Anthropological Quarterly
Style Guidelines & Submission Details
Supplemental Information
The following supplemental information should be prepared separately from the manuscript itself. During the online submission process, authors will be prompted to enter an abstract, keywords, contact information, and related details. This information should not be included in the manuscript document.
ABSTRACT: Each submission must have an abstract—a maximum 300-word summary of the article’s scope and findings. The abstract should be separate from the manuscript document.
KEYWORDS: Prepare a list of up to seven key words or phrases, separated by semi-colons. These should be separate from the manuscript document and entered into the appropriate space during the online submission process.
MANUSCRIPT
GENERAL FORMAT:
●All manuscripts should be double-spaced.
●Use Times New Roman (or similar) 12 pt font.
●Use one-inch margins.
●Include page numbers on bottom of each page.
●File should be .doc or .docx. Please do not submit a pdf.
●Upload any images or figures separately.
●Do not include author identifying information on the manuscript.
●All notes follow the text as endnotes, not as footnotes. Notes must be numbered consecutively throughout the text by superscript numbers (e.g., 2 not ii).
QUOTES: With the exception of quotes within quotes, no single quotation marks (“truth” not ‘truth’).
SPELLING: Use US-English spellings (labor not labour).
ABBREVIATIONS: Do not use periods in abbreviations (US not U.S.)
FOREIGN WORDS: Foreign words should be italicized only for their first appearance in the text.
COMMAS: Use serial comma (also known as Oxford comma) for for series of three or more terms.
Ex: “red, white, and blue” not “red, white and blue”
ACRONYMS: Write out an acronyms in full in parenthesis after its first appearance.
Ex: USAID (US Agency for International Development).
PLURALS OF ACRONYMS: NGOs not NGO’s
YEARS: 1980s not 1980’s
IN-TEXT REFERENCES: Use parenthetical citations for references (including references to personal communications), placed in the body of the text, not as notes.
●For each quotation or statement specific enough to need a reference, place the citation in parentheses (author's name and year of publication of work quoted or referred to and page[s] cited for direct quotations), thus: (Doe 1968) or (Rowe 1893:115-119). Note: no comma follows the name, no spaces between colon and page numbers, no p. or pp. before page numbers).
●Place comma between multiple authors, not semi-colons, unless the reference includes one author with multiple publications (Doe 1968, Rowe 1893) or (Garcia 1990, 2001; Berger 1972; Murphy 1983).
●Place punctuation outside not inside parenthesis: “thick description” (Geertz 1973). Not “thick description.” Geertz (1973)
●Indent direct quotations longer than five lines and place parenthetical citation after the end of the quote. (Author Year:Page) Note that for long, indented quotes, the punctuation comes before the parenthetical citation, rather than after.
REFERENCES
The references section includes full citation of every publication cited in the text. All entries must be listed alphabetically by last name of senior author, and chronologically for two or more titles by the same author(s). For two or more titles by the same author(s), begin reference with “_____. Year. Title…etc.” after first entry.
●NOTE: English language titles must be capitalized. Incorrect: Territories of difference: place, movements, life. Correct: Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life. Articles must be in quotation marks; books must be italicized.
The layout should conform to the following examples:
Book
Blok, Anton. 1974. The Mafia of a Sicilian Village, 1860-1960. New York: Harper Torchbooks.
Edited Book
Hobsbawm, Eric and Terence Ranger, eds. 1983. The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Chapter or Section in an Edited Book
Asad, Talal. 1986. “The Concept of Cultural Translation in British Social Anthropology.” In James Clifford and George E. Marcus, eds. Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, 141-164. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Journal Article
LaDousa, Chaise. 2007. “Of Nation and State: Language, School, and the Reproduction of Disparity in the North Indian City.” Anthropological Quarterly 80(4):925-960.
Newspaper Article
Niederkorn, William S. 2002. “A Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery.” New York Times, June 20, Arts section, Midwest edition.
Newspaper Article Available Online
Khan, M. Ilyas. 2008. “Lahore Bomb Raises Sectarian Questions.” BBC News, Jan 10. Accessed from on Jan 15, 2008.
Thesis or Dissertation
Åkesson, Lisa. 2004.“Making a Life: Meanings of Migration in Cape Verde.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Social Anthropology, Göteborg University.
Internet Publication/Website (If you are uncertain about proper citation for a website, it is better to record more information rather than less.)
International Labor Organization (ILO).n.d. “The Benefits of International Labor Standards.” Accessed from on January 15, 2008.
The Office of Tibet. 1997. “The Tibetan Government’s Position on Negotiations with China.” The Government of Tibet in Exile. Accessed from on Jan 15, 2008.
Unpublished Manuscript (This distinction includes manuscripts that have been submitted to a publisher, but have not yet been accepted for publication.)
Massoud, Lindsey. n.d. “Rapping Science: Implications of Students’ Construction of a Generic Hybrid in Science Class.” Unpublished manuscript.
Book In Press
Escobar, Arturo. In press.Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Conference presentation
Hanstedt, Paul. 2009. “This is Your Brain on Writing: The Implications of James Zull’sThe Art of Changing the Brain for the Writing Classroom.” Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA, March 11-14.
Episode
“Season Two, Episode 16.” 2007.Koffee with Karan, May 27. STAR World India. Mumbai: STAR TV.
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