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

Call for Contributions
The Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore is scheduled to be published by Greenwood Press in 2010.
Asian American Folklore shares a close tie with Asian Folklore, and is growing increasingly important to all Americans. Never before has there been such a broad and deep interest in Asian and Asian American folklore in the United States and Europe. The many different cultures of Asian Americans in all of their specificities offer a rich trove of historical experiences through their folklore that hold continuing relevance and offer wisdom guidance for present living.

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

Principles for establishing entries: to cover as broad as possible the Asian American folklore practice, in particular those that have regional or national basis. When an Asian American culture or community is introduced, its folklore may contain, 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.

A letter of intent should be submitted by March 1, 2008. Prospective candidates will receive an assignment, contributor’s guidelines, and sample entries by email or postal mail; 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, and are subject to normal editing process required for quality publications and are accepted for publication at the discretion of the editors, 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:
Encyclopedia Editor, Kathleen Nadeau, <mailto:%20knadeau@csusb.edu>knadeau@csusb.edu
or:
Department of Anthropology
California State University
5500 University Pkwy,
San Bernardino, Ca 92373
Office (909) 537-5503

About the Encyclopedia
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, 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.

About the Editors
Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., is Assoicate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, California State University, 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, especially Filipino American studies, cross-cultural study of sex and gender, 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.

Juwen Zhang, Ph.D., is Luce Asian Studies Professor of Chinese at Willamette University, Salem, 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.

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