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Mester

Published Since: 1970

Now available free-of-charge online through the University of California Digital Library's eScholarship publications and for purchase in print.

Mester is the literary journal of the graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Los Angeles.

We are dedicated to publishing work that reflects the highest level of scholarship while pushing the limits of accepted views and convenient categories. Since 1970 we have built a reputation as one of the best student-run journals in North America, publishing articles by established scholars alongside the best work of graduate students

We publish critical articles, interviews and book reviews in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish American, Brazilian and Chicano literature and linguistics. Mester also welcomes articles in Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Submissions may be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English.

The journal is now published annually, and it is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures.

2012 - 2013 Editorial Board

    Editor-in-Chief

    Sandra Ruiz

    Senior Editors

    Carolina Beltrán
    Daniel Whitesell
    Inês Dias
    Isabel Gomes
    José Del Toro
    Kevin McDonald
    Michael Weinberg
    Rafael Ramírez

    Junior Editors

    Armando Guerrero
    Franscesca Gambina
    Franny Brogan
    Gracia Jyeun Son
    Jessica Gordon-Bourroughs
    Julio Puente García
    Kristal R. Bivona
    Yvette Martínez-Vu

Call for Papers: 2013 General Issue - Hemispheric Intersections

    Mester seeks articles for its general issue to be published in 2013. Mester publishes critical articles, interviews, and book reviews in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish-American, Brazilian, Latina/o and Chicana/o literatures and linguistics. Mester also welcomes articles in Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Ethnic/Cultural Studies. Interdisciplinary and transatlantic approaches are encouraged.
    Our upcoming volume will have two main sections: a general one open to any topic related to the scope of the journal, and a special supplement section dedicated to Hemispheric Studies, titled Hemispheric Intersections. Possible topics to consider may be of the following:

    Decolonial and De-Westernizing Discourses
    Transnationalism
    Migration’s Scrapes and Flows
    Interculturalism, Globalization
    Linguistic conjunctions
    Interdisciplinary approaches
    Performativity, Performance, and Identification
    Subaltern Studies
    Race, Ethnic and Cultural Studies
    Memory Studies

    Articles may be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Publication decisions are based solely on the quality of the submissions, which undergo triple-blind review. The journal is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures. For further information on our guidelines for manuscripts to be considered for publication please see our our website at:
    http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/mester
    Visit our Facebook page at “Mester, UCLA”
    Submissions must be done electronically via eScholarship. More information about the submission process is available at: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/ucla_spanport_mester
    Please forward any questions to:
    Sandra Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief, mester@ucla.edu

Resources

    ISSN: 0160-2764
    The full run of back issues of Mester through volume 37 is available in multiple formats at the Internet Archive
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2010-2011 Editorial Board

    Editor-in-Chief

    Brenda Ortiz-Loyola, Editor-in-Chief

    Senior Editors

    Lourdes Arévalo
    Anamaría Buzatu
    Jhonni Carr
    Vanessa Fernández
    Jamie Fudacz
    Bryan Kirschen
    Wendy Kurtz
    Wanderley Reiss
    Sandra Ruiz

    Junior Editors

    Dan Cooper
    Esteban Córdova
    Ines Dias
    Isabel Gómez
    Kevin McDonald
    Rafael Ramirez
    Michael Weinberg
    Dan Whitesell

2009-2010 Editorial Board

    Gabriela Venegas, Editor-in-Chief
    Covadonga Lamar Prieto
    Brenda Ortiz-Loyola
    Victoria Garrett
    Rachel VanWieren
    Marie Enright
    Susannah R. Drissi
    Wanderley Reis da Silva
    Bethany Beyer
    Hilary Danailova
    Moira Nardi
    Michael Weinberg
    Vanessa Fernández

Contact

Email: mester@ucla.edu

Sandra Ruiz, Editor-in-Chief
Department of Spanish and Portugese
UCLA
Los Angeles , CA 90025

Phone: (310) 825-1036
Fax: (310) 206-4757


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