Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources articles from September 2003

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources archives from September 2003

From the editors.(Editorial)
September 22, 2003... Nearly twenty-five years ago, this office decided to publish a statewide newsletter called Feminist Collections: Women's Studies Library Resources in Wisconsin. Linda Parker, the second "Women's Studies Librarian-At-Large" for the University...

Bridges, Chasms, and Common Ground: Multicultural and Transnational Feminism.(reviews of four books)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... M. Jacqui Alexander, Lisa Albrecht, Sharon Day, & Mab Segrest, eds., SING, WHISPER, SHOUT, PRAY! FEMINIST VISIONS FOR A JUST WORLD. Boulder, CO: EdgeWork Books, 2003. 737p. index, pap., $39.95, ISBN 1-931223-07-6. Gloria E. Anzaldua & Ana...

Refusing false choices: feminist responses to September 11.(September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Susan Hawthorne & Bronwyn Winter, eds., SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES. North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Spinifex, 2002. 500p. $19.95, ISBN 1-876756-27-6. Published between the U.S. invasions and occupations of Afghanistan...

The spiritual journeys of American Buddhist women.(reviews of four books)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Joanna Macy, WIDENING CIRCLES: A MEMOIR. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2000. 296p. pap., $17.95 (Can$22.95), ISBN 0865714207. Publisher's website: http://www.newsociety.com/ Jan Willis, DREAMING ME: FROM BAPTIST TO BUDDHIST,...

Feminist visions: women and maquiladoras on the U.S.-Mexico border.(Maquila: A Tale Of Two Mexicos)(Senorita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman)(Video Recording Review)
September 22, 2003... MAQUILA: A TALE OF TWO MEXICOS. 55 wins. color. VHS. 2000. Dirs.: Saul Landau & Sonia Angulo. Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016-7038; phone: (212) 685-6242; fax: (212) 685-4717; email: info@cinemaguild.com; website:...

World wide web review feminism and pregnancy on the internet.
September 22, 2003... Thousands of websites provide various bits of information about pregnancy. A typical Internet search leads to sites offering maternity and children's clothing, interactive tools to help the mother-to-be to keep track of her developing fetus,...

Websites.(E-Sources on Women & Gender)(Directory)
September 22, 2003... APC [ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS]-AFRICA-WOMEN "focuses on African women's empowerment through information facilitation, regional support, lobbying and advocating around gender and ICTs [information and communication...

E-bibliographies.(E-Sources on Women & Gender)(Bibliography)
September 22, 2003... ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON GENDER AND HIV/AIDS, by Marita Eibl and Valerie Foster, on the Women and International Development Program website at http://www.isp.msu.edu/wid/biblios/AIDS_bib.htm GENDER: NOT JUST WOMEN--MASCULINITY IN A GLOBAL...

Online encyclopedias.(E-Sources on Women & Gender)
September 22, 2003... Ellen Herman's ADOPTION HISTORY PROJECT, online at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/, is an encyclopedic (yet still in progress) guide to the phenomenon of child adoption in the United States--from the 1851 Adoption of Children Act to the...

Other online texts.(E-Sources on Women & Gender)
September 22, 2003... MAN SUPERIOR TO WOMAN, OR A VINDICATION OF MAN'S NATURAL RIGHT OF SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OVER THE WOMAN, by a Gentleman, London 1739. Transcription of this classic misogynist text is available on the website of the Women Priests Catholic Internet...

Ms-cellaneous e-news.(E-Sources on Women & Gender)
September 22, 2003... Seventy-five young women from the Chicago area learned about careers in technology and worked with nonprofit organizations to build websites at the 2003 GIRLS SUMMER WEB CAMP at Loyola University...

Feminist theory.(A Concise Companion To Feminist Theory)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Mary Eagleton, ed., A CONCISE COMPANION TO FEMINIST THEORY. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. 274p. index. $59.95, ISBN 0-631-22402-5; pap., $24.95, ISBN 0-631-22403-3. From their titles, it would seem that either A Concise Glossary of Feminist...

Girls' literacy.(Girls And Literacy In America: Historical Perspectives To The Present)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Jane Greer, ed., GIRLS AND LITERACY IN AMERICA: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES TO THE PRESENT. Santa Barbara, CA: ABCCLIO, 2003. 380p. bibl. illus. index. $85.00, ISBN 1-57607-666-0; eBook, $90.00, ISBN 1-57607-667-9; both together, $130.00. ...

Health.(Hormone Replacement Therapy Studies: A Reference Guide)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Goulden, Sara T., HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY STUDIES: A REFERENCE GUIDE. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. 271p. bibl. glossary, index, pap., $39.95, ISBN 0-7864-1683-1. Everyone needs accurate and understandable information on health...

Lesbian history.(Historical Dictionary Of The Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still The Rage)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Joanne Myers, HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE LESBIAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT.. STILL THE RAGE. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003. 309p. bibl. $75.00, ISBN 0-8108-4506-7. "What is a lesbian? A lesbian is the rage of all women condensed to the point of...

Literature.(Women In Literature: Reading Through The Lens Of Gender)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Jerilyn Fisher & Ellen S. Silber, eds., WOMEN IN LITERATURE: READING THROUGH THE LENS OF GENDER. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 384p. index. $65.00, ISBN 0-313-31346-6. "Watch out Ashanti, here comes Women in Literature," David Sadker...

Military women.(Amazons To Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary Of Military Women)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Reina Pennington, AMAZONS TO FIGHTER PILOTS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MILITARY WOMEN. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 2 vols. 848p. bibl. index. $175.00, ISBN 0-313-29197-7. While several books have noted the significant contributions...

Books to watch out for: The Lesbian Edition.(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
September 22, 2003... 2003-. Publ. and ed.: Carol Seajay. 12/yr., emailed to subscribers (print version also available). Subscriptions: Emailed version: $30.00/yr. (or $48.00 to include The Gay Men's Edition, edited by Richard Labonte). Print version: add $10.00....

Expository Magazine.(Periodical Review)
September 22, 2003... 2001-. Publ.: Tina Coggins. Eds.: Pippa Brush, Jenn Frederick, Amber Hannah Love, Mindy Sommers, Trish Wilson, Teresa Shackelford, Cesca Waterfield. 3/yr. ("for now--in July, November, and March. We aim to return to bi-monthly delivery, but we...

Journal of Child Custody.(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
September 22, 2003... 2004-. Publ.: The Haworth Press. Ed.-in-Chief (Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press): Robert Geffner. Ed.: Leslie M. Drozd. ISSN: print, 1537-9418; electronic, 1537-940X. 4/yr. (calendar year basis). Subscriptions in U.S.: $60.00 individuals,...

Links: Oxfam's Newsletter on Gender.
September 22, 2003... 1997-. Publ.: Oxfam GB (member of Oxfam International). Ed.: Adrienne Hopkins. 3/yr. Mailed automatically to subscribers to the Oxfam journal Gender and Development; downloadable from http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/gender/links; or...

Ovarian Connection.(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
September 22, 2003... 2002-. Publ./Ed.: Louise Smith. 4/yr. ISSN: 1703-3411. Subscriptions: in Canada, Can$40.00 for 1 yr., CanS60.00 for 2 yrs; in U.S., US$40.00 for 1 yr., US$60.00 for 2 yrs. Box 508, Fort Langley, BC V1M 2R8 Canada; phone: (604) 513-8009; fax:...

Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics.(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
September 22, 2003... 2003-. Ed.: Dakota Mahkij. President: Charles "zan" Christensen. 1/yr. Single issues: "Free. That's right, free!" 34 Peachtree St. NW, Suite 2560, Atlanta, GA 30303; website: http://www.prismcomics.org (Issue examined: no. 1, 2003 edition) ...

Samyukta: a Journal of Women's Studies.
September 22, 2003... 2001-. Publ.: Women's Initiatives (Kerala, India). Ed.: G.S. Jayasree. 2/yr. LCCN: 2001-436567. Peer-reviewed. Print subscriptions: in India, Rs. 200 (+Rs. 50 for registered post) for individuals, Rs. 350 (+Rs. 50 for registered post) for...

Angles: Women Working in Film & Video.
September 22, 2003... (ISSN 1088-7830) ended a twelve-year publishing run with a special commemorative issue, v.4, nos.2 & 3 (March 2003), in which selected interviews from the magazine's history have been republished. For more information, contact Angles at P.O....

Gender & Society.(Transitions)(University of Texas, Austin, is the new home of GENDER & SOCIETE)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2003... Professor Christine Williams of the University of Texas, Austin, is the new editor of GENDER & SOCIETE, and the G&S office has moved to Austin as well. The new editorial address: Gender &Society, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Texas, 1 University...

Hypatia; a Journal of Feminist Philosophy.(Transitions)(The editorship and office of HYPATIA: A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY moved to Michigan State University)
September 22, 2003... The editorship and office of HYPATIA: A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY have also moved, to Michigan State University. Contact new editor Hilde Nelson at the Department of Philosophy, 503 South Kedzie Hall, Michigan State University, East...

Zine and heard (for the third time).
September 22, 2003... This issue of the column is sort of a "kitchen sink," an arbitrary collection that doesn't focus on any one type of zine--appropriate, since one of the pubs I review is even called Kitchen Sink. As a result, there are political and personal...

Spotlight: a Feminist Library Zine.(Riot Librarrrian)(Periodical Review)
September 22, 2003... RIOT LIBRARRRIAN, Issue No. 1 (-Winter 2002), by Sara, 120 State Ave. NE, #135, Olympia, WA 98501-8212; and Jenn, 1949 W. Bradley Place, #2W, Chicago, IL 60613. $2.00/issue. Email: riotlibrarrian@hotmail.com The two collaborators at the...

Mobilising Communities to Prevent Domestic Violence: a Resource Guide for Organizations in East and Southern Africa.
September 22, 2003... In a large-scale effort to "[promote] the status of women and children," Raising Voices, a registered non-profit project of the Tides Center, developed MOBILISING COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR ORGANISATIONS IN...

Picturing a Life Free of Violence: Media and Communications Strategies to End Violence Against Women.
September 22, 2003... PICTURING A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE" MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN is one of several UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) publications created to promote gender equality and find innovative...

Gender Mainstreaming: an Overview.
September 22, 2003... Developed by the Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI), GENDER MAINSTREAMING: AN OVERVIEW (2002, 36p.) provides insight on implementing gender mainstreaming strategies, which entails "bringing the...

The Ten-Hour Movement: Women And The Early labor Movement.
September 22, 2003... Produced by the Tsongas Industrial History Center and Lowell National Historical Park, THE TEN-HOUR MOVEMENT: WOMEN AND THE EARLY LABOR MOVEMENT is one of several educational materials developed for "students to learn about the American...

Constructing Malay Muslim Womanhood in Malaysia.
September 22, 2003... Published in 2002 by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies of the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University (Australia), Tabitha Frith's CONSTRUCTING MALAY MUSLIM WOMANHOOD IN MALAYSIA examines the roles of the government, Islamist groups,...

Contingency Workers Study.
September 22, 2003... The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women's CONTINGENCY WORKERS STUDY (Boddy Media, 2001) consisted of data compiled from surveys of 2500 U.S. households and two focus groups of contingency workers (defined as part-time or temporary employees...

Michigan State University's Women and International Development program has added four new publications to its working paper series in the past two years.
September 22, 2003... Michigan State University's Women and International Development program has added four new publications to its working paper series in the past two years. THE USE OF "PUBLIC" WOMEN: COMMERCIALIZED PERFORMANCE, NATION-BUILDING, AND ACTRESSES'...

Assessing Violence Against Women: a Statistical Profile.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... ASSESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: A STATISTICAL PROFILE (2002, 81 p.), by Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women, is a publication of the Status of Women Canada (SWC). It was intended to develop indicators...

Does Micro-Credit Empower Women? Evidence From Bangladesh.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... DOES MICRO-CREDIT EMPOWER WOMEN? EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2998, March 2003, 54p.), by Mark M. Pitt, Shahidur R. Khandker, and Jennifer Cartwright, explores the effect of participation in micro-credit...

Wellesley Centers for Women, the "nation's largest women's research center," has recently published three reports and one book.
September 22, 2003... Wellesley Centers for Women, the "nation's largest women's research center," has recently published three reports and one book: SEXUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY IN WOMEN'S RELATIONSHIPS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY (2002), by Gina...

Promoting an Integrated Approach to Combat Gender Based Violence: a Training Manual.
September 22, 2003... The Gender Affairs Department of the Commonwealth Secretariat has recently published PROMOTING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO COMBAT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE: A TRAINING MANUAL. This tool is specifically intended to aid governments, organizations, and...

Established in 1963, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is dedicated to conducting research in the area of social development that is designed to facilitate discussion and policy debates, as well as reform.
September 22, 2003... Established in 1963, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is dedicated to conducting research in the area of social development that is designed to facilitate discussion and policy debates, as well as reform....

Books recently received.
September 22, 2003... AMAZONS TO FIGHTER PILOTS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MILITARY WOMEN. Pennington, Reina, ed. Greenwood Press, 2003. ANCIENT QUEENS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. Nelson, Sarah Milledge, ed. AltaMira, 2003. ANTHROPOLOGY OF AN AMERICAN...