Guidelines for Reviews
Anthropology of Consciousness publishes book, film, and video reviews related to the
anthropological and scientific study of consciousness. Reviews should not exceed
1000 words for single-authored books or 1250 words for edited collections. Longer
manuscripts will be returned to authors for shortening.All direct quotations from reviewed books should be accompanied by page numbers.
Other works may be cited, but the number of these should be kept to a minimum.
Citation style in the text and reference list should follow that of the American
Anthropologist and articles submitted to AOC (see Guidelines for
Authors of Articles). Authors are responsible for the complete and accurate
preparation of references. Manuscripts with incomplete references will be returned
with requests for the missing information.Reviews should be headed with the following information in the following order:For a book
Shadow of Childhood: Neoteny and the Biology of Religion. Weston La Barre.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. 190 pp. $18.95 (cloth).For a film or video
The Shrine. 1990. A video by Bob Paris and Christine Badgley. 46
minutes, color. Purchase $295; rental $50 from University of California Extension
Media Center, 2176 Shattuck Avenue, CA 94704 (501/642-0460).Two copies of the review should be submitted in manuscript along with a copy on disk
(IBM preferred, either 3.5" or 5.25" 2s/2d, although we can handle Apple disks
as well). All text should be in ASCII format. E-mail submissions are also
acceptable, but should be followed up with s-mail or FAX hardcopies. In preparing
files for e-sending, please insert line breaks between all paragraphs and convert to
ASCII.Authors may keep books they receive for review, but will generally be expected to
return videos or films.Reviews may be submitted using the "Manuscript Central" service at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/anoc
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