NEO•GRIOT

CHINESE DAUGHTERS:
All-American Girls

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 and  gender 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: February 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 Submit manuscripts electronically: chinese daughters@universaltable.org      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.