Month: April 2012

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The Los Angeles Riots

Week of April 30, 2012

The L.A. Riots

In the News: On April 29, 1992, the South Central L.A. area erupted in civil unrest immediately following the acquittal of four L.A.P.D. officers who had been accused of beating a black man, Rodney King. The National Guard was deployed to the area to enforce curfews and suppress the disorder. Many Korean-owned shops in Koreatown were looted which prompted the community to come together and defend their businesses from rioters.

 

In the News will return on May 14, 2012

Black-Korean Encounter: Toward Understanding and Alliance: Dialogue between Black and Korean Americans in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots: A Two-Day Symposium, May 22-23, 1992
Edited by Eui-Young Yu. Regina Books, 1994
Call Number: F869 .L89 N319 1994

Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots
By Nancy Abelmann and John Lie. Harvard UP, 1995
Call Number: F869 .L89 K616 1995

Can We All Get Along? (VHS)
MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour. PBS Video
Call Number: VH 2389 (Boca Raton Media Center) Continue reading

Men’s Studies and Dads, Too

Week of April 23, 2012

Men’s Studies and Dads, Too

In the News: For the past few weeks we’ve been highlighting resources on women, feminism, and motherhood, but how about men and fatherhood? We have books and videos in this area, too.

Affirmative Reaction: New Formations of White Masculinity
By Hamilton Carroll. Duke UP, 2011
Call Number: E184. A1 C377 2011

Birthing Fathers: The Transformation of Men in American Rites of Birth
By Richard K. Reed. Rutgers UP, 2005
Call Number: RG652 .R44 2005 (Also available online via EBSCOhost)

Constructions of Masculinity in British Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present
Edited by Stefan Horlacher. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Call Number: PR151 .M46 C66 2011

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The Mommy Wars

Week of April 16, 2012

The Mommy Wars

In the News: For a second year in a row, “In the News” is celebrating Mother’s Day early. The focus this time around is on “working” mothers. Political analyst and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen recently commented that Ann Romney, wife of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, had “never worked a day in her life” and because the Romneys were financially secure,  they did not have to “deal with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing” today. Mrs. Romney defended her choice to stay at home and raise her five sons, which, she said, was hard work.

Ask the Children: What America’s Children Really Think about Working Parents
By Ellen Galinsky. William Morrow, 1999
Call Number: HQ777.6 .G35 1999 (At Treasure Coast)

Balancing Career & Family: Overcoming the Superwoman Syndrome
By Marian Thomas. National Seminars Publications, 1991
Call Number: HQ759.48 .T459 1991

Balancing Work & Love: Jewish Women Facing the Family-Career Challenge
By Elaine Grudin Denholtz. UP of New England, 2000
Call Number: HQ525 .J4 D46 2000

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Madonna

Week of April 9, 2012

Madonna, Madonna, Madonna

In the News: Pop icon Madonna released her twelfth album, MDNA, in late March, almost twenty-nine years after the debut of her self-titled Madonna (1983) which featured the singles “Holiday,” “Lucky Star,” and “Borderline.”

The Adventures of Abdi
By Madonna. Viking Children’s Books, 2004
Call Number: PZ8 .M26. 2004 (At Treasure Coast)

Dick Tracy (DVD)
Directed by Warren Beatty. Warner Bros., 1990
Call Number: PN1997 .D473 2002 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The English Roses
By Madonna. Callaway, 2003
Call Number: PZ .M26573 En 2003 (At Treasure Coast)

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