Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources articles from September 2005

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources archives from September 2005

From the editors.
September 22, 2005... The person pictured on the cover of this issue is Mary Rave, my mother-out-law. I call her that because my marriage to her daughter is not legally recognized--a fact that disturbs Mary as much as it does us--and because the Wild West "outlaw"...

Are abortion politics relevant to women of color?(Women of Color and the Reproduction Rights Movement)(Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice)(Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty)(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Jennifer Nelson, WOMEN OF COLOR AND THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MOVEMENT. New York: New York University Press, 2003. 224p. notes. index. pap., $21.00, ISBN 0814758274. Jael Sillimen, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, & Elena R. Gutierrez,...

Women in the midst of war.(Development, Women and War: Feminist Perspectives)(Women in a World at War: Seven Dispatches from the Front)(War's Dirty Secret: Rape, Prostitution and Other Crimes Against Women)(Women on War: An International Anthology of Writing from Antiquity to the Present, 2d ed.)(Women, Peace and Secutiry: Study Submitted by the Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1325)(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Haleh Afshar & Deborah Eade, eds., DEVELOPMENT, WOMEN AND WAR: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES. Oxford, England: Oxfam GB, 2004. 384p. bibl. index. pap., [pounds sterling]15.95, ISBN 0-85598-487-2. Full-text PDF free online at...

Foreign-born women academics in the U.S.(Immigrant Women of the Academy: Negotiating Boundaries, Crossing Borders in Higher Education)("Strangers" of the Academy: Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education)(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Mary V. Alfred & Raji Swaminathan, eds., IMMIGRANT WOMEN OF THE ACADEMY: NEGOTIATING BOUNDARIES, CROSSING BORDERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2004. 277p. $59.00, ISBN 1-59454-152-3. Guofang Li & Gulbahar H....

Transsavvy transfilms: six essentials.(FEMINIST VISIONS)(By Hook or By Crook)(Die Mommie Die!)(Paris is Burning)(Transamazon: A Gender Queer Journey)(Movie review)
September 22, 2005... BY HOOK OR BY CROOK. Written & directed by Harry (Harriet) Dodge & Silas Howard. Produced by Steakhaus Productions & NGB Productions, 2001. 95 mins. Video (DVD & VHS) distribution by Wolfe Video, http://www.wolfevideo.com. DIE MOMMIE DIE!...

E-sources on women & gender.(websites)(Directory)
September 22, 2005... Our website (www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/) includes all recent issues of this column, plus many bibliographies, core lists of women's studies books, and links to hundreds of other websites by topic. Information about...

Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Kathleen Sheldon, HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005. 446p. bibl. $80.00, ISBN 0-8108-5331-0. This first volume in the Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionaries of Women in the World...

Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Victoria Boynton & Jo Malin, eds., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. 2v. bibl. index. $249.95, ISBN 0-313-32737-8. The editors remark in their preface that there has been a "ferment of activity around...

Women Medievalists and the Academy.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Jane Chance, ed., WOMEN MEDIEVALISTS AND THE ACADEMY. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. 1073p. portraits. photogs. index. $85.00, ISBN 0-299-20750-1. One of the delightful aspects of Women Medievalists and the Academy is the...

100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Merna Forster, 100 CANADIAN HEROINES: FAMOUS AND FORGOTTEN FACES. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2004. 319p. illus. bibl. $21.99, ISBN 1-55002-514-7. 100 Canadian Heroines opens with a foreword by someone who could herself have been included:...

Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Rosemarie Skaine, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: LEGAL, CULTURAL AND MEDICAL ISSUES. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005. 321p. gloss. bibl. index. $39.95, ISBN 0-7864-2167-3. This is a difficult subject to read about, and one can only imagine the...

The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Leslie L. Heywood, ed., THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT TODAY: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THIRD WAVE FEMINISM. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2006. 838p. 2v. illus. index. $199.95, ISBN 0-313-33134-0. "An encyclopedia about Third Wave feminism already? Didn't that...

The Encyclopedia of Women's Health.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Christine Ammer, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, 5th ed. New York: Facts on File, 2005. 434p. illus. index. $75.00, ISBN 0-8160-5790-7. THE NEW A TO Z OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, 5th ed. New York: Checkmark Books imprint of Facts on File, 2005....

Women's Suffrage.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Jeff Hill, WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2006. (Defining moments series.) 207p. illus. bibl. index. $38.00, ISBN 0-7808-0776-6. Women's Suffrage is part of a high school history series designed to provide a "thorough and...

Women and Education in Iran and Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English, 1975-2003.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Mitra K. Shavarini and Wendy R. Robison, WOMEN AND EDUCATION IN IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES IN ENGLISH, 1975-2003. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2005. 120p. index. $30.00, ISBN 0-8108-5102-4. Since September 11,...

Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Victor J. Danilov, WOMEN AND MUSEUMS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. Lanham, MD: AltaMira, 2005. 285p. bibl. index. $129.95, ISBN 0-7591-0854-4; pap., $49.95, ISBN 0-7591-0855-2. This is a directory of nearly 1,000 museums and related institutions...

Encyclopedia of Rape.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Merril D. Smith, ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RAPE. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. 336p. bibl. index. $75.00, ISBN 0313326878. Throughout the centuries, rape has had an impact on individual women (as well as men and children of both...

Feminism: A Very Short Introduction.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Walters, Margaret, FEMINISM: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 159p. illus. bibl. index. $9.95, ISBN 9-780192-805102. Considering that it is "very short" and very small (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"--perfect for carrying...

New and newly discovered periodicals.(Down there Magazine)(Journal of Glbt Family Studies)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
September 22, 2005... DOWN THERE MAGAZINE. 2004-. Publ. & ed.: Jessica Chimes. Co-publ. & webmistress: Larissa Shapiro. No ISSN. Frequency: advertised as 4/yr. Subscription: $19.95; single issue: $4.95. 849 Almar Ave., Suite C, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; website:...

Special issues of periodicals.(Continuity and Change)(Development in Practice)(International Journal of Japanese Sociology)(Journal of Agrarian Change)(Journal of Community Psychology)(Journal of Counseling and Development)(Journal of Israeli History)(Journal of Organizational Change Management)(Revision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation)(Periodical review)
September 22, 2005... CONTINUITY AND CHANGE ("A journal of social structure, law and demography in past societies") v.19, no.1 (May 2004): Special issue: "Women, Property and Legal Change." ISSN: 0268-4160 (print); 1469-218X (online). Issue ed.: Kris Inwood. Publ.:...

Transitions.(Irish Journal of Feminist Studies, Women's Review of Books suspended)(Brief article)
September 22, 2005... The IRISH JOURNAL OF FEMINIST STUDIES, published by Cork University Press, has ceased publication. The WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS has returned! Forced by finances to suspend publication at the end of 2004, WRB is back with a new look, a new...

Correction.(PERIODICAL NOTES)(Correction notice)
September 22, 2005... In the entry announcing the new journal Politics & Gender in the "Periodical Notes" column of Feminist Collections v.26, no.4 (Summer 2005), we mistakenly reported that the Haworth Press journal Women & Politics used to be the official journal...

Items of note.(astrology calendar )
September 22, 2005... This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of We'Moon's yearly astrology calendar and date book. The 2006 version, features original artwork and writing by women from around the world. Each calendar is available either in spiral binding or...

Books and audiovisuals recently received.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2005... AMERICAN SWEETHEARTS: TEENAGE GIRLS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE. Nash, Ilana. Indiana University Press, 2006. BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA. Hine, Darlene Clark, and others, eds. Oxford University Press, 2005.2nd edition THE CHORAL...