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Greenwood Press is seeking an author for its Culture and Customs of Asia Series, Pakistan volume. The following is an outline of the project.
Book title: Culture and Customs of Pakistan
Book length: 70,000 to 80,000 words.
Anticipated readership: the general public; in particular, high school and college students.
Expected completion date: 15 to 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: $40-$50
Suggested Format:
Culture and Customs of Pakistan
- A general introduction to the nation [including land, people, brief history, economy, etc.]
- Thought and religion [providing what might call the "cultural bases" of the nation; including ethics]
- Literature and art [reflecting both the elite and popular culture]
- Architecture and housing [with a focus on residential houses of the common people]
- Cuisine and traditional dress [eating and dressing as one category]
- Gender, courtship, and marriage [sex follows]
- Festivals and leisure activities [many leisure activities are festival-related]
- Music and dance [possibly including traditional theater]
- 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 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.
The prospective author should be a specialist of Pakistan or South Asia. Previous publications on the region are desirable. If interested, please send c.v. and writing samples to:
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