Dear Colleagues,

In the forthcoming issue of our publication there is room for three short
articles related to the incredible focus on Elian Gonzales.  I would like to
invite you or a colleague to write about this for the June, 2000 issue of
"Clio's Psyche: Understanding the 'Why' of Culture, Current Events,
History, and Society."  We are looking for articles from 300 to1500 words --
including your brief biography -- which relate to the psychology of one or
more of the following issues:

 · Why this incredible focus on one little boy here at this time?  (The
public usually ignores cases like this or forgets about them very quickly)
· In what ways is Elian seen as a child savior?
· How does Elian embody survivorship?
· How does this custody fight correspond to Castro's successful custody
fight for his son?
· Psychobiographical explorations (but not assassination) of the main
individuals involved in the struggle.
· Continuing the Cold War after the collapse of European communism.
· The group psychology of unlikely allies in isolating Castro's Cuba: The
Republican right wing ...and the Miami Cubans.
· Elian and the group psychology of the communist/ or capitalist enemy.
· Analyzing the narcissism of groups.
· How and why the obsession with Elian corresponds to the focus on the O.J.
Simpson trial and the death of Princess Diana.
· Describing the real emotional needs of a six-year old and comparing those
with this situation.

We would like articles written for the educated layperson, personalized, and
without much psychoanalytic/psychological terminology or jargon.  Our
deadline is April 25th, and articles should be sent as e-mail text or as a
Microsoft Word file.

Sincerely yours,
Bob Lentz, Associate Editor, "Clio's Psyche"
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