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Society and Culture in South Asia

Published in Association with South Asian University, New Delhi

eISSN: 23949872 | ISSN: 23938617 | Current volume: 10 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Bi-annually
The disciplinary dimensions to which the journal responds to covers sociology and social anthropology in the main, and sociology of education, sociology of medicine, arts and aesthetics, cultural studies, sociology of mass media, sociology of law, urban studies and so on. However it will be open to contributions from other disciplines in the wider domains of social sciences and humanities in so far as they inform the disciplinary dimensions identified above.

The journal possesses an international character in two senses: regional internalism and trans-regional internationalism. On one level, it focuses on readership and contributions from the scholars of South Asian countries (SAARC countries) and on the other it will appeal to scholars beyond South Asia who exhibit intellectual interest in the discourses on and from South Asia.

The journal publishes contributions, which partake in the larger ‘sociological’ discourse. Though the journal reflects interest in the formation and articulation of culture, articles which are based on the practical dimension of skills of producers of art will not be solicited. Instead, the journal will publish discussions on artistic features based on series of photographs/other visual artworks /theatre performances and so on which reflect ongoing sociological debates focused on the wider domains of society and culture.

The journal will carry the following kinds of texts subject to the word limits identified within brackets: review essays and research papers (5000-8000 words); review articles (1000 words), opinions/debates (2000 words) and a photo-essay (visual-anthropological account subject to a maximum of 12 photos in colour or black and white preceded by brief contextualization (600 words).

The journal is a biannual peer-reviewed publication, with two (approximately 124 pages) issues published per year.

Contributors should consult the style guide for further details.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Society and Culture in South Asia is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in the fields of sociology, social anthropology in the main, and sociology of education, sociology of medicine, arts and aesthetics, cultural studies, sociology of mass media, sociology of law, urban studies inter alia. Journal is open to other related disciplines to maintain an interdisciplinary thrust, within the ambit of sociology of knowledge. The Journal would publish the research papers, review-essays, debates, in the temperament of qualitative sociology.

Editor-in-Chief
Mallika Shakya Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
Deputy Editor
Dev Nath Pathak Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
Associate Editors
Ishita Dey Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
Diya Mehra Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
International Editorial Advisory Board
Roma Chatterji Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India
Salima Hashmi Beacon House National University, Lahore, Pakistan
N Jayaram Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
Tariq Jazeel University College London, UK
Gananath Obeyesekere Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Sujata Patel Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, India
Jagath Weerasinghe Post Graduate Institute of Archeology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Maithree Wickramasinghe University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Editorial Assistants
Antara Chakrabarty Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
Sifatul Islam Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
Apoorv Katoch Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
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