Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources articles from March 2008

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources archives from March 2008

From the editors.(Editorial)
March 22, 2008... September 2008. This issue of our "quarterly of women's studies resources" is dedicated to someone we cherish as a priceless resource: Miriam Greenwald, the artist who enlivens our pages with her pen-and-ink drawings. That's her self-portrait...

Illustrating Feminist Collections: an interview with Miriam Greenwald.(Interview)
March 22, 2008... For the past fifteen years, Miriam Greenwald's drawings have been an integral part of this journal. She illuminates the pages with quiet figure studies of women, quirky still-lifes, impressionistic cityscapes, and murky abstracts with hidden...

Feminist artists and art (still) works: four films.(FEMINIST VISIONS)(Movie review)
March 22, 2008... DECISIONS OF THE HEART: THE STORIES AND ART OF FUTURE AKINS. 90 mins. Produced by Doug Nelson & Armando Rodriquez, KTXT-TV, Texas Tech University, Box 42161, Lubbock, TX 79409-2161; website: http://www.ktxt.org/productionFuture Akins.htm. Sale...

Sara Paretsky: writing in Perilous, Paranoid times.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Sara Paretsky, WRITING IN AN AGE OF SILENCE. London: Verso, 2007. 138 pp. $22.95, ISBN 978-1-84467-122-9. In Writing in an Age of Silence, mystery novelist Sara Paretsky, most famous for penning the V.I. Warshawski thrillers, provides...

Gender Issues and libraries.(PROFESSIONAL READING)(Gender Issues in Information Needs and Services, vol. 56)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Cindy Ingold & Susan E. Searing, issue eds., "Gender Issues in Information Needs and Services," special issue of LIBRARY TRENDS, v. 56, no. 2 (Fall 2007), ISSN 0024-2594. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Subscriptions (4 issues): $...

E-sources on women & gender.(Recommended readings)
March 22, 2008... Our website (http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/) includes recent editions of this column and links to complete back issues of Feminist Collections, plus many bibliographies, a database of women-focused videos, and links to hundreds of other...

Encyclopedia Of Arab Women Filmmakers.(FILMMAKERS)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Rebecca Hillauer, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARAB WOMEN FILMMAKERS. Trans. by Allison Brown, Deborah Cohen, & Nancy Joyce. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press, 2005. 484p. $39.95, ISBN 978-9774249433. Reviewed by Diana King Academic...

Encyclopedia of gay and lesbian popular culture.(GAY/LESBIAN CULTURE)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Luca Prono, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAY AND LESBIAN POPULAR CULTURE, Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2008. 310p. $85.00, ISBN 978-0-313-33599-0. Reviewed by Nancy Nyland The term "encyclopedia" in a title creates a set of standard expectations....

Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia.(GIRLS' STUDIES)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Claudia Mitchell & Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, eds., GIRL CULTURE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA. 2 vols. 744p. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2008. $185.00, ISBN 978-0313339080; ebook, $203.50 single user, $305.25 multiple user, ISBN 978-0313084447. Reviewed by...

Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics.(POLITICS)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Lynne E. Ford, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND AMERICAN POLITICS. New York: Facts on File, 2008. 636p. $85.00, ISBN 978-0816054916. As the historic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President played...

Women Political Leaders in Africa.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Rosemary Skaine, WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS IN AFRICA. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008. 206p. $49.95, ISBN 978-0786432998. Reviewed by Nancy M. Lewis The political leadership of women is a topic much in the U.S. news these days. But...

Psychology of Women: a handbook of women and theories, 2nd edition.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Florence L. Denmark & Michele A. Paludi, eds., PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN: A HANDBOOK OF WOMEN AND THEORIES, 2ND EDITION. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007. 786p. index. $135.00, ISBN 978-0275991623. Reviewed by Erin Gratz The second edition of...

A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies.(QUEER THEORY)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... George E. Haggerty & Molly McGarry, eds., A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and queer studies. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007. 496p. $174.95, ISBN 978-1405113298. Reviewed by Eric W. Trekell It would be misleading on my...

Abortion in the United States.(REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Dorothy E. McBride, ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2008. 303p. bibl. index. $55.00, ISBN 978-1-59884-098-8. Reviewed by Jeanne Armstrong "Debate. Controversy. Argument. Conflict. Struggle. Clash. Battle. War....

Women & Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: a comprehensive bibliography.(RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE, & MORE)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Mary Zirin et al., eds., WOMEN & GENDER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, AND EURASIA: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2007. 2 vols. 2132p. $346.95, ISBN 978-0765607379. Reviewed by Jill Rosenshield This...

Encyclopedia of Title IX and Sports.(SPORTS)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Nicole Mitchell & Lisa A. Ennis, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TITLE IX AND SPORTS. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2007. 199p. $59.95, ISBN 978-0313335877. Reviewed by Sharen Ladenson What are the origins of Title IX policy? What impact has Title IX had...

The Big Book of Women's Trivia.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Alicia Alvrez, THE BIG BOOK OF WOMEN'S TRIVIA. San Francisco: Red Wheel/Weiser Press, 2008. 238p. bibl. pap., $12.95, ISBN 978-1573243520. This was originally published by Conari as The Ladies' Room Reader Revisited: A Curious Compendium...

Revisiting gender training: the making and remaking of gender knowledge: a global sourcebook.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay & Franz Wong, guest eds., REVISITING GENDER TRAINING: THE MAKING AND REMAKING OF GENDER KNOWLEDGE: A GLOBAL SOURCEBOOK. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: KIT (Royal Tropical Institute); and London, UK: Oxfam, 2007. (Critical...

Contemporary Women's Writing.(NEW AND NEWLY DISCOVERED PERIODICALS.)(Periodical review)
March 22, 2008... CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S WRITING. 2007-- Co-Editors: Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK); Susan Stanford Friedman (University of Madison--Wisconsin, USA). Publisher: Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press; website:...

Persimmon Tree: an online literary magazine by women over sixty.(NEW AND NEWLY DISCOVERED PERIODICALS.)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... PERSIMMON TREE: AN ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE BY WOMEN OVER SIXTY. Editor: Nan Fink Gefen. Contributing Editors: Chana Bloch, Martha Boesing, Sandy Boucher, Sandra Butler, & Marcia Freedman. Impressive list of twenty-seven advisors, including...

Special issues of periodicals.(PERIODICAL NOTES)(Periodical review)
March 22, 2008... ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY & PRAXIS v.28, no.3 (September 2006): Symposium: "Public Administration Theories of Feminism." Coordinator: Janet R. Hutchinson. Publisher: Public Administration Theory Network (Hay-ward, CA). ISSN: 1084-1806. Partial...

Items of note.(E-book review)
March 22, 2008... The HANDBOOK ON SERVICE LEARNING IN WOMEN'S STUDIES AND THE DISCIPLINES, published by the Institute for Teaching and Research on Women (ITROW) at Towson University, provides a variety of resources for teachers of women's studies courses wanting...

Books and videos recently received.(List)
March 22, 2008... AMERICAN WOMEN STAGE DIRECTORS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Fliotsos, Anne and Vierow, Wendy. University of Illinois Press, 2008. BLUE COVENANT: THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS AND THE COMING BATTLE FOR THE RIGHT TO WATER. Barlow, Maude. New Press,...