''Representations'' is an interdisciplinary journal in the

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

published quarterly by the

University of California Press The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by facul ...

. The journal was established in 1983 and is the founding publication of the New Historicism movement of the 1980s. It covers topics including literary, historical, and

cultural studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...

. The founding editorial board was chaired by Stephen Greenblatt and

Svetlana Alpers Svetlana Leontief Alpers (born February 10, 1936) is an American art historian, also a professor, writer and critic. Her specialty is Dutch Golden Age painting, a field she revolutionized with her 1984 book ''The Art of Describing''. She has also ...

. ''Representations'' frequently publishes thematic special issues, for example, the 2007 issue on the legacies of American

Orientalism In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...

, the 2006 issue on cross-cultural

mimesis Mimesis (; grc, μίμησις, ''mīmēsis'') is a term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings, including '' imitatio'', imitation, nonsensuous similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the a ...

, and the 2005 issue on political and intellectual redress.

Topics covered

* The Body, Gender, and Sexuality * Culture and Law * Empire, Imperialism, and The New World * History and Memory * Music * Narrative and Poetics * National Identities * Philosophy and Religion * Politics and Aesthetics * Race and Ethnicity * Science Studies * Society, Class, and Power * Visual Culture

Anthologies

The UC Press ''Representations'' books series has collected and reprinted many essays originally published in the journal, including: * ''The Making of the Modern Body: Sexuality and Society in the Nineteenth Century'', edited by Catherine Gallagher and Thomas Laqueur * ''Representing the English Renaissance'', edited by Stephen Greenblatt * ''Misogyny, Misandry, Misanthropy'', edited by R. Howard Bloch and Frances Ferguson * ''Law and the Order of Culture'', edited by Robert Post * ''The New American Studies: Essays from Representations'', edited by Philip Fisher * ''New World Encounters'', edited by Stephen Greenblatt * ''Future Libraries'', edited by R. Howard Bloch and Carla Hesse * ''The Fate of "Culture": Geertz and Beyond'', edited by Sherry B. Ortner

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.representations.org University of California Press academic journals Multidisciplinary humanities journals Publications established in 1983 Quarterly journals English-language journals

Topics covered

Anthologies

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