[Bilimsel Haber] 2nd Call for Contributors: Encyclopedia of Infanticide

[Gonul Pultar]

*2nd Call for Contributors: Encyclopedia of Infanticide*

	

	

	

This one-volume specialized encyclopedia, to be published by the Edwin 
Mellen Press, will be devoted to the topic of infanticide across human 
history and in its worldwide context. While remaining accessible to the 
general public, this interdisciplinary encyclopedia will be aimed 
primarily at college students, scholars in related fields, and 
professionals. It will include entries of various lengths, and longer 
contributions on broad geographic areas. All will be signed by their 
authors, who will also receive individual bylines in the volume.

•Identify the entries you are interested in submitting via email to both 
co-editors.
•Include an attachment in Windows 97-2003 of your 2-page CV, with your 
academic affiliation, and areas of research and teaching.
•Entries are due May 1, 2009. 1000 word entries are due June 1, 2009.
•The number of references per entry is as follows: 3 for entries of 250 
words; 4 for entries of 500 words; 5 for entries of 750 words, and 7 for 
entries of 1000 words.
•Only one internet source should be included per entry.

The number of words is in parentheses following the entries that are 
still available:

A Abandonment (250); Abortion (500); Animal world (500)
B Birth order (500)
C Cannibalism (250); Caribbean (1000); Colonialism (750); Commission of 
violence (500); Criminalization (500); Cultural perception (750)
D DNA analysis (750)
E Europe (Continental) (1000); Eugenics (500); Euthanasia (500)
F Foeticide (500); Feral children (250); Forensics (750); Foundling 
homes (750)
H High-profile cases (750); Hugo, Victor (250)
I Incest (500); Infant depositories (750); Industrialization (750); 
Infanticide law of 1922 (500); Inheritance (500)
K Korea (500)
L Latin America (1000); Lawmakers (500); Legislation (250)
M The media (500)
N Natural environment (500); North Africa (1000)
P Pacific Islands (500); Paternal recognition (250); Patriarchy (750); 
Poor farms (500); Poverty (500); Prom queen (250); Prostitution (500)
S Safe haven law (500); Sensational case (250); Servants (750); Sex 
ratio (500); Sex selection (250); Slavery (750)
T Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (250); Twinship (500)
U Ultrasound (750); United Kingdom (750); United States (750); Urban (500)
W West Africa (1000); Women’s shelters (500)

	Co-editors:
Brigitte Bechtold (Department of Sociology, Central Michigan University; 
becht1bh at cmich.edu) and
Donna Cooper Graves (Department of History and Philosophy, University of 
Tennessee at Martin; dgraves at utm.edu).