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H-ASIA April 24, 2007 Seeking authors for Greenwood Press' Culture and Customs of Asia Series ************************************************************************ From: Ming-te Pan <pan@oswego.edu> Greenwood Press is seeking authors for Greenwood's /Culture and Customs of Asia Series/. If you are interested in writing one of the following volumes, please send a cover letter, c.v., and writing samples (in applicable) to Professor Hanchao Lu at hanchao.lu@hts.gatech.edu _Outline of the Projects:_ Book titles: /Culture and Customs of Cambodia/ /Culture and Customs of Myanmar/ /Culture and Customs of Cambodia Malaysia/Singapore/ /Culture and Customs of Bangladesh/ Book length: 70,000 words. Anticipated readership: the general public; in particular, high school and college students. Expected completion date: 18 months after the signing of the contract Initial run of copies: 1,500-2000 hardbound copies, with attractive 2-3 color, artist-designed printed covers. Anticipated retail price: $45-$50 _ _ _Suggested Format/Table of Contents:_ 1. A general introduction to the nation(s) [including land, people, brief history, economy, etc.] 2. Thought and religion [providing what might call the "cultural bases" of the nation; including ethics] 3. Literature and art [reflecting both the elite and popular culture] 4. Architecture and housing [with a focus on residential houses of the common people] 5. Cuisine and traditional dress [eating and dressing as one category] 6. Gender, courtship, and marriage [sex follows] 7. Festivals and leisure activities [many leisure activities are festival-related] 8. Music and dance [possibly including traditional theater] 9. Social customs and lifestyle [putting all "miscellanies" here?] Glossary [terms important to an understanding of the nation's culture] Suggested reading [contemporary works accessible to the general public] Index [subject and person] *For information about the Greenwood's Asia series, please consult the published volumes*: Culture and Customs of the Central Asian Republics (Rafis Abazov, 2007) Culture and Customs of Indonesia (By Jill Forshee, 2006) Culture and Customs of Pakistan (By Iftikhar H. Malik, 2006) Culture and Customs of Afghanistan (By Hafizullah Emadi, 2005) Culture and Customs of Thailand (By Arne Kislenko, 2004) Culture and Customs of China (By Richard Gunde, 2002) Culture and Customs of India (By Carol Henderson, 2002) *Culture and Customs of the Philippines (By Paul Rodell, 2002) Culture and Customs of Vietnam (By Mark McLeod and Nguyen Thi Dieu, 2001) Culture and Customs of Korea (By Donald Clark, 2000) Culture and Customs of Japan (By Noriko Kamachi, 1999) Culture and Customs of Taiwan (By Gary Davison and Barbara Reed, 1998) * Winner of the 2002 Cecile Currey Award of the Association of Third World Studies. Ming-te Pan SUNY Oswego H-ASIA Subscription Editor ************************************************************************* To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to: <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu> For holidays or short absences send post to: <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message: SET H-ASIA NOMAIL Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
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