Volume 10, Issue 2 of Taboo, The Journal of Culture and Education, is available for download.

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Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education is an academic forum for the study of teaching and pedagogy that focuses on the relationship between education and its socio-cultural context. Drawing upon a variety of contextualizing disciplines including cultural studies, curriculum theorizing, feminist studies, the social foundations of education, critical pedagogy, multi/interculturalism, queer theory, and symbolic interactionism, Taboo is grounded on the notion of "radical contextual-ization." The journal encourages papers from a wide range of contributors who work within these general areas. As its title suggests, Taboo seeks compelling and contro-versial submissions.

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education is published twice a year, Spring-Summer and Fall-Winter, by Caddo Gap Press. It was originally created by Peter Lang Publishers as a companion journal for Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education, Series Editors, Joe Kincheloe and Shirley Steinberg, and appeared in that form for Volumes 1-3, 1985-1987. Caddo Gap Press acquired the journal in 1999 and resumed publication with Volume 4 in 2000.

The annual subscription rate for individuals is $50 US and for institutions is $100 US; for addresses outside the United States add $30 per year. Single issues are available for $30 each. Subscriptions orders should be addressed and payable to Caddo Gap Press, 3145 Geary Boulevard PMB 275, San Francisco, California, 94118, USA.

Contributors are asked to send manuscripts electronically. For questions of style refer to either The Chicago Manual of Style (for essay or discriptive articles) or the APA (for research articles). Editorial preferences for Taboo will consider author input. We suggest that contributors retain one copy of the manuscript as submissions will not be returned.

Upon acceptance of an article by the journal the author(s) will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education. The transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.

Articles, contributions and editorial correspondence should be sent electronically to Dr. Shirley R. Steinberg, Senior Editor, Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education at msgramsci@aol.com or shirley.steinberg@mcgill.ca

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