Journal of Chinese Dietary Culture

Call for Manuscripts

 Purpose of Publication

The Journal of Chinese Dietary Culture is a new academic journal to be published twice a year, in January and July, starting in 2005.  This international journal, published by the Foundation of Chinese Dietary Culture, aims to promote the study of Chinese dietary culture in the social sciences and humanities.  The Journal of Chinese Dietary Culture hopes to foster a new level of understanding of the regional and integral nature of Chinese dietary culture and its social and historical process of formation. It also proposes to highlight the significant contribution that dietary culture in China has made to the dietary culture of the world.  

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Manuscripts

Manuscripts must not exceed 20,000 words for Chinese manuscripts or 10,000 words for English manuscripts.  Please give the author's full name, institution of affiliation, position and contact information¡]including phone, fax, and e-mail address¡^ on the manuscript.  Manuscripts via e-mail ¡]preferably in Ms-Word or WordPerfect¡^are acceptable.  However, a hard copy of the manuscript with an abstract in both Chinese and English¡]no more than 300 words¡^and a list of key words¡]2-5 words¡^are also required.  The author is responsible for obtaining permission to use copyrighted materials, such as illustrations, charts, or lengthy quotations.

For the format of Chinese manuscripts please refer to the Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology; refer to the Journal of Asian Studies for the format of English manuscripts.

All manuscripts are subject to an evaluation process before publishing.  Upon publication, authors will receive five copies of the issue and 30 offprints of their articles as well as a modest  honorarium.           

 

Theme-articles

For the purpose of promoting and consolidating research and discussion on important topics on dietary culture, each issue of the Journal of Chinese Dietary Culture will focus on a particular theme, though it will also include articles of general interest.  Research themes for issues of the first year are as follows:¡]1¡^Food in archaeology;¡]2¡^Ancient and modern food techniques;¡]3¡^Classification of food: a cross-cultural comparison;¡]4¡^Edible and non-edible, purity and taboo: the construction of a cultural taxonomy. 

The themes planned for the first three years also include the following:¡]1¡^The writing of cooking: recipes, formulas and sayings;¡]2¡^Gastronomic poetry: a literary genre;¡]3¡^Social distinction in dietary culture: theories of taste;¡]4¡^The idea of healthy food in urban cultures;¡]5¡^Artificial and natural food from a historical perspective;¡]6¡^Food deficiency: ancient and modern survival strategies ;¡]7¡^Community and etiquette: food in ritual and practice;¡]8¡^The spread of culinary knowledge and the invention of dietary traditions in modern times;¡]9¡^Food and gender: Who cooks¡HWhose food¡H¡]10¡^We are what we eat: body imagery in dietary culture;¡]11¡^The dietary profession: the history and development of food production;¡]12¡^Exotic, foreign and domestic food. 

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Chief Editors (In alphabetical order)

Name

Institution

Francoise SABBAN

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France

WANG Ming-ke

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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Board of Advisors (In alphabetical order)

Name

Institution

CHEN Chi-lu

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Jack GOODY

Department of History and Civilization, Cambridge University, U.K. (retired)

HSU Cho-yun

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Naomichi ISHIGE

National Museum of Ethnology, Japan (retired)

JAO Tsung-i

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

LI Yih-yuan

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Sidney W. MINTZ

Department of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, USA

TU Cheng-sheng

National Palace Museum, Taiwan

James WATSON

Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA

YU Ying-shih

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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Editorial Committee (In alphabetical order)

Name

Institution

CHEN Jo-shui

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Sidney C. H. CHEUNG

Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

CHIANG Bien

Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

CHUANG Ying-chang Institute of Taiwan History Preparatory Office, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
HUANG Ch'ing-lien Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan

Max K. W. HUANG

Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

HUANG Shu-min

Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University, USA

Hiromi IWAI

National Museum of Japanese History, Japan

KIM Kwang-ok

Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University, Korea

Tokiko NAKAYAMA Ochanomizu University, Japan

POO Mu-chou

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Erhard ROSNER

Ostasiatisches Seminar Der Universitaet, Gottingen, Germany

TAN Chee-beng

Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

WANG Chiu-kuei

Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Taiwan

WANG Ren-xiang

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

David WU

Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (retired)

XU Hai-rong

Hang-zhou Academy of Social Sciences, China

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All correspondence regarding submission of manuscripts should be addressed to

the Foundation of Chinese Dietary Culture

145, Chien Kuo N.Rd, Sec.2, Taipei ,Taiwan

TEL : 886-2-2503-1111 EXT 5616-5620

FAX : 886-2-2517-1806

E-Mail: cyang@mercuries.com.tw , fcdc@mercuries.com.tw

Website : www.fcdc.org.tw

 

 Updated: June 2008              

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