Studies in South Asian Film & Media (Journal)

ISSN 17564921 , ONLINE ISSN 1756493X

Studies in South Asian Film & Media is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication committed to looking at the media and cinemas of the Indian subcontinent in their social, political, economic, historical, and increasingly globalized and diasporic contexts. The journal will evaluate these topics in relation to class, caste, gender, race, sexuality and ideology.

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Category: Film Studies


Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com

Notes for Contributors Download


Aims & Scope

Studies in South Asian Film & Media hopes to build a space for critical media theory and practice, engage scholars, activists and media practitioners in dialogue, clarify the relationship between culture and politics, and highlight South Asia as a vantage point from where the contemporary integration of the globe may be understood. Analytical and theoretical perspectives that are critical, interdisciplinary and global, and which combine an awareness of of aesthetics with insights from the humanities and social sciences to explain how subjectivities and publics are produced in specific historical contexts, are especially welcome. 

Topics covered will include, but are not limited to: history, aesthetics and political economy of South Asian media culture; history of the progressive movement in Indian cinema and media; the crossovers between cinema, media and the other arts; critical studies of the politics of culture as used in various social movements; the new international division of cultural labour; the process and consequences of the shift from state-owned media to the neo-liberal model; globalization; cinema as social history; public spaces and theatrical exhibition; representation in contemporary Indian writing and media on the turn towards neo-liberalism; the theory and practice of Third Cinema in the Indian context, regional/vernacular cinema; and gender and subalternity. 

Submissions

To submit an article, please follow the 'Submit' button on the left of this page.
 
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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.

We do not carry film reviews, but will consider a review article that does an extensive reading of a film or a book, comparing it with other works and brings in new insights that advance the historical and theoretical understanding of media culture.
 
Download the Notes for Contributors above for information on format and style of submissions. If you need this document in a more accessible format, please contact info@intellectbooks.com. Find more information on Intellect's Accessibility page.
 
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous anonymous peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.

Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com

Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com

Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com


General Call for Papers


The last few decades have witnessed South Asian cinema and media emerging as significant areas of academic inquiry. The journal is dedicated to building a space for a critical and interdisciplinary engagement with issues, themes and realities of cinema and media theory. The scope of the journal will incorporate the concerns of scholars, students, activists and media practitioners.

In this era of global communication, when the all-pervasive presence of media is no more in question, an intense debate concerning its political, ideological, and cultural impact has led to a highly complex and rapidly evolving field of inquiry.

We invite contributions from scholars, researchers and practitioners of South Asian film and media. Possible areas include but are not limited to:

- Film and media as social history.
- Feminist analysis and theory in film/media studies and practice
- Class, caste, and sexuality: the politics of subalterneity and marginalization in film/media studies.
- Contemporary media/ documentary and the public sphere. Interviews with documentary film makers.
- Global media consumer culture and labor in the cultural industries.
- News, citizenship, democracy, and the neo-liberal restructuring of media industry.
- Nationalism and regional cinema in the context of neo-liberalism.
- Globalization/ diaspora/ South Asian representation.
- Cinema and the other arts.
- Contemporary arts practices, cinema and visual culture.

Articles should be between 6,000 – 8,000 words in length. Please note that articles should be original and not be under consideration by any other publication. 

Download the Notes for Contributors here

SAFM also, welcomes shorter pieces that are either creative or analytical (between 1,000 – 4,000 words) as well as visual material. All initial enquires should be sent to the editors at aaj.safm@gmail.com.

All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.


We do not carry film reviews, but will consider a review article that does an extensive reading of a film or a book, comparing it with other works and brings in new insights that advance the historical and theoretical understanding of media culture.

All copyrights are to be cleared by the authors. Guidelines to the Intellect house-style are available at http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/style%20guide(journals)-1.pdf



Notes for Book Reviewers:


SAFM regularly publishes critically engaged book reviews that further the dialogue on South Asian cinema and media culture. We are especially interested in clearly written, comparative analyses that can locate single or multiple contemporary works in the broader historical context of South Asian media studies. Innovative juxtapositions of scholarship and artistic practice; books and popular media artifacts; interviews and book reviews are especially welcome. We will carry reviews of single author manuscripts as well as edited anthologies.

Book reviews should not generally be longer than 1500 words. Please contact the book review editor in advance for projects that might exceed this limit. Please include a short bio note to accompany your book review. The title of your review should include all information on the book including publisher, place of publication, page numbers. 

Please use Times New Roman 12 point font and double space your review. We prefer that reviews do not have endnotes or footnotes. For further details on citations and formatting please see the submission guidelines on our webpage.

 

Open Access:

Authors may make their article freely available online, with perpetual access, through a Creative Commons license for the cost of an article processing fee (APC).  Such articles are known as Gold OA articles and  some universities encourage their publication by allocating funding for them. If you will be plan to publish your work under this category, please let us know at the stage of copy editing.  For more information about Open Access at Intellect, please visit: https://www.intellectbooks.com/open-access.

Special Issue Call for Papers

There are currently no special issue call for papers for this journal.

Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com

Editorial Board

Anustup Basu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Ira Bhaskar
Jawaharlal Nehru University (retired), India

Nandini Chandra
University of Hawaii, USA

Elora Chowdhury
University of Massachusetts, USA

Swarnavel Esvaran
Michigan State University, USA

Sonora Jha
Seattle University, USA

Shahnaz Khan
Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Bindu Menon
Azim Premji University, India

Zakir Raju
Independent University, Bangladesh

Abhijit Roy
Jadavpur University, India

Beena Sarwar
Emerson College, USA

Rashmi Sawhney
Christ University, India

Jyotika Virdi
University of Windsor, Canada

Tom Waugh
Concordia University, Canada

Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com

 
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  • Volume (15): Issue (1)
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Lead Editor

Aarti Wani
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (retired), India
aaj.safm@gmail.com

Co-editor & Book Reviews Editor

Jyotsna Kapur
Southern Illinois University, USA
jkapur@siu.edu

Assistant Editor

Namrata Sathe
Independent Scholar, India
sathe.namrata@gmail.com

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