Notes & Style Guide for submissions to La Questione Meridionale / The Southern Question

Submissions

The editors invite creative, innovative and scholarly contributions. The editorial board does not necessarily endorse any political views / opinions expressed by its contributors.

Proposal for themes for the publication of special issues of La Questione Meridionale / The Southern Question on specific themes as well as conference proceedings relevant to the field are also invited. Such proposals will be assessed by the Editorial Board and by the Publisher. The editors will also be happy to discuss guest editorships of such issues. Each issue of the journal will be between 120 and 150 pages however consideration may be given to an extended page length if warranted.

Wherever possible submissions should be on CD in Microsoft Word and should be accompanied by a hard copy. Please include a short biographical statement (intended for inclusion in 'notes on contributors'), postal address and email contact if available. Abstracts of your article as specified should also be included.

Papers may be submitted in either English or a romance language. They should be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 point and have 2.5 cm margins. Papers must be accompanied by a 300 word abstract in English and Italian. Papers should be about 5000 words in length although consideration may be given to longer or shorter papers should the topic warrant it. Referencing should be provided in footnotes at the bottom of the page and conform to the following style guide.

Style Guide

The following conventions should be observed in providing references in the footnotes.

Book/Monograph:

First reference: Bosi, Pino. The Checkmate and other stories, Kurunda, Sydney, 1973.

Subsequent reference: Bosi Checkmate, p. 21.

Edited Book/Monograph:

First reference: Rando, Gaetano & Turcotte, Gerry (eds). Literary and Social Diasporas: An Italian Australian Perspective, P.I.E. Peter Lang, Bruxelles, 2007.

Subsequent reference: Rando and Turcotte, p. 21.

Chapter in Edited Book/Monograph:

First reference: Casella Antonio. ‘Literature of Nostalgia: The Long Voyage’, Literary and Social Diasporas: An Italian Australian Perspective, eds Gaetano Rando & Gerry Turcotte, P.I.E. Peter Lang, Bruxelles, 2007, pp. 39-50.

Subsequent reference: Casella Literature, p.41.

Journal article:

First reference: Rando, Gaetano. 'Il multiculturalismo e la narrativa italo-australiana', Il Veltro, 32:1-2 (1988), pp. 83-131.

Subsequent reference: Rando Multiculturalismo, p. 85.

Web based reference:

First reference: Alverman, Donald. ‘Narrative approaches.’ Reading Online, 4(5), 2000. http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/alverman/index. Html. Accessed 4 June 2007.

Subsequent reference: Alverman Narrative.

Thesis:

First reference: Casella, Antonio. An Olive Branch for Sante (a Novel) and The Italian Diaspora in Australia and Representations of Italy and Italians in Australian Narrative. PhD Thesis, Murdoch University, 2006.

Subsequent reference: Casella Olive, p. 87.

Interview:

First reference: Ferlito, Franco. Interview by Gaetano Rando, Rome, 13 January 2006.

Subsequent reference: Ferlito Interview.

Email communication:

First reference: Mangiamele, Rosemary. E-mail communication with author, 11 September 2006.

Subsequent reference: Mangiamele 11 Sept. 2006.

Personal communication:

First reference: Pivato Joseph. Personal communication with author, 18 September 2007.

Subsequent reference: Pivato 18 Sept. 2007.

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