Manuscript Submissions

Submissions:

Latin American Perspectives regularly accepts submissions of manuscripts for upcoming issues. Please look below at our prospectuses for issues we are currently accepting manuscripts for. We also welcome submissions which might not necessarily coincide with our current calls for papers. All submissions should be directed to the managing editor at the LAP Office. -Contact Us-

Manuscript Preparation

Please make sure your work follows the proper guidelines for Manuscript Preparation and Submission. For more information, please contact our office. -Contact Us-

Call for Photos

We Want Your Photographs!

Latin American Perspectives is seeking photography for future covers and interior photo essays. The response to our new four-color covers is very positive, and we look forward to increasing our publication archive. Photographs for possible covers must be esthetically and technically of the highest quality, in color, and should complement the theme for proposed future issues. Interior photo essays will be published in black and white (they can be converted from color) and fit a theme. All photographs must have a specific and clear copyright release from the photographer or copyright holder, or be demonstrably in the public domain (by law we cannot use photographs without a formal copyright release).

LAP Book Reviews

--Except in special cases, all reviews should take the form of review essays that critically discuss the major themes dealt with in two or more books that focus on the same or related subject(s).

--In general, reviews should focus on significant works that make an important contribution to the existing literature.

--Please write concisely. Do not waste valuable text space describing each of the various essays in a collection of essays. The review should focus on the more important themes raised in the collection and discuss both the main contributions and the main shortcomings of the collection.

--It is vital to emphasize theoretical content of the books under review and to draw out the theoretical significance and contribution of the books.

--Please mention in the text and cite the most relevant works in the literature to which the books under review belong. This helps to put the books under review in context and provides the reader with some bibliographic points of reference. Between 5 and 15 references should be cited in each review essay.

Book reviews are coordinated by Heather Williams. Prospective contributors should feel free to communicate with Heather Williams at the following email address: hwilliams[at]pomona.edu

Manuscripts should be between 5 and 15 pages of double-spaced text in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Submit two copies along with a cover sheet and basic biographical information. With these items, we also require that the manuscript be sent on a CD-R, by e-mail, or on a floppy disk if the other formats are not available. The LAP style guide is available on request or online.