XLII  University  of  California,  Los  Angeles

 MESTER      

2013 General Issue – Hemispheric Intersections

Mester seeks articles for its general issue to be published in 2013. Mester publishes critical articles, interviews, and book reviews in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish-American, Brazilian, Latina/o and Chicana/o literatures and linguistics. Mester also welcomes articles in Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Ethnic/Cultural Studies. Interdisciplinary and transatlantic approaches are encouraged. Our upcoming volume will have two main sections: a general one open to any topic related to the scope of the journal, and a special supplement section dedicated to Hemispheric Studies, titled Hemispheric Intersections. Possible topics to consider may be of the following: -Decolonial and De-Westernizing Discourses -Transnationalism -Migration’s Scrapes and Flows -Interculturalism, Globalization -Linguistic conjunctions -Interdisciplinary approaches -Performativity, Performance, and Identification -Subaltern Studies -Race, Ethnic and Cultural Studies -Memory Studies Articles may be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Publication decisions are based solely on the quality of the submissions, which undergo triple-blind review. The journal is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures. For further information on our guidelines for manuscripts to be considered for publication please see our our website at: http:// www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/mester Visit our Facebook page at “Mester, UCLA” Submissions must be done electronically via eScholarship. More information about the submission is available at: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/ucla_spanport_mester The deadline is January 11, 2013 but early submissions are encouraged.

Please forward any question to:

XLII  University  of  California,  Los  Angeles

Sandra Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief, mester@ucla.edu