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In our concluding post for Volume 39, Issue 5 of Cultural Studies—a special issue on the topic of “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society”—we would like to once more share with you the cover artwork of this issue: “Agriculture Is Fruitful” by Job Olego Anomet.
This graphic is titled “Featured Cover Art.” It then specifies the title of the artistic piece, “Agriculture Is Fruitful”; the author’s name, “By Job Olego Anomet”; and the issue information, “For Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).” The featured piece of artwork prominently shows a spiral design that entwines iconography of water—an ocean with fish, river within an ocean, a water faucet—with symbols of the land, including a farm, vegetables in the dirt, and trees growing from the soil.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Volume 39, Issue 5 of Cultural Studies includes six book reviews. We would like to feature the concluding three today, written by Haniyeh Pasandi, Raphaela Pavlakos, and Rosie Nguyen. Learn more about each their book reviews below:
This graphic is titled “Book Reviews,” followed by the subtitle, “Part 2 • Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).” There are three boxes with text beneath, each corresponding to one of the book reviews. The first box has the heading, “Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa by Ramona Mielusel”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Haniyeh Pasandi.” The second box is titled, “Settler Colonial Ways of Seeing: Documentation, Administration, and the Interventions of Indigenous Art by Danielle Taschereau Mamers”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Raphaela Pavlakos.” The third and final box has the heading, “Sex Work in Popular Culture by Lauren Kirshner”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Rosie Nguyen.”
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Volume 39, Issue 5 of Cultural Studies includes six book reviews, and we would like to feature the first three today, written by Mattie Hamilton, Vivien J. Bediako, and Skyler Meeks. Learn more about each their book reviews below:
This graphic is titled “Book Reviews,” followed by the subtitle, “Part 1 • Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).” There are three boxes with text beneath, each corresponding to one of the book reviews. The first box has the heading, “Breaking Through the Silence of Structural Heteropatriarchy - Reviewing Complaint! by Sara Ahmed”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Mattie Hamilton.” The second box is titled, “Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe-South Africa Border: Governing Immobilities by Kudakwashe Vanyoro”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Vivien J. Bediako.” The third and final box has the heading, “Black Iconoclasm: Public Symbols, Racial Progress, and Post/Ferguson America by Charles Athanasopoulos”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Skyler Meeks.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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“The Historical Uses of the Oceans: The Anthropocene in the First Global Age (1500–1800)?” by Amélia Polónia is the seventh and final article in Volume 39, Issue 5, a special issue on the theme of “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “The Historical Uses of the Oceans: The Anthropocene in the First Global Age (1500–1800)?” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Amélia Polónia” and “Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).”
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Ana Gago and Diogo Marques’ article “‘MOIRA: (Re)Making Algarve’s Culture(s) of Water Through Mixed Media Arts” is the sixth article featured in Volume 39, Issue 5, a special issue on the topic of “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “MOIRA: (Re)Making Algarve’s Culture(s) of Water Through Mixed Media Arts.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Ana Gago and Diogo Marques” and “Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).”
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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“The Use of Historical Ponds in Political Campaigns in the Czech Republic” by Michal Vokurka is the fifth article in Volume 39, Issue 5, a special issue on the theme of Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society.  Subscribers can read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “The Use of Historical Ponds in Political Campaigns in the Czech Republic.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Michal Vokurka” and “Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025)”
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The second open access article featured from Volume 39, Issue 5 of Cultural Studies—a special issue on “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society”—is “Siren Call of the Sea: Disenchantment and Estrangement of Seafarers” by Johanna Markkula: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Siren Call of the Sea: Disenchantment and Estrangement of Seafarers.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author, issue, and access information: “Johanna Markkula,” ”Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025),” and “Open Access Article.”
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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The third article in Issue 39.5— a special issue on “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society”—is António Ferreira’s “The Predicaments of Craftsmanship in the Knowledge Economy: The Rise and Fall of Caminha’s Boatyards in Caminha, Portugal": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “The Predicaments of Craftsmanship in the Knowledge Economy: The Rise and Fall of Caminha’s Boatyards in Caminha, Portugal.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “António Ferreira” and “Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).”
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“Matching and Mismatching Times in the Fisheries of South Brittany. Crises in Marine Ecosystems as Seen Through the Lens of Architecture, 1887–1927” by André Tavares & Alice Nouvet is the second article featured in Issue 39.5, a special issue on “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society”
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Matching and Mismatching Times in the Fisheries of South Brittany. Crises in Marine Ecosystems as Seen Through the Lens of Architecture, 1887–1927.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author, issue, and access information: “André Tavares and Alice Nouvet,” “Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025),” and “Open Access Article.”
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The first article in Volume 39, Issue 5 of Cultural Studies—a special issue on “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society”—was provided by the guest editors of this issue: Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Ana Clara Roberti, Bruno Lopes, and Gisele C. Conceição.
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Interweaving Environment, Heritage, and Society Through Cultures of Water. An Introduction” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Ana Clara Roberti, Bruno Lopes, and Gisele C. Conceição • Volume 39, Issue 5 (2025).”
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Volume 39, Issue 5 of Cultural Studies is a special issue guest edited by Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Ana Clara Roberti, Bruno Lopes, and Gisele C. Conceição on the theme of “Cultures of Water: Heritage, Environment and Society”: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcus20/3...
This graphic primarily features both text and artwork. The text begins with “Cultural Studies” and shares the issue information: Volume 39, Number 5” and “September 2025.” The artwork features a spiral design that entwines iconography of water—an ocean with fish, river within an ocean, a water faucet—with symbols of the land, including a farm, vegetables in the dirt, and trees growing from the soil.
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Before we post about Issue 5, we would like to invite you to follow along on whichever social media platform(s) you prefer:
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/culturalstudiesjournal
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Titled "Cultural Studies: Where Else to Find Us," this graphic includes artwork from the most recent issue’s cover and written information about where to find Cultural Studies on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky. All written information is also included in the caption of the post.
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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In our concluding post for Volume 39, Issue 4 of Cultural Studies, we would like to share with you once more the cover artwork for this issue: “Imagine” by Rosy Cortez.
 
Her artist bio begins: “Rosy Cortez (she/her) is a Chicana oil painter and muralist based in Riverside, CA."
This graphic is titled “Featured Cover Art.” It then specifies the title of the artistic piece, “Imagine”; the author’s name, “by Rosy Cortez”; and the issue information, “For Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025)”. The featured piece of artwork, from bottom to top, includes wildflowers at the bottom border, a dove flying upwards, and then a row of doves that becomes an interlocking pattern.
September 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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“NFTs and the Financialization of Art” by Barbara Jenkins is the seventh and final article included in Volume 39, Issue 4 of Cultural Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “NFTs and the Financialization of Art.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Barbara Jenkins • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025).”
September 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Roberto Filippello’s article “‘Starved for Pleasure’: The Fashion Magazine as a Desirous Queer Archive” is the fourth open access article and sixth article overall featured in Volume 39, Issue 4 of Cultural Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “‘Starved for Pleasure’: The Fashion Magazine as a Desirous Queer Archive.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Roberto Filippello • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025)” and “Open Access Article.”
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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“Reading Patterns: Dressmaking Sections in Women’s Magazines in the 1960s and 1970s” by Gunilla Törnvall is the fifth article overall and third open access article in Volume 39, Issue 4. Read the full text here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Reading Patterns: Dressmaking Sections in Women’s Magazines in the 1960s and 1970s.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Gunilla Törnvall • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025)” and “Open Access Article.”
September 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The next article we would like to feature is “Uncovering the Uncoverers: Identity, Performativity and Representation in Counter-Disinformation Discourse" by Stephen C. Hutchings. This article is the second open access article and fourth overall in Issue 39.4: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Uncovering the Uncoverers: Identity, Performativity and Representation in Counter-Disinformation Discourse.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Stephen C. Hutchings • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025)” and “Open Access Article.”
September 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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New pub: @culturalstudies.bsky.social has just posted the interview that @imreszeman.bsky.social and I did with Andreas Malm re: Fossil Capital, the development of his thought, and plenty more. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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"Repressive Suspicion, or: The Problem with Conspiracy Theories”—the third article featured in Volume 39, Issue 4 by Philip R. Conway—is an open access contribution, so we invite all interested to read Conway’s work: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Repressive Suspicion, or: The Problem with Conspiracy Theories.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Philip R. Conway • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025)” and “Open Access Article.”
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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"The Weather Proxy: The Racial Technics of Algorithmic Surveillance” by Gary Kafer is the second article featured in Volume 39, Issue 4. Cultural Studies subscribers can read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “The Weather Proxy: The Racial Technics of Algorithmic Surveillance.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “Gary Kafer • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025)”
September 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The first article in Volume 39, Issue 4 is John Lowe’s contribution, “Militarized Granularity: Sand’s Making of Men and Masculinity in Singapore," which subscribers to Cultural Studies can read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This graphic primarily features text. The first text reads, “New Article • Current Issue,” and then it shares the title of the article: “Militarized Granularity: Sand’s Making of Men and Masculinity in Singapore.” The bottom of the graphic then specifies the author and issue information: “John Lowe • Volume 39, Issue 4 (2025).”
September 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Over the next few weeks as many universities enter the new semester, we will be sharing information about Volume 39, Issue 4 (July/August) of Cultural Studies with you: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcus20/3... . There are seven articles in this issue, four of which are open access and available to all.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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"Black Mediterranean hauntings: border violence, burial & anti-racist care work in Strange Fish"

recognizing death at sea as not strictly a migration issue but quotidian reality entangled in Qs of labor & social justice
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Black Mediterranean hauntings: border violence, burial, and anti-racist care work in Strange Fish
This article explores forms of haunting that shape lives and livelihoods in the Mediterranean, recognising the sea as a site of movement, labour, and death. The Mediterranean is now widely understo...
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August 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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In our concluding post for Volume 39, Issue 3 of Cultural Studies—a special issue on “Rethinking the Commons in Hard Times”—we would like to share with you once more the cover artwork for this issue: “Climate Anxiety” by Stephanie Singleton (@stephaniesing on Instagram).
This graphic is titled “Featured Cover Art.” It then specifies the title of the artistic piece, “Climate Anxiety”; the author’s name, “by Stephanie Singleton”; the issue information, “For Volume 39, Issue 3 (2025).” The featured piece of artwork prominently shows a silhouette of an adult, masculine figure holding the hand of a young, feminine child; inside of the silhouetted shape, there is blue sky with white clouds and green leaves. Outside of the silhouetted figure of the adult and child holding hands, there is a desert landscape with cracked, uneven ground, barren trees with no leaves, and a sky that transitions from red to yellow.
July 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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We would like to thank Husseina Ahmed, Saibu Mutaru, Tejas Harad, and Roxana Mika Muenster for their book review contributions to Volume 39, Issue 3 of Cultural Studies. Learn more about each their book reviews below:
This graphic is titled “Book Reviews,” followed by the subtitle, “Volume 39, Issue 3 (2025).” There are four boxes with text beneath, each corresponding to one of the book reviews. The first box has the heading, “Protest Arts, Gender, and Social Change: Fiction, Popular Songs, and the Media in Hausa Society Across Borders by Ousseina D. Alidou”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Husseina Ahmed.” The second box is titled, “Witch Camps and Witchcraft Discourse in Africa: Critiquing Development Practices by Matthew G. Mabefam”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Saibu Mutaru.” The third box has the heading, “Children’s Digital Experiences in Indian Slums: Technologies, Identities and Jugaad by Kiran Vinod Bhatia”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Tejas Harad.” The fourth and final box has the heading, “Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America by Kate Wright, Martin Scott, and Mel Bunce”; beneath it in smaller text, reads: “Review by Roxana Mika Muenster.”
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM