Call For Submissions: High/Low: The Arts, Literature & Popular Culture

<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/slavic/etc/pubs/ulbandus/index.html>

The 11th edition of ULBANDUS, the Slavic Review of Columbia
University, will be dedicated to theorizing and analyzing the
relationships between the arts, literature, and popular culture in
Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Submissions should address some aspect of how art and literature
relate to popular culture in this part of the world. Examples of
possible topics for exploration include:

• What does `popular' mean in relation to literature and culture? In
what ways do artistic, literary
and popular cultures relate to and/or depend on one another?

• How have the divisions and relations between `high' and `low'
culture functioned over time?
At what periods and historical moments has their status or
relationship to one another changed?

• How have artistic, literary and popular cultures been defined or
complicated by form, media,
technological progress, etc?

• How have the cultural, political, and historical legacies of Russia,
the Soviet Union, and Central and
Eastern Europe affected the interactions between `high' and `low' art
forms in this area of the world?

• How have earlier literary and other art forms been redefined or
reconfigured as a result of shifts
towards mass modes of production, distribution, or consumption?

• How have changes in notions of culture and literacy affected the
relationship between art,
literature, and popular culture?

Popular culture could include any area of culture related to the daily
life and practices of a broad spectrum of the public, including but
not limited to:

• the domestic sphere (cooking), clothing (fashion), and means of
consumption (shopping);
• popular literature (popular/pulp fiction, comics, children's lit.,
women's lit., etc.);
• current events and the mass media (film, television, magazines,
newspapers, radio, the Internet);
• entertainment and `popular' art forms (gambling, sports, jokes,
cabaret, street theatre, graffiti);
• observance of holidays and other practices of commemoration.

As always, Ulbandus welcomes non-traditional and/or experimental
pieces, and contributions from outside the Slavic field are warmly
invited. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is May 31, 2007.
Final submissions need to be received by September 30 to be considered
for publication.

Manuscripts should be double-spaced and not exceed 25 pages in length.
Artwork should be submitted in TIFF format at a resolution of at least
600 dpi. Electronic submissions (in .rtf format for text) are strongly
encouraged. Submissions, as well as any queries, should be emailed to
<ulbandus@...>. Sumissions may also be sent in hard copy by
mail, to:

ULBANDUS
Columbia University
1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail code 2839
New York, NY, 10027 (USA)

For posted submissions, please include two (2) print copies as well as
a copy in rich text file on CD-R. For further details, see our website
at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/slavic/etc/pubs/ulbandus/index.html .
Ulbandus is a peer-reviewed journal.