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 through UC Press .

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.

2011 Call for Papers

Download the pdf version of the call for papers here. Also see: http://mester-ucla.blogspot.com/p/call-for-papers-2011.html

Almost 47 million people in the US are speakers of Spanish –more than 45 million- and Portuguese –more than one million- according to 2006-2008 Census estimates. Mester is interested in scholarly articles and reviews that reflect upon the idea of how Spanish and Portuguese speakers in the US use their language to negotiate their identity and thus

a. how this process is reflected linguistically

b. how it is reflected literarily

We are seeking academic articles and reviews about, but not limited to, the following topics:

Social and Historical Linguistics: Spanish and Portuguese in the US

Literature: Negotiations of identity in the works of Spanish/Portuguese-speaking authors and their characters in
the US

Dialectology: Languages in contact, bilingualism, diglossia, koineization

Cultural Studies: How Spanish/Portuguese traditions are manifested in linguistic/literary/cultural terms and literary imaginaries

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. Mester is dedicated to publishing work that demonstrates a high level of scholarship, and 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. The journal is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures.

Please refer to the submission guidelines.

The deadline is December 10, 2010, but early submissions are encouraged.

Please forward all materials or questions to:
Attn: Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Editor-in-Chief
mester@ucla.edu

2010-2011 Staff

Editor-in-Chief

Covadonga Lamar Prieto

Editors (in alphabetical order)
Lourdes Arévalo
Carolyn González
Erin Hogan
Bryan Kirschen
Moira Nardi
Ingrid norrmann
Belén Villarreal
Wendy Kurtz

Contributing Editors (in alphabetical order)
Carolina Beltrán
Johnni Carr
Brenda Ortiz-Loyola
Sandra Ruiz
Daniel Sacilotto

International Associate Editors (in alphabetical order)
Hilary Danailova
Sussanah R. Drissi
Vanessa Fernández

Resources

ISSN: 0160-2764

Journal website: http://mester-ucla.blogspot.com/

eScholarship Repository: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/0082g9n8/uc/ucla_spanport_mester

Purchase print copies of Mester through publishing partner UC Press

The full run of back issues of Mester through volume 37 is available in multiple formats at the Internet Archive

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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

Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Editor-in-Chief
Department of Spanish and Portugese
UCLA
Los Angeles , CA 90025

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