Feminist Collections, v.35, nos.1-2 (winter-spring 2014).
Abstract
Subtitle: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources. ISSN 0742-7441, 38p.
Subject
Contraception
Vampires
Film
Reproductive Rights
Women's Studies
Gender
Feminism
Library Resources
Reviews
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/72402Description
CONTENTS: From the Editors, by JoAnne Lehman [reproductive justice (RJ) theme; resources on RJ; #Ferguson as RJ issue; Linda Fain retirement]; Book Reviews: "Cold, Sparkly, and Dangerous to Know: The Vampire Boyfriends of True Blood & Twilight" by Pamela O'Donnell, reviewing Brigid Cherry, TRUE BLOOD: INVESTIGATING VAMPIRES AND SOUTHERN GOTHIC. London: I.B.Tauris, 2012; and Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson, THEORIZING TWILIGHT: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON WHAT'S AT STAKE IN A POST-VAMPIRE WORLD. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2010; "French Women Directing Film: Pallister and Hottell's Filmographies" by Diana King, reviewing Janis L. Pallister, FRENCH-SPEAKING WOMEN FILM DIRECTORS: A GUIDE. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997; Janis L. Pallister & Ruth A. Hottell, FRANCOPHONE WOMEN FILM DIRECTORS: A GUIDE. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005; Janis L. Pallister & Ruth A. Hottell, FRENCH-SPEAKING WOMEN DOCUMENTARIANS: A GUIDE. New York: Peter Lang, 2005; and Janis L. Pallister & Ruth A. Hottell, NOTEWORTHY FRANCOPHONE WOMEN DIRECTORS: A SEQUEL. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011; Special Section: Reproductive Justice "Surveilling the Body: Reproductive Technologies and the Pregnant Body"; by Liz Barr, reviewing Michelle Murphy, SEIZING THE MEANS OF REPRODUCTION: ENTANGLEMENTS OF FEMINISM, HEALTH, AND TECHNOSCIENCE. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012; Laura Tropp, A WOMB WITH A VIEW: AMERICA'S GROWING PUBLIC INTEREST IN PREGNANCY. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013; Isabel Karpin & Kristin Savell, PERFECTING PREGNANCY: LAW, DISABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF REPRODUCTION. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012; Elly Teman, BIRTHING A MOTHER: THE SURROGATE BODY AND THE PREGNANT SELF. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010; and BORN IN THE USA. 57 mins. 2007. Film by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider; distributed by PatchWorks Films; ?Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC): A Reproductive Justice Concern?" by Kristin Ryder, reviewing Joan C. Chrisler, ed., REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: A GLOBAL CONCERN. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2012; Rickie Solinger, REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW". New York: Oxford University Press, 2013; Chikako Takeshita, THE GLOBAL BIOPOLITICS OF THE IUD: HOW SCIENCE CONSTRUCTS CONTRACEPTIVE USERS AND WOMEN?S BODIES. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2011; and Nicole Rousseau, BLACK WOMAN?S BURDEN: COMMODIFYING BLACK REPRODUCTION. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; Professional Reading: "Teaching Women's & Gender Studies" by Glenda Jones, reviewing Catherine M. Orr, Ann Braithwaite, & Diane Lichtenstein, eds., Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies. New York: Routledge, 2012. "Creators, Guardians, and Consumers," Using Archives" by Jeanne Miller, reviewing Linda M. Morra & Jessica Schagerl, eds., BASEMENTS AND ATTICS, CLOSETS AND CYBERSPACE: EXPLORATIONS IN CANADIAN WOMEN?S ARCHIVES. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012. E-Sources on Women & Gender Blogs, "FreE-Books/Reports," and Organizations/Projects. New Reference Works in Gender & Women's Studies: *Michelle Martinez reviewing Jason L. Powell, ed., FEMINISM. New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2013. *Alison Armstrong reviewing Janice E. McKenney, WOMEN OF THE CONSTITUTION: WIVES OF THE SIGNERS. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow/Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. * Pamela Salela reviewing Mary Evans & Carolyn Williams, eds., GENDER: THE KEY CONCEPTS. New York: Routledge, 2013. * Janet Fore reviewing Ghada Talhami, HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2013. Periodical Notes: Newly noted journals AS/US: A SPACE FOR WOMEN OF THE WORLD; FEMINIST AFRICA; and WOMEN, GENDER, AND FAMILIES OF COLOR; special sections on women in FREE INQUIRY and UTNE READER; Mary Dee?s WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION (WIHE) now published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Items of Note: A matter of fairness: a history of the center for the education of women at the University of Michigan, by Jeanne E. Miller; AWAKE, by Ingrid Swanberg; OLIVE GRRRLS: ITALIAN NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY, by Lachrista Greco. Books & Videos Recently Received.