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A Current Listing of Contents Volume 3, Number 3, 1983 a current listing of contents Volume 3, Number 3, 1983 Published by Susan Searing, Women's Studies Librarian-at-Large, University of Wisconsin System 112A Memorial Library 728 State Street Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (608) 263- 5754 a current list in^ of contents Volume 3, Number 3, 1983 Periodical 1i terature is the cutting edge of women Is scholarship, feminist theory, and much of women's culture. Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents is published by the Office of the Women's Studies Librarian-at-Large on a quarterly basis with the intent of increasing public awareness of feminist periodicals. 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Searing, Women's Studies Li brarian-at-Large for the University of Wi sconsin System, 11 2A Memorial Li brary, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 263-5754. Compilers: Catherine R. Loeb, A. Porter O'Neill. Graphics: Catharina Schimert. Publications of the Office of the Women's Studies Librarian- at-Large are available free of charge to Wisconsin residents. The sub- scri ption rate outside Wisconsin is $1 2.00/year for individual s and women's programs, $24.00/year for institutions. This fee covers a1 1 pub1 ications of the Office, including Feminist Collections, Feminist Periodical s, New Books on Women & Feminism, and bi bl iographies, directories and occasional pub1 ications produced throughout the year. 1 iii. AMAZON. 10. Madison. 1. 1972. 12. "Black Maria publishes work by emerging women 2. 2lyear. writers that presents women as the complex, 3. $6 (indiv.). $15 (inst.). Single copies: $1. positive beings they are." Free to prisoners . 4. 2211 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee. WI 53211. BREAD AND ROSES. 5. hazon Collective. 1. 1977. 9. OCLC 2045999. 2. Semi annual . 10. Madison. 3. $7.50 (indiv.). $12 (inst.). 12. uhzon Is a bimonthly publication with mi- 4. P.O. Box 1230, Madison. WI 53701. c-poetry, short stories, etc. by women, 5. Editorial staff of eight men. about women, from a feminist viewpoint." 7. ISSN 0197-5927. 10. Madison. ATLANTIS. 12. Features; editorials; reviews; news briefs; 1. 1976. fiction; poetry; photography and graphics. 2. 2lyear. " .. .founded wl th the expressed purpose of 3. $10 (indiv.). $16 (inst.). establ lshing a Midwest-based journal to focus 4. Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax. Nova on cultural , pol ltical and social concerns of Scotia, B3M 255. Canada. Prnerlcan women." 5. Drs. Susan Clark. Margaret Conrad, Donna Smyth. 7. ISSN 0702-7818. BROADSHEET. 8. LC cn77-32338. 1. 1972. 9. OCLC 3409640. 2. lO/year. 11. Historical Abstracts; America: History and Life; 3. $30,50. The Alternative Press Index; Resources for 4. P.O. Box 5799. Welleslv Street. Auckland. New Feminist Research. Zeal and. 12. "At1 antis is an interdi sci pl i nary journal 5. Sandra Coney. devoted to critical and creative wrltlng in 7. ISSN 0110-8603. English or French on the topic of women. Con- 9. OCLC 6578660. tains scholar1 y articles, review essays, book 12. News; analysis; in-depth articles; fiction; reviews, art and poetry." poetry; reviews. "Broadsheet is a radical feminist magazine which consciously strives to AURORA. be anti-racist and to incorporate the views of 1. 1975. indigenous women. The main focus Is on New 2. 3/year. Zealand women and events, with .some coverage 3. $6 (Indiv.). of Pacific concerns bnd issues facing women and 4. P.O. Box 1624, Madison. WI 53701-1624. feminists everywhere. " 5. Ed1 ted by cmittee; current comni ttee chair, Jeanne Gomoll . BROOMSTICK. 7. ISSN 0197-775X. 1. 1.978. 8. LC sn80-11853. 2. Bimonthly. 9. OCLC 6113633. 3. $10 (indiv.), $20 (inst.). Single copies: $2.50. 12. Science fiction and fantasy with a feminist 4. 3543 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94110. orientation. 5. Mickey Spencer and Polly Taylor. 11. A1 ternative Press Index. BIG MAMA RAG. 12. "Broomstick is a feminist political journal pub- 1. 1972. l'ishing material by, for and about women over 2. lllyear. forty. Our priorities are: to portray clear. 3. $9. positive images of older women; to take a stand 4. 1724 Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80206. against the denigration of older men; to offer Bi Mama Ra Collective. positive alternatives in our lives. Our goal is :: T-hd533. to form a support network among older women." 8. LC ~~80-1187. 9. OCLC 2778484. CALYX: A JOURNAL OF ART AND LITERATUR~YWOMEN. 11. A1 ternative Press Index. 1. 1976. 12. Addresses the theory and practice of the 2. 3/ye6r. liberation of all women, with extensive 3. $10 (indiv.), $15 (lib. d inst.). Single copies: $4. coverage of 11beratlon movements, both 4. P.O. Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339. national and International, nativelaboriginal 5. Margari ta Donne1 1y. peoples' land rights struggles, the mental 7. ISSN 0147-1627. patients' liberation movements, and issues 8. LC 77-649570. concerning women in prison. 9. OCLC 2114927. 10. Madison. BLACK MARIA. 11. American Humanities Index. 1. 1971. 12. "Calyx publishes poetry, prose, art, reviews, 2. Annual. trans1 ations, photography, and is committed to 3. $12 (indiv.), $16 (inst.). providing a beautiful and creative journal 4. P.O. Box 25187, Chicago, IL 60625. format in which to showcase women artists and 5. Black Maria Collective. writers." 7. ISSN 0045-222X. 8. LC sc77-1275. 9. OCLC 2786249. CAMERA OBSCURA: A JOURNAL OF FEMINISM AND FILM CONDITIONS. THEORY. 1. 1976. 1. i976. 2. Semiannual. 2. 3/year. 3. 3 issues: $9 [indiv. hardship), $15 (indiv.). 3. $10.50 (indiv.), $21 (inst.). Single copies: $25 (inst.). Single copies:$6 (indiv.), $9 $4. Double issues: $7 (issue 3/4), $11 (inst.). (issue 8/9/10). 4. P.O. Box 56, Van Brunt Station, Brooklyn, 4. P.O. Box 25899, Los Angeles, CA 90P25. NY 11215. 5. Camera Obscura Coll ective: Janet Bergstrom, 5. Dorothy Allison, Elly Bulkin, Cheryl Clarke, Elizabeth Lyon, Constance Penley. Jewelle L. Gomez, Carroll 01 iver, Mirtha N. 7. ISSN 0270-5346. Quintanales, Rima Shore. 8. LC ~~79-4979. 7. ISSN 0147-8311. 10. Madison; Milwaukee. 8. LC 77-641895. 11. International Index to Film Periodicals; The 9. OCLC 3232386. Film Literature Index; The Arts and Humanities 10. Madison; Milwaukee. Citation Index; Current Contents/Arts and 11. Alternative Press Index. Humani ties .
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