49th Parallel

www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk

49th Parallel is an interdisciplinary e-journal devoted to American and Canadian studies and looks to promote innovative and challenging academic work. The journal takes its name from the 1,270 mile border separating USA and Canada, and in this sense is keen to encourage dialogues and debates which transcend the boundaries of customary theoretical approaches to the culture, history, and politics of the North American continent.
To ensure the integrity and quality of the e-journal, all work submitted to 49th Parallel is peer-reviewed by academics selected from our Editorial Board.

Some of the disciplines previously covered in 49th Parallel include history, literature, film, popular culture, politics, photography, the visual arts, and their relation within an international comparative framework. This multidisciplinary approach aims to promote a broad spectrum of academic debate, and to utilise the multimedia capabilities offered to an e-based journal. In this sense 49th Parallel means to encourage traditional academic essays alongside the use of video and photo academic texts. The journal is part of an ongoing discourse that is developed and expanded through the online discussion board which addresses the areas under discussion in each issue.