For detailed guidelines please refer to the stylesheet. Submissions should be sent to the section editor, Sophie Vallas.
Perspectives
This section publishes interviews (written, recorded or filmed) with prominent scholars in the field of American studies, in particular specialists of the history, politics, and society of the United States. It also welcomes tributes. For detailed guidelines please refer to the stylesheet. Submissions should be sent to the section editor, Michaël Roy.
Trans’Arts
This section covers events related to American visual arts on both sides of the Atlantic. Authors can submit essays, exhibition reviews, commentaries focusing on specific images, and interviews with actors of the culture industry. We welcome contributions grounded in the history of art and the history of images, cultural history, as well as visual, cultural, and media studies. For detailed guidelines please refer to the stylesheet. Submissions should be sent to the section editor, Didier Aubert.
Music Box
This section is dedicated to the history and analysis of American popular music, as well as current musical topics. It publishes reviews of books, records, DVDs, and concerts, as well as academic essays analyzing music as an object, practice, and symbol, including its relations to aesthetics, the economy, technology, sociology, politics, etc. For detailed guidelines please refer to the stylesheet. Submissions may be sent to the section editor, David Diallo.