Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources articles from September 2006

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources archives from September 2006

From the editors.
September 22, 2006... The lead article in this issue--"Narratives from Women of Color in the Halls of Academe," by Pat Washington--continues a series begun over a year ago, of essay book reviews on gender and higher education. Before this we had "Gender...

Narratives from women of color in the halls of academe.(Contesting the Terrain of the Ivory Tower: Spiritual Leadership of African American Women in the Academy)(Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education: A Practical Guide to Success)(From Oppression to Grace: Women of Color and Their Dilemmas within the Academy )(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Rochelle Garner, CONTESTING THE TERRAIN OF THE IVORY TOWER: SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE ACADEMY. New York: Routledge, 2004. 137p. notes. bibl. index. $105.00, ISBN 0-415-94798-7. Conchita Y. Battle & Chontrese M....

Young activists and the new "no wave": two anthologies for a feminist future.(We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists)(BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Melody Berger, ed., WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WAVE: DISPATCHES FROM THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMINISTS. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006. 318p. $15.95, ISBN 1-58005-182-0. Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler, eds., BITCHFEST: TEN YEARS OF CULTURAL...

Learning from student learning: a librarian-instructor's view of her information literacy class.
September 22, 2006... Introduction This article is a sequel to "Stronger Students, Better Research: Information Literacy in the Women's Studies Classroom," published in Feminist Collections v.25, no.4 (Summer 2004), and available online at...

Honoring the forgotten history of birth control.(FEMINIST VISIONS)(The Defenders: A History of the Birth Control Movement in Wisconsin)(Video recording review)
September 22, 2006... THE DEFENDERS: A HISTORY OF THE BIRTH CONTROL MOVEMENT IN WISCONSIN. 93 mins. Directed by Emily Rumsey & Dawnee Dodson. Executive Producer: Deborah Hobbins. Trilobyte Pictures Productions (http://trilobytepictures.com/) for Planned Parenthood...

The personal breast is political: documentaries about women, the environment, and cancer.(FEMINIST VISIONS)(Busting Out: A Film That Will Challenge How You Think About Breasts)(Toxic Bust: Chemicals and Breast Cancer)(Rachels Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer)(Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer)(Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai, a Film Portrait of Hawaiian legend Rell Sunn)(Video recording review)
September 22, 2006... BUSTING OUT: A FILM THAT WILL CHALLENGE HOW YOU THINK ABOUT BREASTS. 57 mins. Written, directed, and produced by Francine Strickwerda & Laurel Spellman Smith. Stir It Up Productions, LLC, 2004. (U.S. release date: 2006.) Distributed by Bullfrog...

E-sources on women & gender.
September 22, 2006... Our website (www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/) includes all recent issues of this column, plus many bibliographies, a database of women-focused videos, and links to hundreds of other websites by topic. Information about...

Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Leslie A. Heaphy & Mel Anthony May, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND BASEBALL. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. 438p. illus. bibl. index. $49.95, ISBN 0-7864-2100-2. Most people associate women and baseball largely, if not entirely, through the...

Ferguson Career Resource Guide for Women and Minorities.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... FERGUSON CAREER RESOURCE GUIDE FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES. New York: Infobase Publishing/Ferguson, 2006. 800p. 2 vols. index. $125.00, ISBN 978-0816061303. The journey through one's vocational life is often referred to as a career ladder....

Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, & Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, eds., GENDER ISSUES AND SEXUALITY: ESSENTIAL PRIMARY SOURCES. Detroit: Thompson Gale, 2006. 451 p. $110.00, ISBN 1414403259. Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary...

The Sage Handbook of Gender and Communication.(Women and Depression: A Handbook for the Social, Behavioral, and Biomedical Sciences)(Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis)(Handbook of Career Counseling for Women, 2d ed.)(Handbook of Girls' and Women's Psychological Health)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Bonnie J. Dow & Julia T. Wood, eds., THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF GENDER AND COMMUNICATION. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006. 479p. index. $125.00, ISBN 1-4129-0423-4. Corey L.M. Keyes & Sherryl H. Goodman, eds., WOMEN AND DEPRESSION: A HANDBOOK FOR...

The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health.(Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era )(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, & Terra Ziporyn, THE NEW HARVARD GUIDE TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. 700p. index. $24.95, ISBN 978-0674013438. Boston Women's Health Book Collective, OUR BODIES,...

Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: an Encyclopedia.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Margaret Schaus, ed., WOMEN AND GENDER IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA. (Routledge encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, v. 14.) New York: Routledge, 2006. 984p. bibl. index. $175.00, ISBN 978-0415969444. To develop a deep understanding of...

Champions for Peace: Women Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Judith Hicks Stiehm, CHAMPIONS FOR PEACE: WOMEN WINNERS OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 233p. photos. index. $24.95, ISBN 0-7425-4026-X. The lives of the women winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace cover...

Winning the Vote: the Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr., WINNING THE VOTE: THE TRIUMPH OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. Santa Cruz, CA: American Graphic Press, 2005. 496p. illus. bibl. index. $85.00, ISBN 0-9770095-0-5. "She's Good Enough To Be Your Baby's Mother...

Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Armond Fields, WOMEN VAUDEVILLE STARS: EIGHTY BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. 271p. ill. bibl. index. $65.00, ISBN 0786425830. Armond Fields's Women Vaudeville Stars provides a missing link in the history of American...

New and newly discovered periodicals.(PERIODICAL NOTES)(women's magazines)
September 22, 2006... GIRLISTIC MAGAZINE: FEMINIST THOUGHT AND CULTURE. 2006-. Founder & Editor: Jaymi Heimbuch, 2880 Santa Maria Way, Suite C-1, #1267, Santa Maria, CA 93454. 4/yr. No ISSN. Subscription: Free; online only (PDF):...

Special issues of periodicals.(PERIODICAL NOTES)
September 22, 2006... BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND THE LAW v.23, no.6 (2005): "Gender and Psychopathy." Issue eds.: Tonia L. Nicholls & John Petrila. Publ.: John Wiley & Sons. ISSN: 1099-0798 (online); 0735-3936 (print). Available online through Wiley Interscience. ...

Books and audiovisuals received.
September 22, 2006... BEFORE THE MANIFESTO: THE LIFE WRITINGS OF MARY LOIS WALKER MORRIS. Milewski, Melissa Lambert, ed. Utah State University Press, 2007. THE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY. Alcoff, Linda Martin and Kittay, Eva Feder, eds. Blackwell,...