# Representations

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| abbreviation  = Representations
| discipline    = [Humanities](/source/Humanities)
| language      = English
| editor        = Ian Duncan, David Henkin
| publisher     = [University of California Press](/source/University_of_California_Press)
| country       = United States
| history       = 1983–present
| frequency     = Quarterly
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| ISSN          = 0734-6018
| eISSN         = 1533-855X
| CODEN         = RPREEL
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| OCLC          = 08781433
| website       = http://www.representations.org
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'''''Representations''''' is an interdisciplinary journal in the [humanities](/source/humanities) published quarterly by the [University of California Press](/source/University_of_California_Press). The journal was established in 1983 and is the founding publication of the [New Historicism](/source/New_Historicism) movement of the 1980s. It covers topics including literary, historical, and [cultural studies](/source/cultural_studies). The founding editorial board was chaired by [Stephen Greenblatt](/source/Stephen_Greenblatt) and [Svetlana Alpers](/source/Svetlana_Alpers).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.representations.org/vision_board.php |title=Board |work=Representations |access-date=2010-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804001757/http://www.representations.org/vision_board.php |archive-date=2012-08-04}}</ref> ''Representations'' frequently publishes thematic special issues, for example, the 2007 issue on the legacies of American [Orientalism](/source/Orientalism),<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/rep/99/1 |title=Forms of Asia |journal=Representations |year=2007 |volume=99 |issue=Summer |pages=1–194 |access-date=2010-12-18 |archive-date=2011-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519004235/http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/rep/99/1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the 2006 issue on cross-cultural [mimesis](/source/mimesis),<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/rep/94/1 |title=Mimesis |journal=Representations |year=2006 |volume=94 |issue=Spring |pages=1–149 |access-date=2010-12-18}}</ref> and the 2005 issue on political and intellectual redress.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/rep/92/1 |title=Political and intellectual redress |journal=Representations |year=2005 |volume=92 |issue=Fall |pages=1–185 |access-date=2010-12-18 |archive-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312071357/http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/rep/92/1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== 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

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* Randolph Starn, "Making Representations", ''Chronicle of the University of California'', 6 (Spring 2004): 160–167.
* {{cite book |author=Veeser, H. Aram |title=The New Historicism Reader |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |year=1994 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newhistoricismre0000unse/page/288 288] |isbn=0-415-90782-9 |oclc=28801620 |url=https://archive.org/details/newhistoricismre0000unse/page/288 }}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.representations.org}}

Category:University of California Press academic journals
Category:Multidisciplinary humanities journals
Category:Academic journals established in 1983
Category:Quarterly journals
Category:English-language journals

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