Library Materials
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Call Number: (Online Book)ISBN: 030647770XPublication Date: 2003-12-31Aim to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. This is reference work for students, researchers and teachers interested in gender studies and cross-cultural variation in sex and gender.
Key Concepts in Body and Society by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 1847875440Publication Date: 2012-09-28Key Concepts in Body and Society provides a clear, focused road map to the study of the body in society. It defines, explains and applies core topics relating to the human body demonstrating how we approach it as a social phenomenon.
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0122272455Publication Date: 2001-09-13The Encyclopedia of Gender covers all three areas under one cover, discussing psychological differences in personality, cognition, and behavior, as well as biologically based differences and how those differences impact behavior. Coverage includes studies of these differences in applied settings such as education, business, the home, in politics, sports competition, etc.
Culture Wars in America by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0765683024Publication Date: 2010-08-10With approximately 640 entries plus more than 120 primary documents supporting both sides of key issues, this is a unique and defining work, indispensable to informed discussions of the most timely and critical issues facing America today.
The Lesbian and Gay Movements by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0813348498Publication Date: 2014-08-05The Lesbian and Gay Movements explores this dilemma in both contemporary and historical contexts, describing the sources of these conflicts, to what extent the conflicts have been resolved, and how they might be resolved in future.
Communicating Gender by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0805829261Publication Date: 1998-10-01The text covers the core areas in the study of language and gender, including how and where gender is indexed in language, how men and women speak, how children acquire gender differentiated language, and sexism in language and language reform. Although most of the examples are drawn primarily from English, other European languages and non-European languages such as Japanese are considered.
Global Social Issues by Call Number: Online BookISBN: 0765682923Publication Date: 2012-09-15Nearly 150 in-depth, balanced, and thought-provoking articles cover a broad range of critically important topics: the environment, health, science, the media, ethnic conflicts, poverty, and immigration, to name just a few. Each original, signed article provides historical context as well as a thorough discussion and analysis of contemporary issues facing today's interconnected world.
Suited:
Suited. (HBO) Films Media Group, 2016.
Man of the House: America in Primetime
Man of the House: America in Primetime. Films Media Group, 2011.
A Transgender Teen's Journey
A Transgender Teen’s Transformative Journey Before Adulthood. Films Media Group, 2015.
Becoming Me: The Gender Within
Becoming Me: The Gender Within. Films Media Group, 2009.
Independent Woman: America in Primetime
Independent Woman: America in Primetime. Films Media Group, 2011.
Norway: The Gender Mission
Norway: The Gender Mission . Films Media Group, 2014.
Southern Comfort (2000) Call Number: 306.768 SO727 DVD (Truax - Nonfiction)
Miss Representation (2012) Call Number: 302.23082 M678 DVD (Truax - Non-Fiction)
Codes of Gender: identity + performance in pop culture (. Call Number: 659.1045 C669 DVD (Truax)
Tough Guise 2: violence, manhood & American culture (2013). Call Number: 305.31 T722E2 DVD (Truax)
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women (2010) Call Number: 659.1042 K48 DVD
I Am Not a Slut by Call Number: 305.23082 T164ISBN: 9780062282590Publication Date: 2015-02-03
Becoming Nicole by Call Number: 306.7680973 N976 (Truax)ISBN: 0812995414Publication Date: 2015-10-20
The Social Sex by Call Number: 302.34082 Y19ISBN: 9780062265500Publication Date: 2015-09-22
Trans by Call Number: 306.7680846 J197 (Truax)ISBN: 1784781649Publication Date: 2015-09-22
Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself by Call Number: 155.2 G216 (Truax)ISBN: 0814733174Publication Date: 2012-10-22In Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself, Lorena Garcia examines how Latina girls negotiate their emerging sexual identities and attempt to create positive sexual experiences for themselves.
Dude, You're a Fag by Call Number: 306.76 P281ISBN: 0520271483Publication Date: 2011-11-01Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, Dude, You're a Fag sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices.
Angry White Men by Call Number: 155.3320973 K49ISBN: 9781568585130Publication Date: 2015-04-14
Manhood for Amateurs by Call Number: 813.54 C428ISBN: 0061490199Publication Date: 2010-05-11In these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of our most brilliant and humane writers addresses with his characteristic warmth and lyric wit the all-important question: What does it mean to be a man today?
Boys Adrift by Call Number: 371.823 SA272 (Truax & Fort Atkinson)ISBN: 0465072100Publication Date: 2009-01-06Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how social, cultural, and biological factors have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys.
Speak My Name by Call Number: 155.8 SP741ISBN: 0807009369Publication Date: 1996-01-01
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Frontline - Growing Up Trans
"An intimate look at the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families."
June 30th, 2015. PBS.
Navaski, Miri, and Karen O'Connor. "Growing Up Trans." PBS. PBS, 30 June 2015. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.
Men/Masculinity
- Men's BibiolographyA comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities.
Pew Research
The Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project studies behaviors and attitudes of Americans in key realms of their lives, including family, community, health, finance, work and leisure. The project explores these topics by combining original public opinion survey research with social, economic and demographic data analysis.
Research Topic: Gender
Web Resources on Gender & Sexuality Issues
LBGT
- GLBT Historical SocietyThe Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS) collects, preserves, and interprets the history of GLBT people and the communities that support them.
- National Gay/Lesbian ArchivesThe ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives honors the past, celebrates the present, and enriches the future of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.
- Bisexual Resource CenterThe BRC is committed to providing support to the bisexual community and raising public awareness about bisexuality and bisexual people.
- Queer Resources DirectoryAn electronic library with news clippings, political contact information, newsletters, essays, images, hyperlinks, and every other kind of information resource of interest to the GLBO community.
- ILGA - International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex AssociationILGA’s aim is to work for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people and their liberation from all forms of discrimination
Political & Governmental Resources
- National Organization for WomenSince its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women.
- Women's Bureau - U.S. Department of LaborThe Women’s Bureau was created by law in 1920 to formulate standards and policies to promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
- Feminist Majority FoundationThe Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), which was founded in 1987, is a cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically.