About the Journal

Representations publishes sophisticated, highly readable essays on the workings of culture, both past and present. Long known for its innovative essays on art, intellectual and legal history, science and gender studies, theories of history, and literary phenomena such as authorship and national and ethnic canon formation. Representations' reach extends as well to such topics as the history of the emotions, national identity, new media, and the renewal of aesthetics in criticism.

ISSN: 0734-6018         eISSN: 1533-855X

Published Quarterly: February, May, August, November

Impact Factor: 0.442

Editorial Board Co-Chairs: Nicholas Mathew and Elisa Tamarkin