Fwd: Intersections_ Electronic Journal

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

A cross-post from H-Japan

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From: Carolyn Brewer <carolyn at central.murdoch.edu.au>
        (crosspost from H-Asia)

        NEW  E-JOURNAL OF GENDER AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Anne-Marie Medcalf and Carolyn Brewer are extremely pleased to announce 
that
the inaugural issue of _Intersections: Gender, History and  Culture in the
Asian Context_, is up and running on

        http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/hum/as/intersections/

Intersections is a refereed electronic journal conceived as an interactive
forum for new research and teaching in the area of Gender Studies in the
Asia-Pacific region. It stems from the School of Asian Studies of Murdoch
University in Western Australia.

        Placed at the junction of historical and contemporary concerns,
this new e-journal will emphasise the paramount importance of research
into the region's multiple historical and cultural gender patterns. In
this sense the journal is multidisciplinary and crosses cultural and
gender boundaries.

        At the same time, Intersections is intended as a means to explore
innovative ways of 'doing' history using new technologies. As such,
Information Technology is not seen as an end in itself, but as a place
where oral, written and visual history can tangibly cross paths allowing
for new connections to be made. Hence, visual materials such as photos,
maps, artistic reproductions as well as video clips or sound tracks will
be included where indispensable to the argument being developed.

CONTENTS of the Inaugural Issue: September, 1998, now on the web:

Refereed Papers

        Crossing Gender Boundaries in China: Nushu Narratives
        by  Anne McLaren

        The Language of Liberation; Gender and Jiefang in early CCP
        Discourse
        by  Harriet Evans

        Ethnography and Video: Researching Women in China's Floating
        Population
        by  Tamara Jacka & Josko Petkovic
        Mapping China - Considering the Presentation of Statistical and
        Cultural Data for Large Readerships
        by  Stephanie Donald

Review Section

        Vera Mackie, Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour
        and Activism, 1900-1937
        by Sandra Wilson

        Hanifa Deen, Broken Bangles
        by Maria Degabriele

CALL FOR PAPERS

We are now calling for papers for the second and third issues of
Intersections due for publication in March and September 1999. The second
issue will be dedicated to topics related to the crossing of gendered
boundaries, and the third to gender and colonialism in the context of
Southeast Asia. We will, of course, also consider papers
outside of the main theme for each issue. To allow for the refereeing and
possible revision processes to take place, the respective deadlines are 15
January and 1 June 1999.

        Papers should not normally be longer than 5000-6000 words,
and should include an abstract of 100-150 words. We will receive
contributions for consideration via email as an attached file. HTML
formatting specifications are available from the Editors, and are
especially important if images, sound or video are included.
Alternatively, send a floppy computer disk with your paper in Word 6, 7 or
8, or RTF file format. Also send two hardcopies, on one side of A4 only,
double-spaced.

        Referencing to be Endnote system without the use of op. cit. or 
ibid.
All pages to be numbered, and, to allow for anonymous refereeing, the 
author's
name and institution should be typed on a separate sheet and submitted
with the manuscript. The referee process is double blind. As far as
possible all papers will be sent to universities other than Murdoch or
that of the contributor.

         Please send contributions to:
                The Editors, Intersections
                School of Asian Studies
                Murdoch University
                South Street
                WA 6163, AUSTRALIA

                Telephone: +61 (0)8 9360 6251
                Fax:       +61 (0)8 9360 6575
                email: Intersections: intrsect at central.murdoch.edu.au

Carolyn Brewer
24 Harfleur Place, Hamilton Hill, WA 6163, Australia
Home Phone  (08) 9418 3972
Murdoch Fax (08) 9360 6575
Email       carolyn at central.murdoch.edu.au