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A NEW WOMENS STUDIES & BLACK STUDIES JOURNAL!
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BLACK WOMEN, GENDER & FAMILIES

A NEW WOMEN'S STUDIES & BLACK STUDIES JOURNAL!

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS
Since the inception of Black Studies and Women's Studies, Black
women
activists
and thinkers have carved out intellectual spaces to uncover,
(re)define,
contextualize, and validate Black women's lived realities and their
interpretations of these experiences.  These efforts have included the
initiation
of Africana Women's Studies programs, and the inclusion of womanist 
theories,
Black feminists theories, and Black revolutionary or radical feminist 
paradigms,
in texts and curricula.  Although Black Women's Studies theories
differ in
their
emphases and conclusions regarding equality, self-determination and
liberation, they have several areas of convergence: (1) They maintain
that 
Black
women are oppressed on the multiple, interlocking levels of race,
gender, 
class
and sexuality; (2) they assert the centrality of Black women in
theorizing 
these
forms of oppression, thereby serving as the "custodians" of their
own
experiences; and (3) they evince a commitment to the survival,
integrity, 
and
well-being of the entire African Diaspora, both female and male,
families, 
and
communities.1 Overall, Black Women's Studies perspectives move us
toward a
more holistic notion of racial oppression and its solutions.

THE BWGF MISSION
The primary mission of Black Women, Gender & Families (BWGF) is to
analyze,
develop, and further Black Women's Studies paradigms. It centers the
study 
of
Black women and gender within the critical discourses of history, the
social
sciences, and the humanities.  Second, this journal provides an 
Africana/Black
Studies and Women's Studies cross-field and interdisciplinary venue
for 
Black
womanist and Black feminist theories, methodologies, and analyses.  
Third, 
it
more fully integrates gender as an analytic category, and strengthens
Black
Women's Studies as a paradigm for studying black women, gender,
families, 
and
communities -- especially policy-related issues within the broader 
disciplines
of
Black Studies and Women's Studies.  Fourth, this journal provides the
space
for
interdisciplinary, comparative/transnational studies of Global
Africa/the
African
Diaspora and other women, families, and communities of color, using
Black
Women's Studies frameworks.

BWGF EDITORIAL SCOPE
BWGF emphasizes the study of Black women, gender, families, and
communities.  The journal welcomes research and theoretical submissions
in
history, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, education,
economics,
political science, and English that are framed by Black Women's
Studies
perspectives and a policy or social analysis.  Interdisciplinary, 
comparative,
and
transnational studies of the African Diaspora and other women,
families, and
communities of color are also encouraged.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION AND GUIDELINES
BWGF is an official journal of the National Council for Black Studies
(NCBS) 
in
collaboration with the African American Studies and Research Program at
the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  The journal is
peer-reviewed, 
and
is
published biannually by the University of Illinois Press.  NCBS
membership 
is
not
a prerequisite for manuscript submission or publication, but authors
are
encouraged to join.

BWGF practices a blind-review and anonymous editorial process. 
Authors
should submit four double-spaced copies of each manuscript (one copy
must be
single-sided), along with a computer disc copy in MS Word.  All 
self-citations
should be removed from manuscripts.  Papers should not exceed 30
pages,
including notes, tables, and references. Do not embed tables and 
illustrations
within the manuscript text; place a call-out within the text to
indicate
placement
and place tables and/or illustrations at the end of the manuscript.

Previously published work or work currently under consideration
elsewhere 
will
not be considered.  Include with manuscripts a cover page stating
author(s),
institutional affiliation(s), a telephone and fax number, and an e-mail

address.
BWGF follows the guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th
Edition.
Manuscripts and discs will not be returned.

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:
Jennifer F. Hamer, Editor
Black Women, Gender & Families
African American Studies & Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1201 W. Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801
Email:  [log in to unmask] 
Phone:  217-333-7781
Jennifer F. Hamer

African American Studies & Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1201 W. Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Phone:  217.333.7781