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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><B><I>Understanding Contemporary Culture <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'> SAGE Publications’ <B><I>Understanding Contemporary Culture </I></B>series aims to publish a range of books for students studying contemporary culture (fields, issues, politics), and cultural theorists and theories. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>The rapid development of information and knowledge in the cultural sphere, and the complexity of the material with which cultural theory and sociology students must engage, make it extremely difficult for students to understand, absorb or apply key concepts in their work. Nor can they easily make sense of why particular theorists and theories are so central to this field, largely because much cultural theory is written in what is, for newcomers, a rather impenetrable style. Books in this series provide an engaging and accessible introduction to those theorists, theories and fields which students are expected to grasp. The books will be written in a lively, accessible style, use examples taken from everyday life and cultural texts, and employ a cross-disciplinary approach. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><B>Books in the series include:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Foucault</I> 1999 <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Bourdieu</I> 2002 <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Globalization</I> 2003<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Stuart Hall </I>2004<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding the Visual </I>2004<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Sports Culture </I>2007<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Representation </I>2008<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><B>Titles in production include:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Contemporary Film<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Popular Music<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding New Media <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding the Body<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><I>Understanding Judith Butler <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>consumption; <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>identity; <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>eco-culture/eco-politics; <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>creativity<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16pt'><B>Interested authors are invited to submit proposals for new books in this series. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><B>Information for Proposers<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">i. Format: 60,000-70,000 words. Books will include a glossary of key terms, and brief notes for further reading. Chapters should include a number of sub-headings, and a brief chapter conclusion.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>ii. Style: Authors will be encouraged to avoid jargon, but offer a basic vocabulary. Authors should aim for an open, engaging and entertaining style that stimulates thought. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>iii. Pedagogical intent: this is a series of introductory texts, and the aim is to provide an overall feel for a subject or theorist. The books should enable students to consolidate what they have learnt in lectures, and function as an aid to research and writing. The books should encourage student readers to engage with the subject, and give them the tools to think about the associated issues. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>iv. Market: the books should be pitched at any student coming to the topic for the first time – whether college or university students, or postgraduates. Typically the books in this series do not form the main textbook for a subject, but are used to elucidate key areas studied in a subject – as secondary texts and recommended readings.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>To submit a proposal, please send the series editors the following information:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>1. Proposed Title<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>2. Purpose of text: A brief description of the rationale behind the proposal, particularly in relation to the topic, issue or theorist that is its subject. What are the book’s main themes and objectives? Why should this book be written and published?<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>3. Word length: Estimated overall length including references and footnotes, often best arrived at by assigning lengths to each chapter. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>4. Manuscript delivery date: And note whether any draft chapters are prepared.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>5. Market (analysis of target audience): Would this subject have international appeal? If so, where? Is the subject area of the proposal widely taught? <I>(It is necessary to show that the topic is an essential part of the current curriculum, so include where it is being taught – including, where possible, subject/course names and institutions.)<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>6. Related titles and relevant competing works (how is this work distinguished from those already on the market?)<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>7. Special requirements (e.g. illustrations, excerpts from texts, maps). Confirm copyright and reproduction rights are cleared.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>8. Synopsis<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>9. Chapter summaries: Provisional list of contents and working title, including chapter headings and subheadings, and paragraph-length chapter descriptions explaining what you intend to cover in each chapter.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>10. Author(s)’ abbreviated CV and publication record: Please make sure you supply correct details of full name, position, address, telephone number, email where available, together with brief details of other posts, degrees, relevant qualifications, publications (with any books indicated), and nationality.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>11. Referees: Please supply the names and addresses of several people whom you would regard as suitably qualified to comment on the proposal.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Each proposal will be reviewed by the Series editors, with additional reviewers as appropriate.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Send proposals or expressions of interest to:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Professor Jen Webb, <<a href="Jen.Webb@canberra.edu.au">Jen.Webb@canberra.edu.au</a>><BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Associate Professor Tony Schirato, <<a href="Tony.Schirato@vuw.ac.nz">Tony.Schirato@vuw.ac.nz</a>></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><BR>
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