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Volume 24, No. 1, Fall 2002

CONTENTS

From the Editors ii

Book Review: Joy A. Fritschle Mason The Brave New World of Feminist Science 1

Feminist Visions: Heather Branton Lesbian and Gay in Southern Africa: Activists, Lovers, and Healers 6

World Wide Web Review: Emily Bounds Ecofeminism on the Internet 10

Compiled by JoAnne Lehman E-Sources on Women & Gender 12

Compiled by JoAnne Lehman Feminist Publishing 18

Reviewed by Phyllis Holman Weisbard New Reference Works in Women’s Studies 20 and others

Compiled by JoAnne Lehman Periodical Notes 28

Compiled by Katie Roberts Items of Note 31

Books Recently Received 33 FROM THE EDITORS

I thought about temporarily re- a regular column, much like but sepa- Midrashic literature to Sufism. But naming this column “To Our Read- rate from “Periodical Notes,” in which we’re scouting out lots of other topics ers,” or even “Please Read This!” in the zines that come to our attention will too, especially ones about which we hope that more folks will notice what get a paragraph or two of description haven’t published anything in a few I’m about to say: and comment, along with the vital de- years. Contact us with some informa- tails (how to contact the zinemaker to tion about your interest, as well as your We want something from you. buy copies or subscribe). qualifications for writing on the par- If you are a zine publisher yourself, ticular topic. If you have some specific 1. Thoughts: For one thing, we’d send a recent issue or two of your pub- titles in mind (they should be recently like to receive letters “To the Editors” lication to us at the Office of the published/released), that’s great too, that we can print on this page—or not. Women’s Studies Librarian, 430 Me- although we are prepared to come up Does that formal-sounding heading morial Library, 728 State Street, Madi- with lists of books or videos (and ac- put you off? Then how about dashing son, WI 53704, so we can consider quire review copies). Alas, we don’t off an email message? You can write to reviewing it in the new column. If you pay our reviewers! But you’ll get your us at [email protected] or can’t afford to send free samples, email name in print and a reference to put on [email protected]. We want the purchase info to us, and we’ll get your vita, along with two free copies of feedback, discussion, criticism, what- you a check. By the way, the pub- the issue in which your review is pub- ever; it doesn’t have to be praise! We lisher/maker of any zine we review will lished — and, if the reviewed items are don’t promise to publish your letter or get two free copies of the FC issue in books, you get to keep them! message, but we promise not to print it which the review appears. if you say you don’t want us to. If you don’t publish a zine but you Enough demands, you say? know a feminist or “grrrl” who does, (Have you noticed that we have not 2. Zines! Did you read the article give her a copy of Mhaire’s article, asked for money?) O.K., relax. by M.L. (“Mhaire”) Fraser in the Sum- along with this page, and encourage Whether or not you have something mer issue? (If you didn’t, and you her to send in her stuff! for us, here’s something for you: the can’t put your hands on a print copy of slightly off-season Fall 2002 issue of Feminist Collections v.24, no.1, you can 3. Reviews: O.K., so maybe you Feminist Collections for your reading go read a text version at http:// don’t think you’re hip enough for the pleasure. There’s a review of films www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/ zine scene (although that’s arguable: about being lesbian or gay in South WomensStudies/fc/fczinesfraser1.htm, Mhaire says that “anyone can make a Africa and Zimbabwe, an overview of or email me for a PDF version with the zine,” and even this non-hip forty-six- some websites that focus on actual fonts and graphics just as they year-old is thinking about doing just ecofeminism, and a book review on appeared on paper.) Mhaire reviewed a that). If you’d rather do your publish- feminist science studies, as well as our few longstanding zines that have now ing in a more scholarly or traditional regular other columns. Can’t find gone glossy, but in the future we’d love vein, consider writing a review of “Computer Talk”? We decided to to see anything and everything that books, videos, websites, or other re- bring that one into the new millenium could fall into the category of “femi- sources for FC. Right now we’re espe- with a new name: “E-Sources on nist” or “grrrl-ist.” We’re establishing cially looking for people who can re- Women & Gender”; it starts on page view resources on feminism and reli- 12. gion, with many subtopics available, And, of course, if you feel like re- from Christian feminist theology to sponding to any of these articles in a letter or email message to us, we’re ea- gerly watching our mailbox.

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Page ii Feminist Collections (v.24, no.1, Fall 2002) BOOK REVIEW THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF FEMINIST SCIENCE by Joy A. Fritschle Mason

Muriel Lederman & Ingrid Bartsch, eds., THE GENDER AND SCIENCE READER. New York: Routledge, 2001. 505p. bibl. index. $100.00, ISBN 0-415-21357-6; pap., $31.95, ISBN 0-415-21358-4.

Maralee Mayberry, Banu Subramaniam, & Lisa H. Weasel, eds., FEMINIST SCIENCE STUDIES: A NEW GENERA- TION. New York: Routledge, 2001. 354p. bibl. index. $95.00, ISBN 0-415-92695-5; pap., $25.95, ISBN 0-415- 92696-3.

Mary Wyer, Mary Barbercheck, Donna Giesman, Hatice Örün Öztürk, & Marta Wayne, WOMEN, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY: A READER IN FEMINIST SCIENCE STUDIES. New York: Routledge, 2001. 400p. notes. index. $95.00, ISBN 0-415-92606-8; pap., $29.95, ISBN 0-415-92607-6.

“Warning: You are about to of knowledge that has shaped the ment. enter the multidisciplinary world of study and activity of science be re-as- What is feminist science? We feminist science studies.” This state- sessed. They ask us to rethink our as- learn from the eighty-six scholars rep- ment opens one of three recent Rout- sumptions, and they posit the creation resented in these three anthologies ledge anthologies on feminist science of a new science, one that is more in- that there is no single vision for a fem- studies (Women, Science, & Technolo- clusive, accessible, and self-aware. inist reworking of science. Indeed, a gy, p.xii). For some time now, femi- Ruth Hubbard, whose writings are singular viewpoint would be antitheti- nist and postmodern theories have featured in two of the three texts, asks cal to the arguments posed by critics challenged the traditional notion of a question that is certainly representa- of traditional science. This does not objectivity and the limited applicabili- tive of many works addressing femi- mean that feminist science is a relativ- ty of dominant-group studies in West- nist science: “Can feminists hope to istic free-for-all or an umbrella term ern science. Yet an extended dialogue improve science by bringing into con- for any and all science that challenges between the critics and the practitio- sciousness the implicit assumptions traditional scientific thought. Instead, ners of science has been slow in com- that underlie standard scientific de- feminist science draws on compelling ing. Moreover, students in the scienc- scriptions and interpretations?” (The feminist theory and practice to inspire es are often unaware of the different Gender and Science Reader, p.51). Her a more enlightening, complex science. conceptualizations offered by critics of answer in the affirmative captures the traditional approaches to science and mission evident in much of the femi- Even without a strict definition, science education. Consequently, all nist science literature, including the we can discover in these anthologies three of these anthologies seek to essays compiled in these three works. three main threads that weave together bridge this gap between what is taught Despite their significant criticisms, all in feminist science. in the science classroom and what is three volumes have the same goal: to First, feminist science challenges discussed in the “science studies” liter- improve upon and build up the prac- our notions of “objectivity” in science. ature. tice of science. The criticisms are Scientists are not perfectly removed, The essays collected in these meant to be constructive, and are of- books make science the object of scru- fered with suggestions for improve- tiny, demanding that the construction

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should also be made more accessible ward students and educators. Any one Feminist science challenges to would-be practitioners in under- of these texts would function well as a our notions of "objectivity" represented groups, such as women reader or textbook for undergraduate and ethnic minorities. Despite in- courses in science, science studies, and in science. creases in the number of women stu- women’s studies, but it is likely that dents in the sciences, the retention only in a graduate seminar would an and success of women in their respec- instructor want to assign all three completely objective and independent tive scientific fields remains margin- lengthy and conceptually thick works observers; they are people living in al.1 Thus, a primary goal of feminist for comparison. If the books are taken societies and cultures that are shaped science—evident in the three Rout- together, students may tire of the over- by politics and history. Not only do lap and similarity between the three. biases inherently exist in the kinds of While only a few essays may be perti- activities and practices that are consid- nent at the introductory level, most ered scientific, but the generation or would be appropriate for upper-divi- construction of knowledge stemming sion courses in the sciences and science from and guiding these practices is studies. socially, politically, and historically situated. Furthermore, feminist sci- Women, Science, and Technology ence recognizes the interconnectedness resulted from an interdisciplinary jour- between the person conducting the ney by five women who communicat- scientific investigation and the subject ed across disciplines and developed a of his or her inquiry. multidisciplinary undergraduate course on women and gender in science and Second, in doing feminist sci- technology. Aimed at an introducto- ence we must incorporate a diversity ry-level audience that is not expected of actors and agents into our scientific to be familiar with science studies, the research, not just that of the dominant anthology can also be a vital tool for culture, group, or ideology. Through even the most seasoned researcher who an enlargement of the subject pool to is well versed in the worlds of science include more than the traditionally studies and feminist criticism. The privileged, Western male perspective, interweaving of personal anecdotes we can enrich our scientific knowledge ledge anthologies—is to develop a with research-oriented studies provides and discover interconnections that our science more hospitable to a diversity a rich context from which to view the previously limited standpoint had not of practitioners and to more effective- experiences and roles of women in the allowed us to see. ly communicate with the non-science sciences. The book seeks to answer And, third, science must be made public (and across academic disci- five main questions: “Who does sci- more accessible both to the general plines). In sum, we need “a science ence? How does culture shape science? population and to those aspiring to for the people” (Ruth Hubbard in undertake scientific research, regard- Women, Science and Technology, less of race, class, and gender. Since p.154). In doing feminist science, scientific research is used as the basis we must incorporate a for many types of policy decisions, it In working to achieve a concep- is vital that the practices and activities tual transformation to a feminist sci- diversity of actors and of science not just be comprehensible ence—particularly for the next gener- agents into our scientific to small groups of “experts.” Science ation of would-be scientists—the edi- research, not just that of the tors have designed each of their an- thologies to be especially geared to- dominant culture, group, or ideology.

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How does science shape culture? Can Passion, energy, and excitement we redefine and reform science to in- Science must be made are evident in Feminist Science Studies: clude feminist perspectives? How can more accessible both to the A New Generation. The editors’ intro- feminist perspectives on science and general population and to duction suggests that the growth and technology improve the day-to-day metamorphosis of a feminist science lives of women (and men)?” (p.xxv). those aspiring to undertake has been an intellectual and personal An indepth index and well-written scientific research, regard- adventure for researchers working in section introductions further add to less of race, class, and new realms and territories who often the usefulness and accessibility of this find themselves treading along the anthology for students, educators, re- gender. outskirts of their respective disciplines searchers, and popular audiences. (pp.1–3). The contributors hope for an enlightened transformation of sci- In keeping with its title, The tinuing the discussion. Well-written ence and science studies—for a “new Gender and Science Reader gathers to- introductions to the book and each of generation” of rich, diverse, activist gether previously published works its six sections2 provide clear signposts research that encompasses the complex from the academic literature and the for readers, enabling the editors to and “inextricable interconnections be- popular press on feminist theory and practice what they preach—that is, to tween race, class, gender, and science criticism and science education and advocate for a more inclusive science and technology” (p.5). This volume, literature. Of the three works, this by making the dialogue accessible to which appears to be intended for a volume perhaps provides the best “outsiders.” An extensive bibliogra- more scholarly audience, focuses on overview of the critiques and discus- phy further adds to the value of this autobiographical, theoretical, and sions of feminist science. All the es- anthology. The meager three-page in- methodological experiences and ideas says included were deemed to have dex, however (for a 500-page book!) related to pedagogy and transdisci- significantly contributed to the devel- offers little more than what is already plinary feminist science studies in the opment of feminist science; thus, they provided in the table of contents. first three sections of the book.3 How- provide a solid framework for con- ever, the essayists in the last section

RELATED READING

Cheryl Ney, Jacqueline Ross, & Laura Stempel, eds., FLICKERING CLUSTERS: WOMEN, SCIENCE, AND COLLABORATIVE TRANS- FORMATIONS. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Consortium, 2001. 151p. bibl. Distributed by Uni- versity of Wisconsin Press: pap., $16.95, ISBN 0-9679587-0-9.

From the back cover: “[D]ocuments an innovative project designed to attract and retain women and minority students in science, math- ematics, and engineering. These insightful, inspiring essays discuss the development and implementation of the collaborative Women and Sci- ence Project, which aimed to improve undergraduate science education by increasing faculty expertise in gender and science scholarship and pedagogy; providing role models of professional women scientists; im- proving the classroom and campus climate; and creating ‘science com- munities.’” For a critical review of Flickering Clusters, see Journal of Chemical Education v.79, no.8 (August 2002), p.943 .

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attempt to cross yet another bound- visions for science. More importantly, Androcentric Science,” “Analyzing ary: from the academic classroom and all three offer more than just criticism: Gendered Science,” “Gendered Prax- laboratory to communities outside the in addition, they outline exciting vi- is,” “Science and Identity,” and “Fem- university. Their efforts are admira- sions and practical remedies for creat- inist Restructuring of Science.” ble, and more of this dialogue and ac- ing a more inclusive, self-aware, and tivism will go a long way toward creat- insightful science. We can discover a 3. Feminist Science Studies: A New ing a new generation of feminist sci- brave new world through feminist sci- Generation is divided into four sec- ence outside the academy. Still, this ence—let us explore, converse, and tions: “(Un)Disciplined Identities: anthology will be best appreciated by practice in it. Forging Knowledge Across Borders,” scholars and students (particularly at “Altered States: Transforming Disci- the graduate level) who are concerned Notes plines from Within,” “Stories from the with the multi- or transdisciplinary Field: Implementing Feminist Science aspects of feminist science studies. 1. The first sections of Women, Sci- Studies in the Academy,” and “Desti- ence, and Technology and The Gender nation: Reintegrating Science, Com- These three feminist science an- and Science Reader are devoted to is- munity, and Activism.” thologies are thoughtfully organized, sues revolving around accessibility, eloquently written, informative, and success, and retention for women in [Joy Fritschle Mason is a dissertator in absolutely essential. They contain the sciences. the Geography Department at the Uni- some of the best research and scholar- versity of Wisconsin–Madison and stud- ship written on feminist critiques and 2. “Women in Science,” “Creating ies the biogeography, environmental his- tory, and preservation of coast redwood forests in California.]

Page 4 Feminist Collections (v.24, no.1, Fall 2002) CALL FOR PROPOSALS—DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 15!

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by Heather Branton

TINA MACHIDA IN ZIMBABWE (RAINMAKERS, SERIES 2). 26 mins. color. 2000. Dir.: Robbie Hart. Prod.: Robbie Hart & Luc Côté, Adobe Productions. Distr.: Bullfrog Films, Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; phone: (800) 543- FROG or (610) 779-8226; fax: (610) 370-1978; website: www.bullfrogfilms.com Rental: $45.00. Sale: $195.00.

FORBIDDEN FRUIT. 30 mins. color. 2000. By Sue Maluwa Bruce, Beate Kunath, & Yvonne Zuckmantel. Distr: Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, New York, NY 10013; phone: (212) 925-0606; fax: (212) 925-2052; email: [email protected]; website: www.wmm.com Rental (VHS): $60.00. Sale (VHS): $195.00. Order #: W02757.

EVERYTHING MUST COME TO LIGHT. 25 mins. color. 2002. By Mpumi Njinge & Paulo Alberton. Prod.: Gay & Lesbian Archives of South Africa; Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Distr.: First Run Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Flr., Brooklyn, NY 11201; phone: (718) 488-8900; email: [email protected]; website: www.frif.com Rental (video): $60.00. Sale (video): $225.00.

The 1990s witnessed an increase since embarked on a sometimes liefs espoused by our society, should in public discourse about homosexual- bumpy journey toward getting a fairly have any advocates in our midst and ity in southern Africa. The content conservative population to accept a even elsewhere in the world.”2 Two and intensity of the conversations dif- progressive document. Inclusion of weeks later, during the country’s an- fered greatly, however, between adja- “sexual orientation” in the Bill of nual independence celebration, he cent South Africa and Zimbabwe. Rights was hard-fought by gay and again declared that gays and lesbians Early in the decade, the world saw lesbian comrades in the struggle “behave worse than dogs and pigs.… the end of state apartheid in South against apartheid who were willing to What we are being persuaded to ac- Africa and the beginnings of govern- be open about their sexuality during cept is sub-animal behavior and we mental commitment to equality for all an extremely oppressive regime. will never allow it here. If you see individuals in that country. This was Meanwhile, just across the people parading themselves as Lesbi- most vividly captured in 1996 in the Limpopo River and the northern bor- ans and Gays, arrest them and hand new constitution’s Bill of Rights: “The der, gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe them over to the police!”3 Since that state may not unfairly discriminate were being subjected to scathing at- time, gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe directly or indirectly against anyone tacks by President Robert Mugabe. In have been on a public stage, fighting on one or more grounds, including a speech at Zimbabwe’s International for rights in an often-life-threatening race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital Book Fair in 1995, Mugabe pro- context. status, ethnic or social origin, colour, claimed, “I find it extremely outra- sexual orientation, age, disability, reli- geous and repugnant to my human The argument against homo- gion, conscience, belief, culture, lan- conscience that such immoral and re- sexuality in southern and eastern Af- guage and birth.”1 South Africa has pulsive organisations, like those of ho- rica is frequently framed within the mosexuals who offend both the law of claim that gayness or lesbianism is a nature and the morals of religious be- European experience and therefore “not a part of our culture”—in other words, that there is no such thing as

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heroines are beset by cultural taboos who were ready to challenge the soci- Inclusion of “sexual orien- against—and punishment for—same- etal status quo. In 1998, GALZ par- sex relationships in that country. In ticipated in its first march, which cel- tation” in South Africa's contrast, Everything Must Come to ebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Bill of Rights was hard- Light presents three lesbians in South Universal Declaration of Human fought by gay and lesbian Africa who actually experience cultural Rights. The march coincided with the legitimacy in being in such relation- assembly meeting of the World Coun- comrades in the struggle ships. cil of Churches, where Machida urged against apartheid who Focusing on the struggle for ac- that sexual orientation be put on the were willing to be open ceptance of gay and lesbian rights in agenda so that the churches could dis- Zimbabwe, Tina Machida in Zimba- cuss it. about their sexuality dur- bwe interweaves the personal and the Machida’s commitment to gay ing an extremely oppressive political. In it we see what one rights brings her into direct confronta- regime. woman is struggling for within the tion with religion, race, government, context of her own experiences, as well and traditional beliefs. Zimbabwe is as her bravery in standing up for oth- primarily a Christian country, and ers. President Mugabe’s position that gays being both African and gay. This Tina Machida is a gay rights ac- should be castrated and publicly claim not only dismisses the sexuality tivist in Zimbabwe. As a youth she whipped has garnered widespread sup- and identity of many African men and faced severe pressure from her parents port among the churches. Machida women, but also reduces homosexual- to renounce her desire to be with a tries to engage church leaders, in par- ity to issues of race and colonialism. woman. After trips to traditional ticular, in dialogue about discrimina- It is fascinating, then, that none healers, faith healers, doctors, and psy- tion against gays and lesbians in the of the films reviewed here presents a chologists, Machida’s parents prear- churches. She also uses her own story defense of homosexuality or lesbian- ranged a rape, expecting her to follow to challenge the claim that homosexu- ism; rather, each offers a lived experi- custom and request marriage to the ality is foreign to African culture. ence. Tina Machida fights for rights man who made her pregnant. Instead, Machida, who has experienced as a person also created by God; Sue she chose an abortion. It was during violence and threats of violence, has a Maluwa Bruce tells a story of infidel- the pain of that experience that she platonic boyfriend who provides a ity and love—not lesbian scandal; and faced a turning point—she decided to public image of “normality” and a Mpumi Njinge and Paulo Alberton have control over her own body and measure of protection when she is out show how three women incorporate life. in the broader community. She has their lesbian identities into their voca- been forced to relocate her home be- tions as traditional healers. Present at President Mugabe’s cause of publicity for her gay-rights 1995 Independence Day attack on statements and her neighbors’ resis- Given the contrasts between the lesbians and gays, Machida felt a mix- tance to living near homosexuals. Her two countries—at least between the ture of fear and anger. Her ultimate response? “As long as I can get up in respective governments’ responses to response, though, was that if there was the morning and say, ‘It’s a beautiful gay rights and the legitimacy of homo- ever to be freedom for gays and lesbi- day,’ I’m going to be positive about sexuality as part of human existence— ans, she was going to have to help my life…. No matter what happens, I the differences among the films are make it happen. She had joined Gays will keep on fighting.” striking. Both Zimbabwean films, and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) in Tina Machida and Forbidden Fruit, 1992, when it functioned primarily as “Forbidden Fruit is a story address the struggles associated with a white social club. But following the about two black lesbians in a rural being lesbian. The former is a docu- events in 1995, GALZ became politi- area here in Zimbabwe,” begins a mentary about a gay rights activist cal. The change in the organization’s who has been actively fighting for le- focus drew in Black gays and lesbians gitimacy and legal recognition in Zim- babwe; the latter, a love story whose

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charming, fictional love story pre- a new life in the nearby sented against the backdrop of the city of Mutare; mean- beautiful Zimbabwean countryside. while, Tsitsi is sent back Two women are in love in a small vil- to her family, where she lage near the mountains of eastern endures a year of tradi- Zimbabwe: Nongoma, twenty-six and tional cleansing that is single, lives with her sister and her supposed to rid her of mother, who is greatly concerned that the “evil spirit” that is Nongoma is not yet married or even troubling her. The fam- talking about boyfriends. Tsitsi, mar- ily then sends her to ried, lives nearby with her mother-in- Mutare to live with her law and sister-in-law. She and brother and work to aid From Everything Must Come to Light. Used by permission of First Nongoma have been in a secret rela- them economically. Run Icarus Films. tionship for about a year when When Nongoma Nongoma has a dream in which they and Tsitsi have the inevitable encoun- hope that women can survive and are discovered and Tsitsi is sent back ter in Mutare after yet another year, thrive in spite of such social, cultural, to her family, who in turn send her Nongoma shares another dream that and economic pressures. away for “cleansing.” Their fears are she has been having: that the two Everything Must Come to Light is realized when Tsitsi’s sister-in-law dis- women are living in another city, a fascinating documentary about three covers them in a passionate embrace. Cheridzi, where they are studying and lesbian women who are traditional Nongoma tries to persuade Tsitsi working hard to begin their own busi- healers, or sangomas, in South Africa. to run away with her, but Tsitsi, ness so that they can support them- Mpumi Njinge, co-producer and nar- choosing to face the punishment for selves and share their lives together. rator, had become acquainted with the her infidelity, returns to her mother- And that is what happens. three—Gog Lindi, Jama, and in-law’s house. Nongoma departs for Thsidi—during a previous project in While Forbidden Fruit excludes Soweto (a large Black township south- issues of race, politics, and religion, it west of Johannesburg), and visits them provides great insight into cultural again. Jama and Tshidi are a same-sex customs regarding the implicit expec- couple who work together, while Gog tations of marriage and childbearing Lindi lives with her sister’s family in and the taboo against women having another part of Soweto. Njinge relationships outside of marriage. No- weaves their stories with interspersed tably absent from this story is any ex- footage of the two visits. plicit mention of lesbianism. Instead, For all three women, their iden- the viewer is left to assume (or not) tity as lesbians is linked to being that the evil spirit that was being sangomas. Gog Lindi and Jama each cleansed was that of Tsitsi’s attraction encountered a primary male ancestor to Nongoma. in a dream who told them to become What is most heartening about a sangoma. What was striking about this film is the two women’s ultimate both experiences is that each woman self-empowerment in choosing a life was told to “take a wife.” Tshidi, also together. At a time when accounts of a sangoma, became Jama’s wife and life in Zimbabwe are filled with dis- raised her children. Nothing is said crimination against sexual minorities, about the details of her calling, or political violence, and death from about Gog Lindi’s wife. Taboos From Forbidden Fruit. Used by permission of Women Make Movies. hunger and AIDS, this story inspires against lesbian relationships are not

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explicitly addressed, but Jama talks dialogue around southern African cul- about how business became “right” ture and history and around intersec- 2. Kai Wright, “Totally Unacceptable once she “got in line” and became a tions between gender and lesbianism, to Cultural Norms: Gays in Zimba- lesbian. The viewer does not know sex roles, and current politics. Each is bwe Fight Institutionalized Ho- whether this is a common experience not only rich with information and mophobia, See Slow Gains in Social for sangomas; we have only Njinge’s insight for discussion, but also exquis- Acceptance” (first of four parts), The comment at the end of the film that itely poised for a broader engagement Washington Blade, April 28, 2000; there was a group of ten sangomas in with what it means to be lesbian in http://www.aegis.com/news/wb/2000/ Soweto who were in same-sex relation- each context. WB000402.html ships. Notes 3. Wright, “Totally Unacceptable to Apparently, legitimization of the Cultural Norms,” http:// lesbian relationship came through 1. Constitution of the Republic of www.aegis.com/news/wb/2000/ cooptation of traditional gender roles. South Africa, 1996, Chapter 2 (Bill of WB000402.html The implication of being told by male Rights), Section 9 (Equality), Article ancestors to “take a wife” is that these 3. See http://www.gov.za/constitu- [Heather Branton is a Ph.D. candidate women were acting on the ancestors’ tion/1996/96cons2.htm in Sociology at the University of Michi- behalf and not on their own. This may have eased whatever taboos exist nor- mally against same-sex relationships and even have supported the belief Feminist Collections: that the sangomas were inhabited by A Quarterly of their ancestors. Unfortunately, the film does not explore the women’s un- Women’s Studies Resources derstanding of this cooptation. It is notable that this film’s con- text is limited to the women’s personal backgrounds, their current families, and Soweto. We know nothing of their experiences with apartheid, race, or politics. Everything Must Come to Light is simply (if it can be labeled as such) a story of three African women who are both sangomas and lesbians. On a personal note, I met Mpumi Njinge a few years ago in South Af- rica. A charming, creative, and de- lightful individual, he brought warmth and humor with him wher- ever he went. Upon viewing the video I searched for more information on his work, only to discover that he had died a few weeks earlier from AIDS- related illness. South Africa and the It’s not just for libraries . . . world has lost his art and his vision in his too-early death. and it’s not just about books.

Each of these films provides ex- http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/ cellent opportunities for discovery and

gan. Her research interests include HIV/ Feminist Collections (v.24, no.1, Fall 2002) AIDS, adolescent fertility, educational Page 9 attainment, and development in South Africa.] WORLD WIDE WEB REVIEW ECOFEMINISM ON THE INTERNET by Emily Bounds

Most ecofeminist websites are developed and main- in Literature and Art,” this is an excellent source of informa- tained by individuals with a strong interest in ecofeminism. tion about ecofeminism and related concepts and provides These sites characterize ecofeminism as the particular cross- links to a large number of key essays by such notable writers section of feminist studies that addresses the mutually ben- as Rosemary Radford Ruether, Susan Griffin, Vandana eficial relationship between nature and the feminine (as op- Shiva, and Karen J. Warren. There are many other links to posed to the dominant relationship of the masculine over essays and articles that do not discuss the specific discipline nature). Similarities are also pointed out between the sub- or movement of ecofeminism but are by writers who em- jugation and exploitation of women and that of the envi- phasize both ecology and feminism—for instance, Leslie ronment, both at the hands of the male hierarchy. A num- Silko, Louise Erdich, and even early naturalist writers such ber of other websites are by self-described ecofeminists who as Margaret Fuller. Kathleen Nichols also links to another are particularly interested in the concept of women either as of her web pages, “Eco-Research Online,” that provides a “goddesses” (of nature) or as synonymous with nature; these comprehensive list (with links) of various reputable organi- sites discuss the concept of goddess worship. zations with environmentally conscious missions. Although there are many established sites on the While its sheer mass of content might serve to establish Internet devoted to feminism or environmentalism, rela- this site as the central resource for finding valuable material tively few concentrate specifically on the relationship be- in the field of ecofeminism, the presentation of link after tween the two. Of those that do, most are impermanent link, threaded through running text, is somewhat over- sites designed by women’s studies professors for specific whelming. It is difficult to get a sense of how large the site courses or by activists or hobbyists who have not been able itself is, and it is not always immediately clear, when click- to keep them (particularly their links to other sites) up-to- ing on a link, that one is actually leaving Nichols’ site en- date. tirely (or where exactly one is ending up). Women’s studies journals still provide the most substan- tial information about ecofeminism. As the field continues to expand—in terms of scholars, activists, and range of is- EVE Online sues—the selection of websites in this area presumably will URL: http://eve.enviroweb.org/ expand as well. Currently, the sites listed below collectively Developed/maintained by: Cathleen McGuire provide a good deal of diverse information relating to Last updated: unknown ecofeminism. Reviewed: September 20, 2002; revisited: December 12, 2002

Ecofeminist Literature EVE (“Ecofeminist Visions Emerging”) Online is an URL: http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/flora.html attractive, well-organized site hosted by Envirolink (an Developed/maintained by: Kathleen Nichols, Ph.D., online, nonprofit, environmental community of volunteers Pittsburg State University, Kansas and organizations from around the world). Last updated: April 22, 2002 Accessing the site map reveals links to original essays by Reviewed: September 20, 2002; revisited: December 12, EVE Online’s designers and contributors that address a di- 2002 verse array of issues relating to ecofeminism; most are opin- ion pieces written by ecofeminist activists, and should be Part of a larger site called “Gender, Nature, and Society considered as such. However, the site also includes a num- ber of links to scholarly, research-based articles from profes- sors in women’s studies or related fields, as well as a bibliog- raphy highlighting a number of ecofeminist books, videos,

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and other resources. This is a good resource for those who globe demonstrates the tremendous growth and impact the are interested in an introduction to ecofeminism and the ideals of ecofeminism have had in recent years, especially for origins of the movement. women from third- and fourth-world countries.

Ecofem.org Ecofeminism at Erratic Impact’s Philosophy Research URL: http://www.ecofem.org/ Base Developed/maintained by: Richard T. Twine, Institute for URL: http://www.erraticimpact.com/~ecofeminism/ Environment, Philosophy, & Public Policy, Lancaster Uni- Developed/maintained by: Danne Polk versity, England Last updated: Unknown Last updated: December 20, 2002 Reviewed: September 21, 2002; revisited: December 12, Reviewed: December 29, 2002 2002 This website provides a brief description of the Erratic Impact’s Philosophy Research Base, developed ecofeminism movement, connects the reader to a fuller dis- and maintained by a Villanova University philosophy in- cussion in the site’s e-journal, and offers links to biblio- structor, offers a well-developed section of annotated links graphic resources and other interesting ecofeminist sites. to ecofeminist books, journals, websites, news articles, and The “Link to Journals” and “Book of the Month” sec- more. From the ecofeminism index page, there are also tions, as well as Eco-fem.org’s e-journal, are definite assets to many links (by author) to publication and purchase infor- the Web presence of the ecofeminist movement. While mation for many ecofeminist texts. most of the entries in the “Link to Journals” section are not fulltext e-journals, detailed tables of contents provide bib- liographic information for most of the articles published in Women’s Environment and Development Organization them. The Web pages of most of these journals also display (WEDO) subscription as well as indexing and abstracting informa- URL: http://www.wedo.org/ tion. Developed/maintained by: WEDO Last updated: unknown Reviewed: September 21, 2002; revisited: December 12, Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) 2002 URL: http://www.wildrockies.org/wve/ Developed/maintained by: WVE (Aimee Boulanger, Ex- WEDO, a New York–based, international, women’s ecutive Director) advocacy network founded by Bella Abzug and Mim Kelber Last updated: September 2002 in 1990, works to “increase the power of women worldwide Reviewed: September 23, 2002; revisited: December 12, as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and 2002 forums” as a means to “achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all.” An ecofeminist group based in Montana, WVE strives While the organization does not explicitly bill itself as to stop hazardous materials from being released into the en- ecofeminist, it is an example of a group of women working vironment. The “News” and “Toxic Campaigns” sections of worldwide, promoting and educating people about the this site exhibit the substantial achievements of the organi- principles of sustainable development and sound environ- zation in Montana and surrounding states on behalf of mental practices. (See, for instance, “Sustainable Develop- women and the environment. Weavings, the group’s quar- ment” under “Program Areas” on the website.) terly newsletter, can be read online in PDF format. The site The content of the site consists mainly of reports from is a wonderful resource for learning about specific, local ac- women’s conferences concerning sustainable development complishments; it also offers suggestions for getting in- and links to fairly well-known international women’s groups volved with the various ecofeminist-related causes pursued such as the United Nations Development Fund for Women. by the organization. The range of reports from women’s conferences around the [Emily Bounds is a reference librarian at Utah Valley State College.]

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Our website (http://www. library.wisc.edu/libraries/ late 1980s. Asmita’s activities have included publishing a WomensStudies/) includes all recent issues of this column magazine, documenting the Nepali women’s movement, (formerly called "Computer Talk"), plus many bibliogra- and researching efforts to stop trafficking of women and phies, core lists of women’s studies books, and links to girls in Nepal. A website is maintained at http:// hundreds of other websites by topic. www.asmita.org.np/ Information about electronic journals and maga- zines, particularly those with numbered or dated issues The ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMMUNICA- posted on a regular schedule, can be found in our “Peri- TIONS (AWC) started in 1909 as a women’s journalism odical Notes” column. society at the University of Washington. Today, member- ship in AWC is open to both women and men in communi- cations careers (e.g., magazine journalism, web design, book WEBSITES and CD-ROM publishing, advertising, and audiovisual pro- duction). The organization’s website is at http:// The website of the AFRICAN CENTRE FOR WOMEN, www.womcom.org/ INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECH- NOLOGY (ACWICT) at http://www.acwict.or.ke opens CAREER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC. (CCG) with a striking photo of a woman in colorful traditional aims to “promote significant minority achievement in engi- clothing, holding a state-of-the-art notebook computer. neering, science and technology.” CCG’s WOMEN OF The mission of this Kenya-based nongovernmental organi- COLOR: A MULTICULTURAL EVENT, presents awards zation (NGO) is “to promote access to and effective use of in the areas of government and defense as well as health, [information and communications technologies] among science, and technology: http://www.womenofcolor.net/ women in the African region as well as explore opportuni- ties for harnessing the technology to work as a tool for their The CENTRE FOR MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND OVU- social, economic, political advancement.” One of the LATION RESEARCH (CeMCOR) does not focus on in- organization’s projects is a mentoring program that aims to fertility and disease, but rather on “women and the physi- encourage girls to pursue careers in information technology. ological, natural changes in their menstrual cycles.” A “vir- tual center,” CeMCOR was founded and is directed by Dr. Many women were among the firefighters and emergency Jerilynn C. Prior and has a scientific advisory council of re- medical technicians on the scene of the disaster at the searchers in gynecology, nutrition, sociology, epidemiology, World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Two websites psychology, and endocrinology; the team includes the well- specifically dedicated to those women’s experiences are AN- known Dr. Susan Love. CeMCOR’s website at http:// OTHER VIEW OF 9/11: WOMEN TELL THEIR STO- www.cemcor.ubc.ca/index.html offers a number of short, RIES (http://www.wfsi.org/AnotherView.html) and informative articles for laypeople, including one titled WOMEN AT GROUND ZERO (http:// “Perimenopause: The Ovaries’ Frustrating Grand Finale.” www.womenatgroundzero.com), the latter being a com- panion site to a book with the same title by Susan Hagen DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES WITH WOMEN and Mary Carouba. FOR A NEW ERA (DAWN), made up of representatives from countries as far apart as Sri Lanka, Norway, and Brazil ASMITA WOMEN’S PUBLISHING HOUSE, MEDIA (among others), does research and advocacy on “the politi- AND RESOURCE ORGANISATION in Nepal is “the one cal economy of globalization,” “sexual and reproductive and only feminist alternative media organization in the health and rights,” “political restructuring and social trans- country.” The organization, whose name means “identity,” formation,” and “sustainable livelihoods.” DAWN, a par- was started by a group of young women journalists in the ticipant in the January 2003 World Social Forum, is sup- ported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foun- dation and other agencies, and offers many publications at its website: http://www.dawn.org.fj/

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ESCAPE: THE PROSTITUTION PREVENTION PROJECT, based in Minneapolis and run by women who have left the sex trade, seeks above all to use social change to end prostitution and abuse. In the meantime, Escape also works to reduce harm to sex workers—whether or not they wish to or are able to leave the trade—and support their dignity, safety, and rights. The organization’s website at http://www.escapeprostitution.com has a wealth of re- sources including studies, news articles, the texts of speeches, and some very hard-hitting survivor testimonies.

GABRIE’L J. ATCHISON PRODUCTIONS is the project of a woman of color and size who has pushed be- yond the barriers that keep nonconventional dancers from expressing themselves. Atchison is a writer, has a Ph.D. in Miriam Greenwald women’s studies, and is passionate about making the ben- website, http://www.grrlstories.org, that adolescent girls as efits of dance available to all women. See her website at well as their parents, teachers, and advisors can use to ex- http://www.onlinegabriel.com/ plore important issues such as body image, teen pregnancy, gang involvement, religion, disability, peer pressure, and GIRL ZONE, at http://www.girlzone.com/, although clut- getting along (or not) with parents. One very nice feature tered with an alarming amount of flashing advertising for of the site is its separate set of activities that a girl can use on makeup, music CDs, opportunities to win money, and ser- her own to reflect on the four case studies that are pre- vices that obtain data about people, offers positive and em- sented. powering messages for girls: see for instance, “Ms. KnowBody’s” size-accepting remarks and warnings about The INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GENDER bulimia and anorexia, and the site authors’ promise on the MEDIA WATCHDOGS “provides information on all “Who We Are” page: “We will ALWAYS listen to girls. We groups that undertake gender watchdog activities. These will always believe that EVERY girl is cool.” activities include media monitoring, activism, education, information, etc.” Listed organizations range from Albania’s GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR HIV PREVENTION offers Women’s Information and Documentation Centre to the a CD-ROM with 5,000 pages of information about pre- U.S.A.’s Columbia Workshop on Journalism, Race and venting, diagnosing, and treating HIV in women and chil- Ethnicity. See http://143.169.1.181/mediawatchdogs/ dren. Entitled WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND HIV: RE- SOURCES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, the IPAS—“a non-profit agency improving women’s lives by CD is available for free, in English, to individuals and focusing on reproductive health”—offers a website in En- groups. For more information, visit http:// glish, Spanish, and Portuguese at http://www.ipas.org. www.globalstrategies.org/resources/guidelines.html The organization, which has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and Latin America, seeks to promote women’s The GLOBAL TELECOM WOMEN’S NETWORK reproductive rights, improve access to safe elective abortion (GTWN), headquartered in Germany, is designed for ex- and post-abortion care, and supply safe and effective tech- ecutive women in the telecommunications industry. The nologies to reproductive health care providers. network’s website at http://www.gtwn.org/ is rather sparse at present, but does include a few past newsletter articles, KILDEN—the Norwegian word for “source”—is the name including one on mentoring. of the Norwegian Information and Documentation Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. The center of- GRRLSTORIES was started by Pulitzer-winning photogra- fers several periodicals and other support for researchers, pher Joanna Pinneo, who has done substantial work on and has a website: the address for the English version is girls’ coming-of-age experiences. Along with Susan http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/english/index.html Osborne, Corinne Platt, and Janet Salmons, she produces a

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www.oloc.org/ includes a call for lesbians to submit oral LAMBDA ISTANBUL (website at http://www.qrd.org/ “herstories” of women over seventy, “so that the struggles qrd/www/world/europe/turkey/) describes itself as “a lib- they experienced and the courage they exemplified will not eration group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered be lost to coming generations or to lesbians who are living people in Turkey” that grew out of resistance to police op- lives in the first decades of this century.” Articles from position in 1993. Lambda Istanbul links to the (non-En- OLOC’s newsletter are also online; the most recent address glish) site of one specifically lesbian Turkish group, important Medicare and Social Security issues. SAPPHO’NUN KIZLARI (http://www.geocities.com/ WestHollywood/Chelsea/9070/). Do you do research on single women? Join the SCHOL- ARS OF SINGLE WOMEN NETWORK, which is build- LEADING INDICATORS, a site (and a company?) owned ing a website of resources at http://www.medusanet.ca/ by a former Victoria’s Secret fashion director and apparently singlewomen/ and offers a listserv to its 100+ members. dedicated to publicizing news and trends about women and business, offers two free emailed newsletters: COMPASS The Inter-Press Service (IPS) News Agency has an e-zine on (“tracks American women in an international world”) and gender and human rights, called SHAAN ONLINE, at BUSINESS MATTERS (“delivering key marketing and de- http://www.ipsnews.net/hivaids/index.shtml, with many sign news, with a focus on women consumers”). Find out headlines about HIV/AIDS and other sexual-health issues. more or sign up at http://www.leadingindicators.com/ Unfortunately, the site appears not to have been updated index.html since January 2002, and some of the articles themselves have no dates; nor is the title’s acronym spelled out any- OLD LESBIANS ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE where. (OLOC) battles ageism and strives to empower lesbians who are over the age of sixty. The group’s website at http:// “We’re not chicks, babes, girls, or even grrls—we’re women,

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and we’re okay with being women,” writes Dori Smith, the group has a new email address: [email protected] publisher of the website/periodical WISE-WOMEN, http://www.wise-women.org/, “a world-wide, online com- The International Committee for the Red Cross offers a munity of web designers, developers and programmers.” special WOMEN AND WAR section on its website, at Men, though, are equally welcome to join Wise-Women, as http://www.icrc.org/eng, that includes a photo gallery, key are women or men who are new to the technology. The documents, video clips, and news about the effects of war group and its site and discussion lists are definitely feminist, on women worldwide. Click on “Advanced Search,” then where feminism means respect, equality, warmth, commu- select “Women and War” from the drop-down menu under nity, and avoidance of violence (i.e., “flaming”). And not all “Subject.” the articles are “techie”—see, for instance, an archived piece by Bonnie Bucqueroux called “Have Women Websters The WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR THE MODERN LAN- Achieved Equality on the Internet?” GUAGES (WCML), an allied organization of the Modern Language Association, has a new website at http:// WOMEN ARTISTS IN CANADA (LES FEMMES www.umass.edu/wcml/ Among other offerings is the ARTISTES DU CANADA) is an online collection of the group’s email discussion list (click on the “Listserv” link). digitized works of some 200 artists, from Gisela Amantea to Malgorzata Zurakowska and from pastel painting to video “We provide the latest information on how women’s lives in installation. Also included are artist statements and an ex- the developing world are being changed by U.S. programs tensive bibliography. See it at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ and policies,” says the description on the website for waic/collection.htm WOMEN’S EDGE: THE COALITION FOR WOMEN’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL The work of the WOMEN OF COLOR RESOURCE EQUALITY (http://www.womensedge.org/). The organi- CENTER (WCRC), whose website is at http:// zation also “works to bring the voices of women from the www.coloredgirls.org/, addresses racial justice, the global developing world to U.S. policy makers and regularly col- economy, and girls’ issues. WCRC’s newsletter, Sister to Sis- laborates with women’s organizations from other nations.” ter/S2S, is available to members, and other publications are Among other offerings at the site are proceedings from past sold on the site. Women’s EDGE conferences, such as “Women’s Lives in the World Economy III: Free Trade in the Americas.” Similar to Wise-Women (see above) in some of its technical offerings (e.g., how-to’s and tricks for using particular soft- “A nationwide online resource for women and girls living ware) but different in that membership on its list is only for with or escaping domestic violence,” the WOMEN’S LAW women and only for professional web designers is the INITIATIVE (WLI) at http://www.womenslaw.org offers WOMEN DESIGNER’S GROUP, which maintains a site information, by state, for understanding issues and dealing at http://www.womendesignersgroup.com/index.shtml with court processes (for instance, how to get a restraining order in Wisconsin). WLI was started two years ago by “a WOMEN & THE ECONOMY, accessible at http:// group of lawyers, teachers, activists, and web designers in- unpac.ca/economy/index2.htm, is a project of the United terested in seeing the powers of the internet work for more Nations Platform for Action Committee (UNPAC) in disadvantaged people.” Some of the funding for the project Manitoba, Canada. The site’s material ranges from a simple has come from the Bank of America Foundation and the introduction to economics and a discussion of globaliza- Glaser Progress Foundation. tion—with emphasis on how women are affected—to pro- posals for alternative economic measures, such as the GPI The current focus of the WOMEN’S LEARNING PART- (“genuine progress index”). Quotations from feminist NERSHIP FOR RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, AND economist Marilyn Waring and others appear in the mar- PEACE (WLP), which maintains a website at http:// gins of the pages. www.learningpartnership.org/, is on empowering women in Muslim societies. WLP’s site offers facts and figures The website for the British organization WOMEN IN about the status of women worldwide, the texts of interna- PUBLISHING, introduced in this column several years ago, has a new home at http://www.wipub.org.uk, and the

Feminist Collections (v.24, no.1, Fall 2002) Page 15 E-Sources on Women & Gender tional treaties and covenants addressing women’s and children’s rights, publications about creating peace, and more. GENDER AND HIV/AIDS and GENDER AND CULTURAL CHANGE, both published in 2002 and The WOMEN’S STUDIES CENTER in Jerusalem, accessible from http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/ formed in 1989, is “an independent, Palestinian, non-gov- reports_gend_CEP.html ernmental organization that strives for the realization of the principle of equality between women and men.” One of the GENDER AND ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION: Center’s many current projects is to help Arab women writ- AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (2002, 25p.), at ers develop their skills and publish their work. The http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_ec.html organization’s website at http://www.wameed.org/ is acces- sible in Arabic and English. NATIONAL MACHINERIES FOR WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCES, LESSONS, The WOMYN SUPPORTING WOMYN CENTER AND STRATEGIES (2002, 25p.), http:// (WSWC) is a lesbian-rights organization, based in Quezon www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_inst.htm City, The Philippines, that maintains a website at http:// members.tripod.com/wswc/, publishes a quarterly maga- The University of Maryland’s EARLY MODERN WOMEN zine called Switchboard, and offers “trainings, discussions, DATABASE, at http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/ and education sessions on topics related to sexuality and emw/emw.php3, “provides links to World Wide Web re- gender.” Unfortunately, distracting pop-up ads from the sources useful for the study of women in early modern Eu- Web host and resource-sucking graphic effects impede easy rope and the Americas. It focuses on the period ca. 1500 to exploration. ca. 1800. Resources have been selected for their scholarly value by librarians on the Arts and Humanities Team of the University of Maryland Libraries. Materials range from bib- ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIES, DATABASES, liographic databases to full-text resources, images, and AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS sound recordings. Most of the resources...are free. Some require a license for access.” BLACK AMERICAN FEMINISM: A Michael Flood’s MEN’S BIBLIOGRAPHY is in its tenth MULTIDISCIPLINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY, compiled by edition, with some 1500 new references, and has a new Web librarian Sherri Barnes of UC–Santa Barbara, is up and run- home at http://www.xyonline.net/mensbiblio/ ning at http://www.library.ucsb.edu/blackfeminism/. Barnes, who is also the author of “African American/Black/ ON CAMPUS WITH WOMEN, newsletter produced for Womanist Feminism on the Web,” a review in Feminist many years by the AAC&U’s (Association of American Col- Collections v.23, no.1 (http://www.library.wisc.edu/librar- leges and Universities) Program on the Status and Educa- ies/WomensStudies/fc/fcwebafram.htm), writes that her tion of Women, has gone online at http://www.aacu.org/ new work is “an effort to combat the erasure of Black femi- ocww/index.cfm# The first three of the electronic issues nist subjectivity and thought through the promotion and will look at the academic effects of Title IX, which had its use of the literature for the general public, students, scholars thirtieth anniversary in 2002. and life-long learners seeking information on African American feminism and African American feminist inter- RURAL WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT, a guidebook/ pretations of a broad range of issues.” She aims to update database from The Dimitra Project of the Food and Agri- the bibliography quarterly. culture Organization of the United Nations, lists more than 800 programs or projects and as many relevant publications: Available online in PDF format, from the U.K.’s Institute of http://www.fao.org/dimitra/query/start1.idc Development Studies, are a number of new BRIDGE re- ports (the D and G seem to stand for “Development and SHARING KNOWLEDGE TO COMBAT VIOLENCE Gender”), including the following titles: AGAINST WOMEN, the final consensus report of a project by NOVIB-Oxfam (Netherlands Organisation for

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International Development Co-operation, an Oxfam mem- welcome general news and announcements related to ber), the IIAV (International Information Centre and Ar- women and mountains, including calendar events, new chives for the Women’s Movement, based in Amsterdam), publications, research or project descriptions, job announce- and Isis International–Manila, is available in English, ments, and questions for the subscriber group.” To sub- French, Spanish, and Portuguese at http://www.novib- scribe, send a blank e-mail message to: subscribe-mf- vaw.org/htdocs/uk/index.html [email protected] For more information, visit http://www.mtnforum.org/women/index.html From the NOW (National Organization for Women) Foun- dation, an examination of popular programming on broad- [email protected]: an online discussion cast television networks: WATCH OUT, LISTEN UP! list for women in information and communication technol- 2002 FEMINIST PRIMETIME REPORT. Read the sum- ogy, started by a group that is preparing for the World Sum- mary and download the full report in PDF format from this mit on the Information Society. For more information, URL: http://www.nowfoundation.org/watchout3/ send email to Mavic Cabrera-Balleza of Isis International– Manila: [email protected] WOMEN IMMIGRANTS, 1945 TO THE PRESENT, by Eleanore O. Hofstetter, is an electronic update to the [email protected]: the listserv of the Schol- author’s print publication Women in Global Migration, ars of Single Women Network (described above under 1945–2000: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Bibliography “World Wide Websites”). To join, compose a blank email (Greenwood Press, 2001, $99.95). The online update at message (no signatures please) to single-w- http://www.towson.edu/~hofstet/ currently contains 1200 [email protected] with “subscribe” in the subject line. entries and is accessible alphabetically and also under the following categories: demography, economics, education, WORKING CLASS WOMEN IN ACADEME: “This new general, health and medicine, law and government policy, discussion forum is intended as a space to discuss issues and personal narratives, religion, and sociology. experiences that are of particular interest to women, and a space where working-class women who are new to a higher ed environment can feel like they belong.” Women who EMAIL LISTS want to subscribe should send email either to wcwia- [email protected] or to MF-WOMEN: “Open forum for discussion of issues re- [email protected], including their name, institu- lated to women living in mountain environments. We also tion, and how they found out about the list.

 Com- piled by JoAnne Lehman, with thanks to everyone who sends news of e- sources to our atten- tion

Miriam Greenwald

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ACORN ALLIANCE, publisher Moyer Bell’s distributor of RAW NERVE BOOKS, the “small, not-for-profit press small-press titles, has purchased the rights to the Sandra Kay publishing controversial, under-represented or experimental Martz compilations—most famously, When I Am an Old feminist writing” first mentioned in this column in Summer Woman I Shall Wear Purple—that were originally published 2000, announces that beginning in 2003 it will be publish- by Martz’s PAPIER MACHE PRESS. A new edition of ing fiction as well as academic work: the press’s website is at When I Am an Old Woman was due out in January 2003. http://www.rawnervebooks.co.uk/ Read more about Papier Mache and Acorn at http:// www.moyerbellbooks.com/pmache.html SEAL PRESS was acquired by Avalon Publishing Group (APG) (based in New York) on December 31, 2001. On ARTEMIS PRESS is a two-year-old, electronic-only the Seal website (http://www.sealpress.com), the twenty- publisher of women’s writing, with an emphasis on lesbian- five-year-old, Seattle-based women’s press clarifies: “This related books. The press’s site at http:// doesn’t mean the Northwest lost a publisher; though we’ve www.artemispress.com offers both classics (Jane Austen, undergone some transition, three Seals stayed on in an George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Willa Cather) and new editorial capacity in Seattle (the brain’s in Seattle; the writing in several e-book forms, including PDF files that brawn’s out East). We are still committed to publishing can be read with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader™. A number of e- great books by women and are excited that our acquisition books can be downloaded for free; others are priced at by APG affords us the opportunity to publish even more $2.95 (for classics) and $5.95 (for contemporary fiction). books and more creative, intelligent authors.”

JANE’S STORIES PRESS FOUNDATION is more than a publisher: “We offer workshops, a publishing program, and a helping hand to writing women everywhere,” states the opening page of the non-profit foundation’s website at http:// www.janespress.org/ Formerly organized as a for-profit studio Miriam Greenwald and press called Wild Dove, the group continues to publish anthologies in the series from which it takes its name— WOMEN WRITING THE WEST (WWW), “a non-profit Jane’s Stories—as well as chapbooks of midwestern women’s association of writers and other professionals writing and poetry. “Jane’s” publications are sold by PRAIRIE MOON promoting the women’s West,” is not itself a book publisher, BOOKS (http:www.prairiemoonbooks.com) but annually produces a combined catalog of its member’s publications. Membership is open to publishers (member MILIEU PRESS, a new publisher of Canadian women’s presses currently include Colophon House, Horse Creek writing, “is devoted to inventive, edgy, visionary women Publications, Houghton Mifflin, Texas Tech University writers who occupy the page with unintimidated narratives Press, and Wesanne Publications) as well as authors, but and imaginative forms.” The press invites submissions of even non-member publishers can advertise in the catalog. poetry, creative nonfiction, and lyric prose for the first of a For more information or a catalog, write to WWW at 8547 series of annual anthologies that will aim “to provide a more E. Arapahoe Rd., #J-541, Greenwood Village, CO 80112- immediate glimpse of cutting edge work currently being 1436; phone: (303) 690-6038; website: written in Canada.” Deadline is April 30, 2003; for guide- www.womenwritingthewest.org lines, write to Betsy Warland, c/o Continuing Studies, Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Room 2300, Compiled by JoAnne Lehman 515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada; email: [email protected]

Page 18 Feminist Collections (v.24, no.1, Fall 2002) Announcing a New Online Database

WAVE: Women’s Audio Visuals in English http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WAVE/

Women’s Audio Visuals in English, a database created and maintained by the University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian’s Office staff, indexes and describes documentary, experimental, and feature film and video productions by and about women. WAVE currently includes information on films and videos produced from the mid- to late 1990s. Earlier as well as more recent records will be added over time.

Note: WAVE is not a record of the holdings of the University of Wisconsin Libraries.

For more information, consult “About WAVE” at http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/WAVE/About.html

Feedback is welcome: [email protected]

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Reviewed by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Teresa Fernandez, and Caroline Vantine

BIOGRAPHICAL century Italian painter Artemisia Gen- balanced in its presentation of histori- DICTIONARIES tileschi expressed the violence of her cal figures from around the world. rape in her paintings. In America dur- Overall, this biographical dictio- Erika Kuhlman, A TO Z OF WOM- ing the nineteenth century, both Susan nary gives a good overview of the cru- EN IN WORLD HISTORY. New B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stan- cial roles that some women played in York: Facts on File, 2002. 452p. bibl. ton spent most of their lives speaking history. Libraries and anyone interest- index. $49.50, ISBN 0-8160-4334-5. for women’s rights in a patriarchal soci- ed in women’s studies and history ety. More recently and on the other would find this work valuable. This new A to Z reference from side of the globe, Indira Gandhi be- Facts on File is as well-organized and came the first woman prime minister [Caroline Vantine, who wrote the above comprehensive as the previous works of India. She then used her position of review, has just graduated from the Uni- in the series. What makes it even more authority and influence in the govern- versity of Wisconsin with a degree in En- appealing is its easy-to-use format. ment to enable women to become glish literature. A student assistant in One can start a search either with a more active in politics and govern- the Office of the Women’s Studies Librar- name in mind or by looking for a spe- ment. These are only a few examples ian for the past two years, she was also cific field, country, or year of birth. of figures discussed in the book who Feminist Collection’s editorial intern This dictionary contains more surmounted gender barriers so that for the summer of 2002.] than 250 biographies of outstanding they and all women could have better women. They are arranged by their lives. The work includes numerous activities: adventurers and athletes, am- other exceptional women, many of HEALTH azons, heroines and military leaders, them well known, such as Hildegard business leaders and lawyers, fashion von Bingen, Joan of Arc, Mary Woll- Kathlyn Gay, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF designers and trendsetters, journalists, stonecraft, Amelia Bloomer, Coco WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES. West- diarists and historians, performers, po- Chanel, Georgia O’Keeffe, Sigrid port, CT: Oryx, 2002. 300p. bibl. ill. litical activists, religious leaders, rulers, Undset, Frida Kahlo, Julia Child, Rosa index. $69.95, ISBN 1-57356-303-X. scholars and educators, science and Parks, Mother Teresa, Anne Frank, health practitioners, visual artists, Margaret Thatcher, Aretha Franklin, It’s been known for some time that women’s rights activists, and, finally, Chris Evert, and Oprah Winfrey. health is influenced by societal as well writers. Even though it is ostensibly about as individual factors, but most refer- In each biography, the editor, Eri- women in world history, this collection ence works on women’s health focus on ka Kuhlman, clearly details how the of biographies focuses mostly on wom- the personal rather than on political/ featured woman overcame obstacles en from the United States. One can social components. Kathlyn Gay’s new imposed by society or expressed her guess where the editor is from and who encyclopedia fills that gap nicely. The experience in creative ways. For in- the primary intended audience is. Yet title should, however, continue with stance, the well-known, seventeenth- many non-American women contrib- “in the United States”—or “in the uted to the advancement of women’s United States and Canada,” as there place in society. Therefore, my only are two entries about Canadian efforts. reproach is that the content is not well- There are no entries on other countries or on health problems that affect women primarily outside the U.S.,

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leaving the door open for a second vol- like the Historical and Multicultural with a statement that some feminist ume from Gay or from others. Readers Encyclopedia of Women’s Reproductive groups counter the stereotype by em- interested in examples of non-U.S. re- Rights in the United States, which phasizing that “tension and physical sources should try Understanding Wom- missed inclusion of an essay on the changes are symptoms of normal men- en’s Health Issues: A Reader, edited by negative consequences on women’s re- strual cycles.” Lakshmi Lingam (Kali for Women, productive health of mergers between Several efforts of the U.S. govern- 1998), which focuses on India, or Catholic and secular hospitals, Gay ment address women’s health issues, browse the pages of Women’s Health includes a full essay on the subject. and the Encyclopedia explains what Journal from the Latin American and Gay handles topics evenhandedly. those are and how they interrelate. Caribbean Women’s Health Network Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), for The National Institutes of Health’s Of- for that region. example, is a topic fraught with con- fice of Research on Women’s Health What the Encyclopedia of Women’s troversy over whether the condition oversees both the National Women’s Health Issues does contain are some exists and whether it represents a psy- Health Information Center and the two hundred entries on the political chological or medical disorder. Gay National Centers of Excellence in and social aspects of various illnesses summarizes each of these elements. Women’s Health. Each has an entry in and problems; biographical sketches She begins by defining PMS as a con- the Encyclopedia, as do nongovernmen- for significant movers and shakers, stellation of symptoms that differ with tal organizations with similar wide- such as Mary Calderone and Susan each woman, giving examples of some reaching purposes, such as the Nation- Love; descriptions of numerous organi- of them, including irritability and flu- al Women’s Health Resource Center zations from the Alan Guttmacher In- id retention. She says that little re- and the National Women’s Health stitute through the Women’s Health search has been done on it in part be- Network. Until reading about it in the Interactive; and several significant cause it is so difficult to define. She Encyclopedia, I was unaware that clinics events, places, publications, and laws quotes Bernadine Healy (in A New in eight states, including the Summit and court decisions concerned with Prescription for Women’s Health, 1995) Women’s Health Organization in Mil- women’s health issues. There is good to the effect that those studies that waukee, Wisconsin, are part of a Na- multicultural coverage, with separate have been conducted have failed to tional Women’s Health Organization, entries for African Americans, Asian find a hormonal or brain dysfunction founded in 1976 to provide abortion Americans and Pacific Islanders (with- to explain PMS. Gay informs readers services “in a safe and comfortable en- in the U.S. or living on islands con- that the American Psychiatric Associa- vironment.” trolled by the U.S.), Latinas, Native tion has classified severe forms of PMS The Encyclopedia closes with an Americans, lesbians, and migrants/sea- as a (psychiatric) disorder, but that extensive bibliography, an annotated sonal farm workers. It’s easy to see “most doctors consider the syndrome a description of important websites, ad- what topics there are, because there’s a real physical problem related to hor- dresses of organizations, a page with convenient list included, arranged by monal changes before menstruation Web addresses of U.S. governmental broad topics. Each entry includes sug- that can be treated with a variety of agencies and offices with programs on gestions for further reading, citing self-help techniques” (p.192). Where a women’s health issues besides those printed books and articles plus Web- reference work focusing on treatments sponsored by the Office of Women’s based information. The content and and remedies might now review a se- Health, and an index. The Encyclope- citations seem current mostly through ries of options, Gay simply states that dia is recommended for collections in 1999 (plus an occasional 2000 news some complementary and alternative women’s organizations as well as aca- item). Topics such as hormone re- medicines have been helpful to some demic and public libraries. placement therapy, where subsequent women, and moves on to discuss the research changed the attitude of the social consequences PMS. These in- health community, sound dated, but clude stereotypic negative images and these are in the minority. If, as is like- jokes and attacks on the suitability of ly, Gay was compiling the book in females for political office. She ends 1999, she was quite on top of issues gaining prominence at that time. Un-

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offered keywords related to the issues and makes explanatory comments. raised by each text, along with a glossa- Number 4, “Fireweed,” caught my eye JAPANESE WOMEN ry. because it demonstrates that Japanese The Guide accomplished its pur- writers shouldn’t be pigeonholed as Carol Fairbanks, JAPANESE WOM- pose for novice readers, but Fairbanks’s having solely Japanese influences— EN FICTION WRITERS: THEIR new book clearly shows her desire to though those influences are, of course, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 1890s cover the territory comprehensively for always present. It is a translation of TO 1990s: ENGLISH LANGUAGE those who wish to delve much deeper. “Higusa” (1969), a story that appeared SOURCES. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, And she found more translated materi- in English in Japan Quarterly in 1981, 2002. 647p. index. $115.00, ISBN 0- al to describe, too. In less than a de- about a woman named for the plant 8108-4086-3. cade those numbers had jumped to 64 that grows from ashes, the three im- novels and 217 short stories and novel- portant men in her life (including her In 1993, Carol Fairbanks pub- las (and 24 excerpts from novels) by 97 lover), and why her husband as leader lished an article in Feminist Collections1 writers (p.ix). Fairbanks’s volume is of their clan feels she must be sacri- about English-language translations of astonishingly thorough and detailed ficed. Fairbanks writes that Oba lived Japanese women fiction writers and and replete with touches that make it for a time in Alaska, where she became resources on the topic. At that time she an outstanding reference work. interested in the legends of the Tlingit counted 45 novels and 185 short sto- This is an exemplary reference people, which she used in “Fireweed.” ries and novellas available in English, work for several reasons. Paramount is She also worked with her physician written by seventy-five Japanese wom- that the author is herself so steeped in father in treating survivors of the en writers over the last hundred years. the subject matter. She has surveyed bombing of Hiroshima, which accord- In the article she commented favorably and described fiction and secondary ing to Fairbanks indirectly shaped her on three reference works on Japanese literature published in an array of plac- writing. After the annotations for women writers that appeared between es—whole books, chapters and stories Oba’s fictional writing, Fairbanks de- 1989 and1992. But none of them ful- in anthologies, articles, and disserta- scribes three nonfiction works by the filled a need she recognized: none tions. Next, she understands that her writer and fifteen critical articles, dis- guided the novice to the works that subject is not well known to English sertations, and books about her. In the were best from a literary standpoint or readers and that a great deal of context, annotations, terms such as I-novel, He- that would give readers an introduc- definitions, and cross-referencing must ian women writers, yamamba, good tion to a particular issue or theme ex- be included, all of which she offers. wife, and wise mother are in bold, in- plored in the literature. So Fairbanks There’s also a time line listing the ma- dicating that they are elucidated in an wrote one herself: Guide to Japanese jor historical periods of Japanese histo- extensive (98-page) glossary elsewhere Women Writers and Their Culture, ry from 552 onward and significant in the volume. Finally, there are three 1892–1992 (1993), a 110-page, spiral- events from 1853 to 1998, and a sub- more pages of bibliography with fur- bound publication underwritten by ject index to issues addressed in the ther suggested background reading on the University of Wisconsin System fiction. Oba and her themes and times. Undergraduate Teaching Improvement I’ll use the entry for Oba Minako Japanese Women Fiction Writers, Grant Program and the University of as an example of Fairbanks’s treatment. though wonderful, is not perfect. Giv- Wisconsin–Eau Claire.2 She selected a First, her name appears in that form en the fact that access to these works subset of the novels, short stories, and and order (last name first, no comma, for English readers relies on translators, authors then available in English, first name) as is customary in Japan, I would like to have seen some discus- wrote annotations for the fictional then her birth date (1930) and an al- sion about the translators (perhaps works and background material, and ternative form of her name (Ohba Mi- with an index to their names) and nako). Next come twelve numbered, translation issues. And there’s no men- annotated entries for her fiction in tion of the presence of any material on which Fairbanks summarizes the plots the Web by and about Japanese wom- en writers. (See, for example, the sec- tion “Writers from Japan” on the Cele-

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bration of Women Writers site, http:// mothers and potential mothers in the (“Abortion and Parental Involvement,” digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ workplace; attention to race and class p.3). Karen O’Connor writes in _generate/JAPAN.html). Neverthe- as well as gender; court cases and legis- “Abortion Providers and Violence” that less, this work will be a major asset to lation; and the ways technological ad- the decline in the number of abortion scholars and readers seeking entrée into vances complicate an already complex providers demonstrates that clinic vio- the world of Japanese women writers. picture. The “cluster of claims” now lence may continue “thwarting women known as reproductive rights, says in the exercise of their constitutional Notes Baer, was not common until the rights” (p.19). Even stronger state- 1960s, when “custom, technology, law, ments occur in other entries. A good 1. “Getting to Know Japan Through and politics combined...to bring repro- example is Anne Waters’ impassioned the Works of Award-Winning Japanese ductive rights to the forefront” (p.xiv). recount of the reproductive genocide Women Fiction Writers,” Feminist Col- Indeed, the term is now so ingrained carried out against Native American lections v.14, no. 3 (Spring 1993), that it is difficult to imagine how women by the U.S. government: “By pp.15–17. women’s rights’ champions got along the mid-1980s, the eugenic policy of without it. exterminating ‘undesirables’ according 2. After an initial distribution Baer’s goals were to introduce to a white racist criterion was well on throughout Wisconsin, Dr. Fairbanks readers to the topics in an engaging its way to success in destroying Indian turned over remaining copies to our and provocative way and guide them nations and Indian peoples” (p.144). office. We still have a few available, to further resources. Those more likely The right not to bear unwanted chil- upon request. to be provoked are anti-choice sup- dren may be paramount for white porters. Though Baer encouraged mul- women; Native Americans must strug- tiple viewpoints, as long as the submis- gle for the right to bear them. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS sions were “reasoned opinions, sup- Among the interesting articles in AND ABORTION ported by evidence” (p.ix), and al- the book are “Breast-Feeding and the lowed contributors to use terms of Law,” by Elizabeth N. Baldwin, and Judith A. Baer, ed., HISTORICAL their own choosing, including “pro- “Ectogenesis,” by Robert H. Blank. AND MULTICULTURAL ENCY- life” instead of “anti-choice”—as Baldwin discusses recent legislation in CLOPEDIA OF WOMEN’S REPRO- would be expected in a book on repro- favor of mothers breastfeeding in pub- DUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE UNIT- ductive rights—most of the academic lic and reminds readers that mothers ED STATES. Westport, CT: Green- and activist authors, like Baer herself, have this right in the absence of legisla- wood, 2002. 272p. index. $79.95, appear to be staunch supporters of tion, too. Three states have laws sup- ISBN 0-313-30644-3. abortion and other reproductive rights. portive of breastfeeding in the work- Louis J. Palmer, ENCYCLOPEDIA That’s evident in many of the nine ar- place and three others exempt breast- OF ABORTION IN THE UNITED ticles that directly discuss abortion. In feeding women from jury duty. In STATES. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, “Abortion and Public Assistance,” for custody cases, some courts have com- 2002. 420p. bibl. maps. charts. in- example, Marian Lief Palley refers to pelled nursing mothers to express their dex. $75.00, ISBN 0-7864-1386-7. the exclusion of abortions from Medic- milk or even wean their children. In aid coverage as an “attack on the rights contrast to these very concrete situa- Judith Baer (Political Science, Tex- of women who receive public assis- tions, ectogenesis, or the “extra-uterine as A&M) has assembled articles across tance” (p.12) [emphasis mine here and gestation of human beings,” is still a wide spectrum of topics related to in the following examples]. J. Shosha- only hypothetical, but may be ap- reproductive rights in her Historical na Ehrlich finds aspects of the Su- proaching reality. If and when it be- and Multicultural Encyclopedia. As she preme Court decision in Bellotti v. comes technically feasible, ectogenesis reviews in her introduction, a full Baird (upholding a state’s requirement would have many implications for re- treatment of the subject requires excur- that minors obtain parental consent productive rights issues. On the posi- sions into the history of rights lan- before having an abortion) troubling guage and categories, control of wom- en’s fertility, and the regulation of

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tive side, the right to have children for has no headings for Latinas, Chicanas, when any of these opinions were ren- women whose wombs cannot hold a Mexican Americans, or Puerto dered, with descriptions of the posi- fetus could be enhanced by the avail- Ricans—and too many listings under tions they took and pie charts illustrat- ability of artificial placentas and “Sterilization” to warrant looking at all ing their voting patterns. Justice San- wombs. Women who did not want to of them to find the article. Eventually dra Day O’Connor, for example, has carry a fetus to term would not have I stumbled upon “Hispanic/Latina participated in twenty-six opinions, to, yet the fetus wouldn’t have to die as Women and Reproductive Rights.” I voting in a pro-choice direction four- a result. And fetuses developing in might have found it more readily if the teen times and anti-choice (Palmer controlled environments could be book had been arranged in thematic uses the term “pro-life”) twelve times. monitored for traits and disorders. In chapters of related entries, such as “Re- The Encyclopedia of Abortion is also an opposition are most feminists, policy productive Rights of Women of Color” excellent resource for non-lawyers in- commissions, those who fear a Brave in this case. A simple list of the entries terested in the status of abortion-relat- New World scenario of genetic manip- would have made this search easier, ed legislation and court rulings in each ulation, and Blank himself. too. state. Palmer reviews the history of I found no article touching on a The articles range from less than abortion statutes in the state prior to new phenomenon encroaching on re- one page (“Abortion and Spousal Con- Roe v. Wade, then discusses and ex- productive rights, namely, the numer- sent,” “Eisenstadt v. Baird”) to four cerpts from all relevant laws the state ous mergers of secular and Catholic pages (“Employment and Reproduc- enacted thereafter, topic by topic, ex- hospitals, with the Catholic hospital tive Rights”). Entries are cross-refer- amining informed consent, waiting policies being extended to the formerly enced. Further references generally periods, spousal notification, parental secular facilities. Women lose abortion consist of about three book recom- notification and other restrictions on services, emergency contraception, tu- mendations; occasionally a law review the abortion of minors, post-viability bal ligations following birth delivery, article joins them. An index of court prohibitions, etc. Palmer includes in- and more. This development may be cases is a helpful addition, though formation about instances where state too recent to be treated in a volume there’s no typographic or other distinc- or federal courts have taken up chal- with a 2002 publication date, although tion between cases that are full entries lenges to any of these provisions. He the National Organization for Women in the volume and others that are only also includes numerous medical en- noticed it as early as 1996 and cited in passing. tries, including descriptions of each MergerWatch.org traces a chronology All in all, the Baer volume lives up type of abortion procedure. It doesn’t since 1999. to its promise of being a historical and matter whether you look up “Partial- The entries are arranged alphabet- multicultural encyclopedia, and is rec- Birth Abortion” or “Dilation and Ex- ically, which is usually the case in refer- ommended for undergraduate and traction (D & X)”—he’s got entries for ence works, but that structure is occa- public library collections. both, with a more legal slant under the sionally problematic in this one. A former and a more medical under the user would not always know what term Though more narrowly focused latter, and cross-references from one to to look for, and the subject index is than the Baer volume, West Virginia the other. not always helpful. For example, when attorney Palmer’s encyclopedia in- initially browsing through the volume, cludes more than its title suggests. Be- The two books complement each I read part of an article that discussed sides entries directly concerned with other nicely. Except for the entries the sterilization of Mexican and Puerto abortion concepts, history, practices, about states, justices, and Supreme Rican women, but when I tried to find legalities, and organizations, Palmer Court opinions, Palmer’s descriptions it again, I was stymied. I thought the also includes many on birth control are shorter, and there are many more article was on Latinas, but the first ar- methods, cases, and issues as well as on of them. If the Baer volume is aca- ticle in the Ls is “Lesbians and Repro- cloning. He has entries for every Su- demic, often with a welcome edginess, ductive Rights,” and the subject index preme Court opinion concerning abor- Palmer’s is crisp, lawyerly, and clinical. tion up to 2002 (many are also in Comparing their treatment of “Jane,” Baer) and for the justices on the bench an underground, Chicago-based wom- en’s collective that provided abortions before they were legalized, illustrates

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this well. Palmer gives Jane a short emphasizing the meaning of its anti- Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) writing; per- factual paragraph: hierarchical collective structure and the haps it falls under the category of “less- Jane was a term used in Chica- ways participants in Jane learned to used vernacular languages,” which the go from 1969 to 1973, by women demystify and reclaim some of the editors did not include “due to their seeking an illegal abortion. The power of medical professionalization. limited histories and the absence of term was an entrance passage to an If what a reader needs is factual expla- recognized canons and experts” organization founded in Chicago nation of abortion-related topics or (pp.vii–viii). in 1969 by Amy Kesselman, legal reasoning in laymen’s terms, the “Feminist” here does not mean Heather Booth, Vivian Rothstein Encyclopedia of Abortion is a good women writers who self-identify as and Naomi Weisstein. The organi- choice. For more in-depth contextual- feminist. In fact, most would reject zation founded by the four wom- ized treatment, the contributions in that label for a variety of reasons. As an [sic] was called the Abortion the Historical and Multicultural Ency- Glenn Morocco puts it in his essay on Counseling Service of the Chicago clopedia of Women and Reproductive Simone de Beauvoir (which discusses Women’s Liberation Union. The Rights in the United States are better. both the influence of Spain and Span- organization acted as a referral ish culture on her, as well as her influ- source for women seeking an inex- ence on Spanish writers), “[o]ften they pensive, but safe abortion. When SPANISH LITERATURE do not wish to be classed with militan- the person who performed most of cy, or they have philosophical differ- the abortions for the organization Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie, eds., ences with French theorists” (p.57). was arrested, members of the orga- THE FEMINIST ENCYCLOPEDIA Instead, the editors used “feminist” to nization began performing abor- OF SPANISH LITERATURE. West- structure a work focusing on “those tions. Several members were ulti- port, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 2vols. aspects most likely to interest readers mately arrested and prosecuted. It 736p. bibl. index. $175.00, ISBN 0- seeking information in areas including was estimated that over 10,000 313-29346-5. women’s studies, gender studies, gyn- abortions were performed through ocritics, and feminist criticism.” In Jane’s underground work. (p.172) This encyclopedia joins earlier their view, the following rubrics all Greenwood volumes that provided qualified for inclusion: women writers Pauline Bart wrote the two-page feminist perspectives on German, Ital- and their works, important historical essay on Jane in Baer. The factual in- ian, and French literature. Like its and cultural figures as well as avowed formation is about the same (though predecessors, the encyclopedia on feminists and women’s rights activists, Bart credits Jane with a thousand more Spanish literature is by design a na- the treatment of women in male-au- abortions), but there the similarity tional study, covering writers and writ- thored works, overviews of Spanish ends. Because Bart takes readers ing based in Spain rather than encom- women’s history and Spanish women’s through the steps a woman seeking an passing Spanish-language works from contributions to various genres, assess- abortion would have gone through, other Spanish-speaking countries. (Ac- ment of women’s condition at certain from obtaining a phone number and cording to the preface, a separate title moments in Spanish history, and at- visiting the first of two locations is in the works for Latin America.) It tention to terms peculiar to feminine through escort to a second, where the is the first, however, to necessitate gender in Spain (Preface). abortion was carried out, and escort more than a single volume to cover its Given the breadth of categories back to the first (the “front”), we feel topic satisfactorily. Even with two vol- (and numerous contributors, all from more what it must have been like. We umes, the editors lament not having academic institutions in the United also learn from Bart that no woman room to include more than survey arti- States), it is no wonder that there is treated by Jane died as a result of her cles on women’s literature in Catalan, quite a mix of entries. Most numerous abortion, and that the Chicago police Galician, or Basque. Hispano-Arabic are those on individual women, rang- were aware of Jane, sent their wives literature is represented by an entry ing from thirteenth-century queens and girlfriends there, and generally left called “Hispano-Arabic Poetry by the group alone. Bart also provides a Women.” There is no entry relating to more theoretical perspective on Jane,

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Berenguela de Castilla la Grande and The Encyclopedia offers an appen- Edelson writes, “Any woman who has María de Molina to Communist writer dix that groups entries by century. attempted to play sports, and done so Juana Doña Jiménez, poet Clemencia This appendix is also useful for scan- with some success, has almost certainly Laborda Medir, and journalist/essayist/ ning to get a quick sense of the topics encountered and overcome challenges. short story writer Carmen Rico Godoy covered. A more detailed subject index Under that criterion alone, dozens of in the twentieth century. While the is also included, as is a general bibliog- women are worthy of mention; much relationship between a historical figure raphy. There is no general introduc- to my regret, I could not include all of and literature is not always apparent, tion that could have given novice users them” (p.v). To narrow the list of sub- entries like that for Doña Ana de Men- a sense of the most important writers jects, she chose women based on their doza y de la Cerda, Princess of Eboli, and themes; but anyone who takes the athletic performance, their efforts to makes this quite explicit, reviewing time to read several of the entries will advance opportunities for themselves both the colorful life of a strong- also begin to get a feel for the associa- and other women in the field of sports, willed, active sixteenth-century woman tions between Spanish literature and and the availability of information. who lost her right eye during a fencing feminist concerns. Beginning coverage from about match and the literary and operatic 1876 with the life of Annie Oakley, a works inspired by her. Male authors superb markswoman and entertainer, discussed for their portrayal of women SPORTS the biographies in this volume cover include playwright Antonio Buero America’s early sports pioneers and to- Vallejo and novelist Armando Palacio Paula Edelson, A TO Z OF AMERI- day’s popular athletes (such as Mia Valdés. Dulcinea del Toboso, from CAN WOMEN IN SPORTS. New Hamm and Marion Jones), as well as Cervantes’ Don Quijote De La Mancha, York: Facts on File, 2002. 288p. bibl. dozens in between. Nor are the wom- is an example of a character treated to index. $44.00, ISBN 0-8160-4565-8. en featured limited to the most popu- an entry of her own. lar sports, such as baseball or soccer. Some entries are by genre, subdi- Who’s who—and who has been Even rare and little-talked-about sports vided by time period, and written by who—in American women’s sports? such as bowling and dogsledding are different contributors. “Drama by Identifying the key players from the covered. Spanish Women Writers” has four en- past 120 years or so and uncovering A to Z of American Women in tries: 1500–1700, 1770–1850, 1860– the personal details that make them Sports sticks strictly to biographies, 1900, and 1970–2000; “Short Fiction human beings (rather than just celebri- rather than trying to include every- by Women Writers” has three: 1800– ties or a list of names from history) is thing related to the topic (statistics or 1900, 1900–1975, and 1975–1998 certainly a challenge. Paula Edelson definitions of terms, for instance) as do (Post-Franco). Other entries examine has risen to that challenge quite suc- some sports encyclopedias. This ap- themes in literature and are likewise cessfully in A to Z of American Women proach is used to good effect, as the situated in time. “Syphilis as Sickness in Sports, which illuminates the sports focus is kept on the women them- and Metaphor in Early Modern Spain, careers and personal histories of 162 selves. The volume is complete with 1492–1650, “Lesbianism in Early prominent American female athletes. references to sources for further re- Modern Spanish Literature, 1500– Each biography in this recent addition search. 1700,” and “Honor and Honra,” im- to the Facts on File A to Z series is pre- portant concepts in Medieval, Renais- sented in a clear and organized man- [Teresa Fernandez, who wrote the above sance, and Baroque Spain, are three ner, much like those in earlier volumes review, is a third-year landscape architec- such examples. All the entries, regard- such as A to Z of American Women in ture student and an assistant in the Of- less of category, include bibliographic the Visual Arts and A to Z of American fice of the Women’s Studies Librarian at suggestions and are signed by the con- Women in the Performing Arts. the University of Wisconsin.] tributors. Of course, it would be impossible to cover every worthy woman athlete from more than a century of sports. BRIEFLY NOTED

Doris Weatherford, WOMEN’S AL- MANAC 2002. Westport, CT: Oryx,

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2002. 380p. bibl. ill. index. $64.95, benefits as of 1998—but what can that Sonia Weiss and Lorna Biddle Rinear, ISBN 1-57356-510-5. possibly mean under a regime that pre- THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE vented women from working? A sec- TO WOMEN’S HISTORY. India- When Women’s Almanac 2000 ap- tion of obituaries of prominent women napolis, IN: Alpha, 2002. 363p. bibl. peared, an accompanying news release who died during the period is new and ill. index. $18.95, ISBN 0-02-864201- called it a new biennial compendium, will be a feature in subsequent edi- 5. and sure enough, two years later, the tions. next one is out. I liked the first one Many sections, including the Crammed with facts about nota- and I like this one, too, though much state-by-state histories (a nice feature), ble women and women’s lives from of the material is word-for-word the short articles on contemporary issues, ancient times to the present, presented same. The “News” section (divided and biographies of notable women in in an eye-catching style of text and into “World” and “U.S.”) that opens history, remain mostly as they were in graphics, the Guide should appeal to the book is new material covering hap- the prior edition. For example, in the the curious high-schooler who has nev- penings from 2000 through September state-by-state section, the Wisconsin er heard of women’s history. The em- 2001, and an appendix updates wom- entry for 2002 only adds one sentence: phasis is on European and U.S. histo- en leaders in government in the United “Margaret Farrow (R) is lieutenant ry, with occasional tidbits from else- States and elsewhere to 2001. The his- governor” (p.304). Perhaps future edi- where. Added attractions include defi- torical timeline of U.S. women’s histo- tions could use such a section instead nitions within the chapters and a glos- ry added five items for 2000–2001, to profile women important on the sary; a chronological list of the nota- and the country-by-country survey state or local level or to review signifi- bles, by birth date; and a geographic now presents comparative statistics cant state and local events. Over time index. One caveat: If this is a book for from 1999 and occasionally 2000. and as they accumulate, the Almanacs “idiots,” then it is fair to call idiotic the The figures can’t be used at face value, will become valuable snapshots of statement on the back cover that says however. Afghanistan is listed as re- women’s history. this book is so complete that “[y]ou quiring ninety days of maternity leave don’t have to enroll in a women’s stud- ies program!” Let’s hope, instead, that it sparks some interest in learning more through col- lege courses.

[Phyllis Holman Weisbard, who wrote the above reviews except as otherwise noted, is the Women’s Studies Librari- an for the University of Wis- consin System and is co-edi- tor of Feminist Collec- tions.]

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NEW AND NEWLY DISCOVERED cluded were “Ten Women To Watch in 5763,” “The PERIODICALS Dance of Forgiveness” (about the work of the Avodah Dance Ensemble), “Rediscovering Shabbat,” and “Baking Challah, Braid of Memory & Meaning”—along with brief AZIZAH MAGAZINE 2001– . Publ. & Ed.-in-Chief: reports of JWI activities, “Quick Takes: News, Trends, & Tayyibah Taylor. Creative Dir.: Marlina Soerakoesoemah. Facts,” interviews with leading Jewish women, and ads for 4/yr. ISSN: 1530-7220. Subscription: $30.00/yr. Back Judaica, travel tours, etc. issues: $10.00 + $1.50 postage. WOW Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 43410, Atlanta, GA 30336; website: www.azizahmagazine.com (Issues examined: v.2, no.1, Spring 2002; v.2, no.2, Summer 2002) SPECIAL ISSUES OF PERIODICALS

A glossy, full-color magazine of 112 pages, published AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW v.66, no.2, to support and connect contemporary Muslim women liv- April 2001: High percentage of gender-focused articles in ing in North America. Azizah’s website opens with the issue. ISSN: 0003-1224. Single issues available from proclamation, “For the woman who doesn’t apologize for American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Ave. being a woman, and doesn’t apologize for being a Mus- N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005; email: lim.” Articles range from the scholarly (discussions of fem- [email protected]; also available to licensed users inism and postmodernism as well as one about the debates through ProQuest. that surround the authority of extra-Qur’anic sources) to the practical (dental health, care of Afghan rugs, getting Partial contents: “(How) Does the Sexual Orientation out of debt) and the spiritual (personal essays about faith); of Parents Matter?” (Judith Stacey & Timothy J. Biblarz); there are also fashion features, recipes, poetry and fiction, “Parental Influences on the Gendered Division of House- and discussions of many other issues of concern to Muslim work” (Mick Cunningham); “The Wage Penalty for Moth- families and communities. The magazine accepts only ad- erhood” (Michelle J. Budig & Paula England); “Time-De- vertising that is not “Islamically offensive.” pendent Effects of Wives’ Employment on Marital Disso- lution” (Scott J. South); “Losers and Winners: The Finan- JEWISH WOMAN MAGAZINE 1998– . Ed.: Susan cial Consequences of Separation and Divorce for Men” Tomchin. 4/yr. ISSN: 1098-7347. Subscription: (Patricia A. McManus & Thomas A. DiPrete). $18.00/yr. (included in annual dues for JWI members). 1828 L Street NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20036; CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (REVUE phone: (800) 343-2823; fax: (202) 857-1380; website: CANADIENNE DE L’ÉDUCATION) v.25, no.2, 2000: www.jwmag.org (current and recent issues online as well “Boys, Men, Masculinity, and Schooling.” Guest eds.: as in print). (Print issues examined: v.5, no.3, Fall 2002; Blye Frank & Kevin Davison. ISSN: 0380-2361. Single v.5, no.4, Winter 2002) issue for Can$25.00 from Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 260 Dalhousie St., Ottawa, ON K1N 7E4, Also glossy and full-color, Jewish Woman recently in- Canada; phone: (613) 241-0018; fax: (613) 241-0019; creased from forty pages to forty-eight. The magazine is email: [email protected]; website: http://www.csse.ca/CJE/ published by Jewish Women International (JWI), “a com- home.htm; also available to licensed users through Wilson munity of women joining hands, hearts and minds to pro- Web. mote peace—in families and in communities in the United States, in Israel, and around the world.” Each quarterly Partial contents: “Mucking Around in Class, Giving issue has a handful of short feature articles—recently in- Crap, and Acting Cool: Adolescent Boys Enacting Mascu- linities at School” (Wayne Martino); “Asian and White Boys’ Competing Discourses About Masculinity: Implica- tions for Secondary Education” (Athena Wang); “In or Out

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of the Men’s Movement: Subjectivity, Otherness, and Anti- Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group; website: http:// sexist Work” (Jennifer J. Nelson); “The Art of War or The www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/0309877X.html; also Wedding Banquet? Asian Canadians, Masculinity, and An- available to licensed users through Academic Search Elite tiracism Education” (Gordon Pon). and Catchword.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Partial contents: “Happy Families? Pedagogy, Man- & PRACTICE v.25, no.3, March 2001: Special issue on agement and Parental Discourses of Control in the Corpo- women in community college leadership. ISSN: 1066- ratised Further Education College” (Carole Leathwood); 8926 (print); 1521-0413 (online). Taylor & Francis “Men, Women and Changing Managements of Further Group; website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/ Education” (Pam Cole); “Managing Further Education: Is 10668926.html; also available to licensed users through It Still Men’s Work Too?” (Rosemary Deem, Jennifer T. Academic Search Elite. Ozga, & Craig Prichard); “Is It Possible To Be a Feminist Manager in the ‘Real World’ of Further Education?” Partial contents: “Community College Leadership: (Christina Hughes). Perspectives of Women as Presidents” (Rosemary Gillett- Karam); “Women as Community College Leaders” (Gwen- JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN dolyn W. Stephenson); “Future Agendas for Women Com- THE COMMUNITY v.22, no.2, 2001: “Prevention Issues munity College Leaders and Change Agents” (Sandra Todd for Women’s Health in the New Millennium.” Guest ed.: Giannini); “Behind Every Successful Woman Is Another Wendee M. Wechsberg. ISSN: 1085-2352. Also pub- Good Woman” (Cathryn L. Addy); “Female Community lished (Feb. 2002) as a monograph with the same title: College Presidents: Roles of Their Spouses” (Ruth Mer- ISBN 0789013835, pap., $19.95. The Haworth Press, cedes Smith). Inc., 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904; website: http:/ /www.HaworthPress.com HIGH ABILITY STUDIES v.12, no.1, 2001: Four arti- cles on theme of gifted women. Ed.: Roland S. Persson. Partial contents: “Performance of Breast Self-Exam: ISSN: 1359-8139 (print); 1469-834X (online). European An Interaction with Age” (Angela D. Bryan); “The Influ- Council for High Ability; Carfax Publishing, Taylor & ence of Sexual Orientation on Health Behaviors in Wom- Francis Group; website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/jour- en” (Diane Powers, Deborah J. Bowen, & Jocelyn White); nals/carfax/13598139.html; also available to licensed us- “Reduction of Co-Occurring Distress and HIV Risk Be- ers through Academic Search Elite. haviors Among Women Substance Abusers” (Susan Reif, Wendee M. Wechsberg, & Michael L. Dennis); “Ameri- Partial contents: “The Experience of Female Ballet can-Indian Women and Health” (Sally J. Stevens). Dancers: A Grounded Theory” (Kendra M. Gray & Mark A. Kunkel); “Enhancing Gifts and Talents of Women and MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION v.35, no.3, Fall Girls” (Lorraine Wilgosh); “Stories of Success from Emi- 2000: “Global Girls: Gender and Education as a Platform nent Finnish Women: A Narrative Study” (Grace A. Schlo- for Action.” Guest eds.: Claudia Mitchell & Marilyn sser); “Young Girls’ Social Understanding: Emergent Inter- Blaeser. Managing ed.: Ann Keenan. ISSN 0024-9033. personal Expertise” (Marion Porath). Single-issue price: Can$8.00 mailed to a Canadian address; Can$15.00 mailed to U.S. or other foreign address (Visa/ JOURNAL OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCA- MasterCard accepted). 3700 McTavish St., Montreal, QC TION v.24, no.2, June 2000: “(En)Gendering Manage- H3A 1Y2, Canada; phone: (514) 398-4246; fax: (514) ment: Work, Organisation and Further Education” (three- 398-4529; email: [email protected] part special issue: Part 1, “Masculinities at Work in Further Education Management”; Part 2, “Contested Spaces— Partial contents: “Considering the Case for Single-Sex Women in Further Education Management”; Part 3, Schools for Girls in South Africa” (Robert Morrell); “Girl “Women, Feminists and Ethical Dilemmas in Further Edu- Power in Nervous Conditions: Fictional Practice as a Re- cation”). Issue eds.: Deborah Kerfoot, Craig Prichard, & search Site” (Ann Smith); “Creating Programs for Safe Stephen Whitehead. ISSN: 0309-877X (print). Carfax

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Schools: Opportunities and Challenges in Relation to Gen- der-Based Violence in South Africa” (Olly Mlamleli, Pont- sho Mabelane, Vernet Napo, Ntombi Sibiya, & Valerie Free); “Identity and Social Integration: Girls from a Mi- nority Ethno-Cultural Group in Canada” (Ratna Ghosh).

SUSPENDING PUBLICATION

The feminist newspaper SOJOURNER: THE WOMEN’S FORUM is closing its doors—but not nailing them shut— after twenty-seven years of publishing. In the final issue (Fall 2002), the board of directors cited lack of financial resources to “sustain Sojourner as it is currently constitut- ed.... This means that...[we] will cease publication until we can reorganize ourselves into a sleeker, bolder, solvent enti- ty....” Readers should watch for that reorganized version to appear “with a new look, new life, new leadership, and a new, progressive vision.... When we return, we anticipate seeing a fully multicultural, cross-generational organiza- tion—with writers, supporters, staff, and management who represent the wide range of current and potential readers.” In the meantime, contact Sojourner at P.O. Box 279, Ja- maica Plain, MA 02130; email: [email protected]

TRANSITIONS

The rebirth of CRONE CHRONICLES: A JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUS AGING is imminent: New editor and pub- lisher Glenda N. Martin has taken on the project from founder Ann Kreilkamp, who gave the magazine its “con- scious death and funeral” in 2001. During gestation, the magazine has a Web presence only, with some articles and a discussion forum, but Martin hopes to get the Chronicles back in print, too. Visit at http:// www.cronechronicles.com/+home.htm SEX ROLES: A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH has a new GOOD GIRL moves again: Nikko Snyder still publishes editor: Joan Chrisler, Connecticut College, Box 5578, 270 this recent addition to the zine-ish world (introduced in Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320. The journal is Feminist Collections v.22, nos.3–4), but now from this ad- published by Kluwer; see http://www.kluweronline.com/ dress: 10-1804 rue Ste. Catherine Ouest, Montreal, QC issn/0360-0025 H3H 1M1, Canada; phone: (514) 935-7659; email: [email protected]; website: http://www.goodgirl.ca Compiled by JoAnne Lehman

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Turkey’s new Civil Code, which became effective January 1, Sandra J. Jones explores what it means for working-class 2002, “abolishes the supremacy of men in marriage and women to pursue academic careers in BECOMING AN thus establishes the full equality of men and women in the “EDUCATED PERSON”: NARRATIVES ON FEMALE family.” A sixty-one-page booklet entitled THE NEW PROFESSORS FROM THE WORKING CLASS, 2001. LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN TURKEY, issued by Available as Paper Order No. 400 for $10.00 from the Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) New Ways Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, 106 Foundation, not only summarizes the important changes to Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481; phone: (781) 283-2500; the law, but also situates this dramatic legal development fax: (781) 283-2504; email: [email protected]; website: within the context of Turkey’s other laws and of cultural www.wcwonline.org traditions and the practical realities of women’s rights. The booklet’s text can be downloaded in PDF format from Do school attachment and a sense of physical well-being http://wwhr.org (click on “Our Publications,” then on mediate the relationship between sports participation and “Booklets” and “The New Legal Status of Women in self-esteem? Allison J. Tracy and Sumru Erkud test this Turkey”). For information about the print version (ISBN hypothesis in GENDER AND RACE PATTERNS IN THE 975-7014-12-5), contact WWHR at ¤nönü Caddesi, 37/6 PATHWAYS FROM SCHOOL-BASED SPORTS Saadet Apt., GümüÕsuyu, 80090, Istanbul, Turkey; phone: PARTICIAPATION TO SELF-ESTEEM, 2001. Avail- +90-212-251-00-29; fax: +90-212-251-00-65; email: able as Paper Order No. 403 for $10.00 from the Wellesley [email protected] Centers for Women, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481; phone: (781) 283-2500; fax: (781) GENDER INEQUALITY IN HEALTH AND WORK: 283-2504; email: [email protected]; website: THE CASE OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIB- www.wcwonline.org BEAN, a thirty-seven-page booklet by Mayra Buvini, Antonio Giuffrida, and Amanda Glassman, analyzes the What are the practices of prominent U.S. women in health risks and benefits experienced by Latin American and leadership? INSIDE WOMEN’S POWER: LEARNING Caribbean women who have entered the workforce in FROM LEADERS, 2001, addresses this question through increasing numbers during the past few decades. The interviews with sixty women. Order Report No. CRW28 booklet is downloadable in PDF format at http:// ($25.00) from the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley www.iadb.org/sds/publication/publication_3027_e.htm College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481; phone: (available in English and Spanish); or contact the Inter- (781) 283-2500; fax: (781) 283-2504; email: American Development Bank at 1300 New York Ave. NW, [email protected]; website: www.wcwonline.org Washington, DC 20577; phone: (202) 623-1000.

Feminist Collections (v.24, no.1, Fall 2002) Page 31 The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) women to maintain cultural lives while pursuing contempo- announces publication of MEDIA DEMOCRACY: PAST, rary education and work.” RECOGNITION OF LES- PRESENT, AND FUTURE, a booklet honoring the BIAN COUPLES: AN INALIENABLE RIGHT, by Irene organization’s thirtieth anniversary with “a historical Demczuk, Michele Caron, Ruth Rose, and Lyne Bouchard, overview of the organization [and] a discussion of our discusses the tax consequences to lesbian and gay couples of current priorities and our vision of the future.” For more having “marriage rights,” arguing that there are both information, contact WIFP at 1940 Calvert St. NW, positive and negative financial results. ON HER OWN: Washington, DC 20009; phone: (202) 265-6707; fax: YOUNG WOMEN AND HOMELESSNESS IN (202) 986-6355; email: [email protected]; website: CANADA offers previously unreported data about the www.wifp.org causes, demographics, and patterns of homelessness in women aged 12–24 in Canada. To find out more about Status of Women Canada recently published three new these reports, contact the Research Directorate, Status of reports: NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN, MÉTIS AND Women Canada, 123 Slater St., 10th Floor, Ottawa, ON INUIT WOMEN SPEAK ABOUT CULTURE, EDUCA- K1P 1H9, Canada; phone: (613) 995-7835; fax: (613) 957- TION, AND WORK, by Carolyn Kenny, “studies the 3359; email: [email protected]; website: www.swc- barriers created by policies which do not support Aboriginal cfc.gc.ca/

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BEFORE STONEWALL: ACTIVISTS FOR GAY AND LESBIAN MIDNIGHT TO THE NORTH: THE UNTOLD STORY OF RIGHTS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Bullough, Vern L., ed. THE INUIT WOMAN WHO SAVED THE POLARIS EXPEDI- Haworth, 2002. TION. Nickerson, Sheila. Putnam/Tarcher, 2002. A COMPANION TO EARLY MODERN WOMEN’S WRITING. MOVING OUT: A NEBRASKA WOMAN’S LIFE. Spence, Polly Pacheco, Anita, ed. Blackwell, 2002. Richardson, and Karl Spence, eds. University of Nebraska Press, CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WOMEN FICTION WRIT- 2002. ERS: AN A TO Z GUIDE. Champion, Laurie, and Austin, Rhonda, THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF PREGNANCY. Woliver, eds. Greenwood, 2002. Laura R.. University of Illinois Press, 2002. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WOMEN POETS: AN A TO Z PROSTITUTION POLICY: REVOLUTIONIZING PRACTICE GUIDE. Cucinella, Catherine, ed. Greenwood, 2002. THROUGH A GENDERED PERSPECTIVE. Kuo, Lenore. EMBRACING AMERICA: A CUBAN EXILE COMES OF AGE. University of New York Press, 2002. Paris, Margaret L. University Press of Florida, 2002. SEDUCTION: A PORTRAIT OF ANAÏS NIN. Duxler, Margot THE ESSENTIALS OF CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY: A Beth. EdgeWork, 2002. HANDBOOK FOR CLINIC STAFF. Hatcher, Robert A., and THE SUBJECT OF LIBERTY: TOWARD A FEMINIST others. Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Popula- THEORY OF FREEDOM. Hirschmann, Nancy J. Princeton tion Information Program, 2001. University Press, 2003. THE FEMINIST ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH LITERATURE. UNCOVERINGS 2002. Gunn, Virginia, ed. American Quilt Pérez, Janet and Ihrie, Maureen, eds. Greenwood, 2002. Society Group, 2002. FEMINIST FANTASIES. Schlafly, Phyllis, fwd. by Ann Coulter. VOICING CHICANA FEMINISMS: YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK Spence, 2003. OUT ON SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY. Hurtado, Aida. New FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY: AN ANTI-ESSENTIALIST York University Press, 2003. READER. Dowd, Nancy E., and Jacobs, Michelle S., eds. New York WATSONVILLE: SOME PLACE NOT HERE/CIRCLE IN THE University Press; distr.. Lebanon Distribution Center, 2003. DIRT: EL PUEBLO DE EAST PALO ALTO. Moraga, Cherríe. A FEMINIST READER IN EARLY CINEMA. Bean, Jennifer M., University of New Mexico Press, 2002. and Negra, Diane, eds. Duke University Press, 2002. WELFARE HOT BUTTONS: WOMEN, WORK, AND SOCIAL FEMME/BUTCH: NEW CONSIDERATIONS OF THE WAY POLICY REFORM. Bashevkin, Sylvia. University of Pittsburgh WE WANT TO GO. Gibson, Michelle, and Meem, Deborah T., Press, 2002. eds. Haworth, 2002. WHITE FIRE: A PORTRAIT OF WOMEN SPIRITUAL INTEGRATING SPIRIT AND PSYCHE: USING WOMEN’S LEADERS IN AMERICA. Drucker, Malka. Skylight Paths, 2003. NARRATIVES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. Henehan, Mary Pat. WOMEN AND WORLD RELIGIONS. Peach, Lucinda Joy. Haworth, 2003. Prentice Hall, 2002. LESBIANS IN COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS: EXTRAOR- WOMEN OF THE WALL: CLAIMING SACRED GROUND AT DINARY COUPLES, ORDINARY LIVES. Haley-Banez, Lynn, JUDAISM’S HOLY SITE. Chesler, Phyllis, and Haut, Rivka, eds. and Garrett, Joanne. Haworth, 2002. Jewish Lights, 2003. LIBERTY FOR WOMEN: FREEDOM AND FEMINISM IN WOMEN’S STUDIES ON ITS OWN. Wiegman, Robyn, ed. Duke THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. McElroy, Wendy, ed. University Press, 2002. Independent Institute, 2002.

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