Serial Bibliography Project
ANTHROPOLOGY
American Anthropologist, 1888--. 4/yr.
Call number: GN 1 .A5
Each issue of this quarterly publication features an extensive selection of "book review essays" (approximately 15), shorter book reviews (typically in the range of 45-50), and around 10 abstracts. The journal, which boasts such prominent figures as Clifford Geertz, Vincent Crapanzano, Sidney Mintz, and the University of Maryland's Mark Leone as contributing editors, is very broad in scope. Articles, forums, and reviews deal with international cultures from a range of disciplines and subdisciplines, including ethnography. While the journal does not publish issues devoted strictly to bibliography, its book review sections and the lengthy lists of references attached to each article, are very useful resources. Average length of issue is 200 pages.
 
American Ethnologist, 1974--. 4/yr.
Call number: GN 1 .A53
Concerned with "ethnology in the broadest sense of the word." Publishes topical papers in "ecology, economy, social organization, ethnicity, politics, ideology, personality, cognition, ritual, symbolism, or cosmology focused on any human group or society. Papers that cut across specific topical areas, and that deal with culture diachronically as well as synchronically," especially welcome. Occasionally publishes special theme issues. Each issue contains about nine articles. Routinely includes review articles, commentaries, and book reviews. Only a small number of articles deal with North American topics. No bibliographies.
 
 
*Annual Review of Anthropology, 1972--. 1/yr.
Call number: GN 1 .B52
Reviews the significant developments within major subfields of anthropology during the previous year: archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics, regional studies, and cultural-social anthropology. Articles do review the new literature, so can be read as bibliographic essays. Also includes list of articles that appear in the Annual Reviews of other social sciences which could be of interest to anthropologists. No serial bibliography.
 
 
Anthropological Quarterly, 1927--. 4/yr.
Call number: GN 1 .P7
Publishes some interesting articles on ethnography. No serial or subject bibliographies, but does list "Books Received" in each issue, alphabetically by author.
 
 
Chicago Anthropology Exchange. 1/yr.
Published by students in Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Publishes articles, research reports and reviews in all fields of anthropological inquiry by anyone interested in anthropology who has not received a Ph.D. Many offbeat articles, e.g. "Kids of the Black Hole: Punk as Resistance," and "The Silence is Getting Louder: Social Change Among the Old Order Amish of Pennsylvania."
 
 
City and Society: Journal of the Society for Urban Anthropology, 1987--.
Call number: HT 101 .C544
Concerned with city life; emphasis is on cities in the U.S. No serial or theme bibliographies.
 
 
Current Anthropology, 1960--. 4/yr..
Call number: GN 1 .C8
Produced for Werner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Publishes 3-4 articles/issue, much of it on very current subject matter. Frequently features interviews w/anthropologists like Clifford Geertz. Worldwide in coverage. No theme bibliographies, but does publish ongoing list of books received and new serials.
 
 
Community Development Journal. 4/yr.
Call number: HN1.C612
This British publication comes out quarterly. A slim volume, it offers useful bibliographies with articles, but no special issues devoted strictly to bibliography. Its scope is "community development," described as "political, economic, and social programmes which link the activities of people with institutions and government." The aim is to develop theory and practice, to compare experience internationally, and to place policies, programs, methods and practice in their political, economic, and social context. Coverage extends to such topics as community action, village, town and regional planning, community studies, and rural development. In addition to the six or so articles published in each issue, about five book reviews are featured. Books reviewed tend to be very current, with publication dates mainly within the past year. Some material should be of use to people in American Studies, for example articles which apply communitarian theory to development and gentrification issues in U.S. cities.
 
 
Cultural Anthropology, 1986--. 4/yr..
Call number: GN 301 .C85
Published by the American Anthropological Association for the Society for Cultural Anthropology. This quarterly journal features "articles of relevance to cultural studies broadly conceived." An average issue contains three articles, a news section, and a section of "comments and reflections." There are no book reviews, nor does the journal publish bibliographies. The emphasis of articles is on theoretical implications and "larger issues of debate." Again, the scope is international, with some attention given to U.S. cultural issues.
 
 
Ethnologia Europaea, 1967--. 4/yr..
Call number: GN 575 .E8
This is the foremost journal of European ethnology. The goal of the journal is to foster communication and cooperation among European scholars. As a result, the journal features articles providing general overviews of particular topics in different European countries. Essays and proceedings from international scholarly colloquia are common. Most of the articles are in English. No serial bibliography.
 
 
Ethnos.
Call number: GN1.E88
This publication of the National Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm offers regular listings of "publications received" as well as book reviews. Each issue runs around 150 pages. International in scope, relatively little coverage of U.S. communities is featured, but articles dealing with general issues of culture should be of interest to American Studies scholars. No mission statement is provided.
 
 
Ethos, 1973--. 4/yr..
Call number: GN 270 .E85
A quarterly publication of the American Anthropological Association, Ethos is devoted to "scholarly articles dealing with the interrelationship between the individual and the social milieu; between the psychological disciplines and the social disciplines," including psychoanalytic and cognitive anthropology and child development. International in scope, each issue contains four to ten articles with extensive lists of references cited, but no book reviews nor special issues devoted to bibliographies. Often focused around special themes, much of the material found in any given issue deals with U.S. culture scenes and topics.
 
 
Human Organization, 1941--.
Call number: GN 1 .H83
This quarterly journal publishes articles dealing with all areas of applied social science. Case studies, comparative studies, theoretical essays, and articles describing new methods are included. This journal does not offer book reviews, lists of books received, or bibliographies. International in focus, some articles deal with specific U.S. communities and others cover issues of universal concern. One useful feature of this publication is that each article contains an abstract followed by a list of keywords. Most issues run about 120 pages. No theme or ongoing serial bibliographies.
 
 
International Journal of Oral History, 1980--.
Call number: D 16.14 .I57
Contains four articles/issue plus many book reviews. Provides some emphasis on teaching oral history methodology. No serial or subject bibliographies.
 
 
Journal of Anthropological Research, 1973--.
Call number: GN 1 .S642
Published by the University of New Mexico; formerly the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. Reports on research both within and outside the U.S. Publishes book reviews but no serial or subject bibliographies.
 
 
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1987--. 4/yr..
Call number: HT 101 .U6772
Even though it publishes few book reviews and no bibliographies, this quarterly publication is probably the most useful for scholars in American Studies who have an interest in ethnography and matters of community. It features "original and theoretically significant studies based upon participant-observation, unobtrusive observation, intensive interviewing, and contextualized analyses and discourse as well as examinations of such ethnographic materials." Its scope is multidisciplinary and international. The editorial board includes ethnographers in a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, applied research, communication studies, education, and management. The majority of the content is U.S.-based and much of it deals with community. Averaging 125 pages in length, each issue contains four or five articles, a review essay, and four book reviews. Two years seems to be the average length of time separating publication of books and appearance of reviews in this journal. No serial or subject bibliographies.
 
 
Man: The Journal of Royal Anthropological Institutions
Published in the United Kingdom. Very traditional articles on mostly non-U.S. subject matter. No serial or subject bibliographies, but includes a "Books Received" section in almost every issue.
 
 
*Oral History Review, 1973--. 2/yr.
Call number: D 16 .O68
Scholarly journal that publishes four oral histories/ issue. Began publishing collection of subject bibliographies at least once a year in 1982, including topics e.g. African Studies, Arts, Asian Studies, Education, Psychology, Women's Studies, Labor Studies, and many others. Heavy emphasis on reviews--at least 35/issue. Also lists bibliographies of dissertations and theses.
 
 
Rural Sociology. 4/yr.
Call number; HT401.R8
Both the article and book review sections of this quarterly journal feature material on community and community issues. The goal of the publication "is to promote the development of rural sociology through research, training, and extension work." Its scope appears to be limited to work on rural and small communities in North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico). Its average six articles and eight to twelve book reviews deal with matters of ethnicity, race, class, and gender in such communities. Books reviewed have generally been published within the past one to two years. The journal does not publish a separate bibliography issue.
 
 
Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development.
Call number: GN505.U671
This journal publishes articles and special issues on "world processes": urbanization, development and underdevelopment, colonialism and neocolonialism. Its breadth encompasses articles of interest within any of the social and behavioral sciences that pertain to subject matter of the journal. Each issue is approximately 130 pages in length, containing five articles, no book reviews, and no bibliographies. Special issues such as one devoted to "Atlanta: Capital of the Twenty-first Century," may be of special interest to those in American Studies.

 

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