CHINESE DAUGHTERS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND INTERVIEWS
The
experiences of Chinese girls and young adults adopted into U.S. families in the
last few decades and of the families who chose them provide us with a
fascinating perspective on citizenship, both natural and naturalized, at the
individual and also at the group level.
What were the values, the understandings of culture and nationality,
involved in the choice to adopt Chinese girls?
How have adoptive families explained China's population
control policies to their daughters?
Have they made moral judgments about
China's private property laws, laws which still only allow males to inherit
property?
How have these gender
differences shaped attitudes toward civil rights andgender equality consciously or unconsciously for these girls
and for the families that have wanted them?
What does it mean to be Chinese in
appearance but not have a hyphenated cultural identity?
What combinations of values and
loyalties, cultural fascinations and aversions, assumptions and doubts shape
your understanding of what it means to you personally to be a U.S.
citizen?What feels natural?What feels naturalized?
JOIN US IF YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY TO SHARE - EVEN
IF YOUR DON'T LIKE TO WRITE. We are also conducting personal
interviews for women who may not feel comfortable writing themselves, so
if you want to share your story, please call us - 404-276-6046 - or e-mail us and
we will work with you to include your story in the anthology.
USE
A PSEUDONYM IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SHARING YOUR
STORY. We encourage the use of pseudonyms if that makes you
feel more secure because we want you to feel comfortable sharing your
story.
SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
Deadline: January 15, 2011 We make final editorial
submissions on all submitted manuscripts only after the submission
deadline.
Electronic
submissions only. Word or RTF. Prose ≤5,000 words. Poetry ≤5 poems. Payment in copies
We consider
dual submissions and previously published work only if informed of this
at time of submission. We do not
pay reprint fees and it is author's responsibility to get needed
permissions.
