The Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies publishes interdisciplinary and cross-cultural articles, interviews, and creative writings on the literatures, the histories, the politics, and the arts whose focus, locales, or subjects involve Britain and other European countries and their former colonies, the now decolonized, independent nations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, and also Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand.

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Upcoming Special Issues

Postcolonialism and Ecocriticism
Guest Editors: Anthony Vital and Hans-Georg Erney
Summer 2008

Postcolonialism and Religion
Guest Editor: Hemchand Gossai
Spring 2009

Postcolonial Pakistani Writing In English
Guest Editors: Ghazala Hashmi and Waqas A. Khwaja
Fall 2009

Subscriptions

The journal is published bi-annually in fall and late spring. Subscription rates are as follows:

Subscriptions checks should be made payable to Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies and sent to the Editors on this form.

Some back issues of the journal are available and are priced at $15.00 US each for individuals,and $25.00 US for institutions, including shipping and handling.

Submissions

Manuscripts for publication must be written in English and submitted in duplicate. The approximate length should preferably be between 4,000 and 5,000 words (i.e., 14-18 typed, double-spaced pages), and must follow the MLA Style Manual format. Manuscripts should be sent to:

The Editor
Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies
Department of Literature and Philosophy
Georgia Southern University
PO Box 8023
Statesboro, GA 30460-8023

Editorial Staff

Editor: Gautam Kundu, Georgia Southern University

Associate Editors: Richard Flynn, Georgia Southern University; Paulus Pimomo, Central Washington University

Book Review Editor: Rebecca Weaver-Hightower, University of North Dakota

Editorial Board: Margaret Bass, St. Lawrence University; Deepika Petraglia-Bahri, Emory University; Timothy Brennan, University of Minnesota; Mary Lou Emery, University of Iowa; Vinay Lal, UCLA; Neil Lazarus, University of Warwick; Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin; Saree Makdisi, UCLA; Pushpa Parekh, Spelman College; John Rooks, Morris College; Robert Ross, University of Texas at Austin; Henry Schwarz, Georgetown University; David Stouck, Simon Fraser University

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