[Linganth] Oxford book series

[Laura Ahearn]

Dear All,

I would like to draw your attention to the Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language book series and invite you to submit the "Expression of Interest" form below if you have a manuscript that might be suitable for the series. We generally review complete manuscripts only, but I'd be happy to talk to authors at any stage of their writing process. 

Our series is still fairly new (thus the barebones webpage), but we have an exciting list of books already out or in the pipeline, including the following titles:

"Thank You for Dying for Our Country": Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem, by Chaim Noy
Singular and Plural: Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in 21st Century Catalonia, by Kathryn A. Woolard
Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants in Franco-Anglo Conflicts, by Sonia Das
Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Exclusion and Ingenuity in the Making of Latin@ Identities, by Jonathan Rosa

I'll be holding open "office hours" at the Oxford University Press booth in Denver next week on Friday, Nov. 20th, from 3-5pm. If this time doesn't work for you, just contact me, and we'll find another time to talk, either in Denver or by phone after the conference.

I look forward to seeing many of you in Denver and hearing about your book projects!

Laura

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Laura M. Ahearn, Ph.D. | AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
Senior Learning Advisor
U.S. Agency for International Development, DCHA/DRG/L
Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University (on leave)
General Editor, Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language
T. 202.712.4348 | M. 908.227.7198 | LinkedIn
Expression of Interest Form
Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language
Oxford University Press
Laura M. Ahearn, Series Editor
Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language invites authors to submit a short “Expression of Interest” form in order to have a book manuscript (or manuscript in progress) considered for review and possible publication in the series.  This series is devoted to works from a wide array of scholarly traditions that treat linguistic practices as forms of social action. We consider two types of manuscripts: (1) those in which language itself is the main object of inquiry; and (2) those in which linguistic analysis is used as a method to shed light on other objects of inquiry. 
The series welcomes monographs, edited volumes, and experiments in other, particularly dialogic, formats. We also especially encourage submissions of manuscripts that are readable and accessible to a wide range of potential audiences. Manuscripts should be ethnographically rich, theoretically exciting, and/or innovative in form or content. Issues appropriate for the series include linguistic inequality, old and new literacies, linguistic relativity, the contexts of linguistic change, language socialization, institutional discourse, agency and language, language contact, language endangerment and revitalization, poetics and performance, language ideologies, narrative analysis, language, gender, and sexuality, and the aesthetics of language use.
The editorial board especially welcomes expressions of interest from authors or editors of volumes that are innovative in form or content.  Examples might include the following sorts of projects, though we are open to other possibilities:
v  Dialogic formats such as interviews or exchanges between pairs of scholars, between scholars and research subjects, or among research subjects;

v  Short co-authored volumes on key theoretical or methodological issues;

v  Edited volumes consisting of thematically organized chapters that speak to multiple audiences with different levels of interest and expertise;

v  Monographs with rich ethnographic and linguistic data analyzed in innovative theoretical or methodological ways.
The editorial board can only offer contracts upon review of complete or nearly complete manuscripts, but we welcome expressions of interest from authors or editors of volumes at any stage of the writing process. If you have a manuscript, or an idea for a manuscript, that you would like the editorial board to consider, please fill out this form and return it electronically to the Series Editor, Laura Ahearn, at Ahearn8 at gmail.com.   Thank you.

Current and Forthcoming Volumes:

"Thank You for Dying for Our Country": Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem, by Chaim Noy
Singular and Plural: Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in 21st Century Catalonia, by Kathryn A. Woolard
Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants in Franco-Anglo Conflicts, by Sonia Das
Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Exclusion and Ingenuity in the Making of Latin@ Identities, by Jonathan Rosa


Editorial Board
Laura M. Ahearn, Series Editor
Alessandro Duranti
Paul Garrett
Justin Richland
 
Expression of Interest Form
Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language
Oxford University Press
Laura M. Ahearn, Series Editor
  
Lead Author or Editor's Name _________________________  E-mail  _______________ Phone ______

Title ______________________________                      Affiliation _____________________________

Tentative title of book: _________________________________________________________________

Are there co-authors?   If so, who are they?

 

This is a (circle one):       Single-Authored Monograph       Edited Volume     Other (please explain below)

 

In a paragraph or two, please describe your book and explain why you think it might fit well into our series.  Also indicate how much of it is already written.  Thanks very much for your interest in our new series!
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