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Forwarded from Todd Perreira.
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justin

Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore
Edited by
Kathleen Nadeau and Juwen Zhang
(To be Published by the Greenwood Press)

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#MiraWebMsgDiv Editors Juwen Zhang and Kathy Nadeau seek 
contributors for entries on different types of folklore, 
#MiraWebMsgDiv histories and applications of folklore, and 
analysis. A-Z arrangements.

#MiraWebMsgDiv Principles for establishing entries: to cover 
as broad as possible the Asian American folklore practice, 
#MiraWebMsgDiv in particular those that have regional or 
national basis. When an Asian American culture or community 
is introduced, #MiraWebMsgDiv its folklore may contain, 
#MiraWebMsgDiv but not limited to, these aspects:

--Folkliterature; narrative; tale; legend; histories; 
personal experience narratives; myth;
poetry; epic; ballad; song; verse; speech; proverb; riddle
--Names; graffiti; language; dance; music; musical 
instruments
--Belief systems; medicine; magic; religion; churches and 
temples
--Behavior; drama; games and play; children games; ritual; 
foodways; festival
--Material culture; art; products; technology
--Settlement patterns (houses/cultural architecture; 
interior and exterior designs and decorations)
--Further reading: book and journal publications; film; 
record and audiotape; websites; ethnography; monographs
Sample list of (working and expandable) table of contents in 
alphabetical order will be provided to interested 
contributors.

#MiraWebMsgDiv A letter of intent should be submitted by 
March 1, #MiraWebMsgDiv 2008. Prospective candidates will 
receive an assignment, contributor'#MiraWebMsgDiv s 
guidelines, and sample entries by email or postal mail; 
#MiraWebMsgDiv followed by release form to be sent by postal 
mail from the publisher to be signed and returned. Complete 
entries are due by the end of 2008, #MiraWebMsgDiv and are 
subject to normal editing process required for quality 
publications and are accepted for publication at the 
discretion of the editors, #MiraWebMsgDiv advisory board, 
and publisher. Contributors will receive a free set of this 
two volume reference book and/or a modest honorarium once it 
is published.

If you are interested in submitting one or more entries 
please send a short biographical sketch describing your 
background and interests in Asian American Folklore and your 
preferred e-mail and postal address to:
#MiraWebMsgDiv Encyclopedia Editor, #MiraWebMsgDiv Kathleen 
Nadeau, knadeau at csusb.edu
or:
Department of Anthropology
California State University
5500 University Pkwy,
#MiraWebMsgDiv San Bernardino, Ca 92373
Office (909) 537-5503


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About the Encyclopedia
#MiraWebMsgDiv This project of editing the Encyclopedia of 
Asian American Folklore is intended to provide the first 
comprehensive reference to the field of Asian American 
folklroe studies. If you are interested in any area of Asian 
American studies, #MiraWebMsgDiv you will notice that there 
has not been a book or encyclopedia in English that deals 
with Asian American folklore, although other Asian American 
studies are growing.

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About the Editors
#MiraWebMsgDiv Kathleen Nadeau, #MiraWebMsgDiv Ph.D., 
#MiraWebMsgDiv is Assoicate Professor at the Department of 
Anthropology, #MiraWebMsgDiv California State University, 
#MiraWebMsgDiv San Bernardino. She earned her Ph. D. in 
Anthropology at Arizona State University in 1995. Her 
teaching and research interests include Asian and Asian 
American studies, #MiraWebMsgDiv especially Filipino 
American studies, #MiraWebMsgDiv cross-cultural study of sex 
and gender, #MiraWebMsgDiv and the anthropology of human 
development. Her research interests are on Asian and Asian 
American folklore and ethnic studies, with a focus of 
Philippine folklore.


#MiraWebMsgDiv Juwen Zhang, #MiraWebMsgDiv Ph.D., 
#MiraWebMsgDiv is Luce Asian Studies Professor of Chinese at 
Willamette University, #MiraWebMsgDiv Salem, #MiraWebMsgDiv 
Oregon. He earned his Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from 
the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, with his 
dissertation on Chinese American funerals. His publications 
and researches are mostly on Chinese/Asian folklore.

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About the Publisher
#MiraWebMsgDiv Please visit the Greenwood Press website, 
http://www.greenwood.com


Thank you for your support. Here is the link to the Asian 
American project.
http://www.willamette.edu/~juwen/encyclopedia.htm
 

 

 

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Stephanie Hsu
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Studies
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Program
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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
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University of California, Riverside
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