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Midterm Elections: Part 2

November 1, 2010

Midterm Elections: Part 2

In the News: Elections taking place throughout the country on November 2 could bring about a change to the balance of power in Congress if Republicans succeed in gaining a majority of seats in the Senate and House. Pick up one of these titles and learn more about the Legislative branch of government as well as some our past and present elected senators and representatives.

Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate
By Frances E. Lee. The University of Chicago Press, 2009
Call Number: JK1161 .L428 2009

Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies
By M. Stanton Evans. Crown Forum, 2007
Call Number: E748 .M143 E83 2007
Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), R-WI, Former Representative (Served 1949-1958) Former Senator (Served 1947-1957)

Congressional Representation & Constituents: The Case for Increasing the U.S. House of Representatives
By Brian Frederick. Routledge, 2010
Call Number: JK1319 .F74 2010

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Midterm Elections: Part 1

October 25, 2010

Midterm Elections: Part 1

In the News: Many in the political world are counting down the days until the midterm elections on November 2. Democrats currently control both houses of Congress, but Republicans and other conservatives, outraged by the “Obama Agenda,” are earnestly working to end that. This week we share more newly acquired titles on the Republican Party, neoconservatism, and conservatism in general.

The following are on order. Look for them in the very near future!

The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama
By Will Bunch. Harper Collins, August 2010

Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System
By Scott W. Rasmussen. Harper, September 2010

No Right Turn: Conservative Politics in a Liberal America
By David T. Courtwright. Harvard University Press, October 2010

Proud to Be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation
By Jonah Goldberg. Harper Collins, October 2010

Why Conservatives Tell Stories & Liberals Don’t: Rhetoric, Faith, and Vision on the American Right
By David M. Ricci. Paradigm Publishers, September 2010

Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders
By Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy. Simon & Schuster, September 2010

These are currently available:

Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America
By Michael L. Ondaatje. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Call Number: E189 .I56 O53 2010

C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
By Jeff Sharlet. Little, Brown & Co, 2010
Call Number: BR526 .S52 2010

The Christian Right in Republican State Politics
By Kimberly H. Conger. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Call Number: JK2356 .C65 2009

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Chile / Karaoke

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Week of October 18, 2010

Chile / Karaoke

In the News: All eyes were on Chile this past week as the 33 men who had been trapped nearly half a mile underground were rescued more than two months following the August 5 accident at a gold and copper mine in northern Chile.

Also In the News: The Karaoke World Championships, an annual event since 2003, were held last month in Russia.

CHILE

The Changing Faces of Chilean Poetry: A Translation of Avant-Garde, Women’s, and Protest Poetry
By Sandra E. Aravena de Herron. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008
Call Number: PQ8063 .E5 A73 2008

Communal Feminisms: Chicanas, Chilenas, and Cultural Exile: Theorizing the Space of Exile, Class, and Identity
By Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs. Lexington Books, 2007
Call Number: PS153 .M4 G885 2007

Copper Workers, International Business, and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile
By Angela Vergara. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008
Call Number: F3099 .V38 2008

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Hispanic Latino Heritage Month – Part 2

October 7, 2010 – October 17, 2010

Hispanic Latino Heritage Month – Part 2

In the News: FAU continues to celebrate Hispanic Latino Heritage Month. (September 15-October 15, 2010) Our first post for this celebration focused on book titles. Now, we feature some DVDs on this subject that are available from the Boca Raton Media Center.

El Beso que Me Diste
Directed by Sonia Fritz. Vanguard Cinema, 2002 (released 2000)
Call Number: PN1997. B44173 2002

Bitter Cane
Directed by Jacques Arcelin. Cinema Guild, 1983
Call Number: F1921 .B47 1983

Bread & Roses
Directed by Ken Loach. Lions Gate, 2001 (released 2000)
Call Number: PN1997. B73 2001

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Oprah Winfrey

Week of September 27, 2010

Oprah Winfrey

In the News: It’s the 25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Through the years the Oprah brand has grown into an empire (Harpo, Inc.) that includes a film and TV division, radio shows, a magazine, a book club, and much more. This pop culture icon is also the subject of many scholarly publications.

The African American Entrepreneur: Then and Now
By W. Sherman Rogers. Praeger, 2010
Call Number: HD2358.5 .U6 R65 2010

The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era
By Janice Peck. Paradigm Publishers, 2008
Call Number: PN1992.4 .W56 P43 2008

Beloved (DVD)
Directed by Jonathan Demme. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2008
Call Number: PN1997 .B441577 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

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Iraq War, 2003-2010

Week of September 7, 2010

Iraq War, 2003-2010

In the News: The U.S. combat mission in Iraq, according to President Barack Obama, has come to an end.

The Aftermath (DVD)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: DS79.76 .A384 2004 (DVD)

American Soldiers in Iraq: McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals?
By Morten G. Ender. Routledge, 2009
Call Number: DS79.76 .E526 2009

The Anatomy of a Deception: A Reconstruction and Analysis of the Decision to Invade Iraq
By Robert P. Abele. University Press of America, 2010
Call Number: DS79.76 .Q24 2010

Baghdad ER (DVD)
Directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill. Home Box Office, 2006
Call Number: UH475 .I72 B34 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Bring ‘Em On: Media and Politics in the U.S. War on Iraq
Edited by Lee Artz and Yahyu R. Kamalipour. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005
Call Number: P96 .I73 B75 2005

Control Room (DVD)
Directed by Jehane Noujaim. Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2004
Call Number: HE8700.9 .Q22 C66 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
By Fouad Ajami. Free Press, 2006
Call Number: DS79.76 .A373 2006

Generation Kill (DVD)
HBO Films, 2008
Call Number: PN1992.77 .G462 2008

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (DVD)
Directed by Rory Kennedy. HBO Video, 2007
Call Number: DS79.76 .G56 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Gulliver Unbound: America’s Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq
By Stanley Hoffmann. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004
Call Number: E902 .H64 2004

Gunner Palace (DVD)
Directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein. Palm Pictures, 2005
Call Number: DS79.76 .G866 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Heavy Metal in Baghdad (DVD)
Directed by Eddy Moretti. Arts Alliance America, 2008
Call Number: ML421 .A27 H43 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Directed by Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally. Media Education Foundation, 2006
Call Number: HV6432.7 .H522 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Hurt Locker (DVD)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Summit Entertainment, 2010 (Released 2009)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .H8788 2010 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Independent Intervention: Breaking Silence (DVD)
Bullfrog Films, 2006
Call Number: P96 .A44 I53 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Indymedia War and Peace Trilogy (DVD)
Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center, 2003
Call Number: DS79.76 .I54 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Iraq!: A Panel at the Socialist Scholars Conference, 2003 (DVD)
Z Video Productions, 2003
Call Number: E902 .I737 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Iraq at a Distance: What Anthropologists Can Teach Us about the War
Edited by Antonius C. G. M. Robben. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Call Number: HD497 .I73 2010

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (DVD)
Directed by Robert Greenwald. Brave New Films, 2006
Call Number: DS79.769 .I65 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Iraq in Fragments (DVD)
Directed by James Longley. Typecast Releasing, 2007
Call Number: DS79.769 .I73 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War
By Matt Gallagher. Da Capo Press, 2010
Call Number: DS79.766 .G35 A3 2010

Leading to the 2003 Iraq War: The Global Media Debate
Edited by Alexander G. Nikolaev and Ernest A. Hakanen. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Call Number: P96 .I73 L43 2006

The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
By Helen Benedict. Beacon Press, 2009
Call Number: DS79.76 .B445 2009

The Lucky Ones (DVD)
Directed by Neil Burger. Lionsgate, 2009
Call Number: PN1997.2 .L8359 2009 (Boca Raton Media Center)

No End in Sight (DVD)
Directed by Charles Ferguson. Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2007
Call Number: DS79.76 .N65 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (DVD)
Directed by Richard E. Robbins. New Video, 2007
Call Number: DS79.76 .O64 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy
By Howard Friel and Richard Falk. Verso, 2004
Call Number: PN4899 .N42 T544 2004

Standard Operating Procedure (DVD)
Directed by Errol Morris. Sony Pictures, 2008
Call Number: DS79.76 .S68 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Strategy: How George W. Bush is Defeating Terrorists, Outwitting Democrats, and Confounding the Mainstream Media
By Bill Sammon. Regnery Pub., 2006
Call Number: E903.3 .S364 2006

Sunrise over Fallujah
By Walter Dean Myers. Scholastic Press, 2008
Call Number: PZ7 .M992 Su 2008 (Boca Raton Children’s Literature Collection)

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (DVD)
Directed by Robert Greenwald. Carolina Productions, Inc., 2003
Call Number: DS79.76 .U53 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands
By Jeremy Salt. University of California Press, 2008
Call Number: DS44 .S315 2008

War Spin (DVD)
Produced by Sandy Smith. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004
Call Number: DS79.76 .W37 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The War Tapes (DVD)
Directed by Deborah Scranton. Docudrama Films, 2007
Call Number: DS79.764 .U6 W37 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq
By Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt. University of California Press, 2009
Call Number: HQ1735 .A66 2009

Work…

Week of August 30, 2010

“Less Work, More Life”

In the News: As Labor Day (U.S.) approaches next week, we focus on how work affects our lives. The cover story in the September 2010 issue of The Progressive highlights the need for Americans to work less. The author, John de Graaf, argues that “reducing hours and sharing available work is essential for our families, health, economic security, and the environment.”

About Time: The Revolution in Work and Family Life
By Patricia Hewitt. IPPR/Rivers Oram, 1993
Call Number: HD5106 .H48 1993

Breaking the Mold: Redesigning Work for Productive and Satisfying Lives
By Lotte Bailyn. ILR Press, 2006
Call Number: HD4904.25 .B33 2006

CEO of Me: Creating a Life That Works in the Flexible Job Age
By Ellen Ernst Kossek and Brenda A. Lautsch. Wharton School Pub., 2008
Call Number: HD4904.25 .K667 2008

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Suffrage

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Week of August 23, 2010

Suffrage

In the News: In anticipation of the upcoming primary elections this Tuesday (8/24), we look at the Nineteenth Amendment which gave all American women the right to vote. Last week marked the 90th anniversary that the amendment was ratified by Congress. Now, go out and vote!

African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008
By Lisa Nikol Nealy. University Press of America, 2009
Call Number: JK1924 .N43 2009

Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign
By Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene. University of Illinois Press, 2008
Call Number: HQ1413 .P38 A23 2008

The British Women’s Suffrage Campaign, 1866-1928
By Harold L. Smith. Pearson/Longman, 2007
Call Number: HQ1236.5 .G7 S55 2007

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Feminist as Thinker: A Reader in Documents and Essays
Edited by Ellen Carol DuBois and Richard Candida Smith. New York University Press, 2007 Call Number: HQ1413 .S67 A5 2007

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Breastfeeding / Sweatshops

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Week of August 2, 2010

Breastfeeding /  Sweatshops

In the News: World Breastfeeding Week runs through August 7, 2010. The World Health Organization states that breastfeeding is the “best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need” and recommends “exclusive breastfeeding until a baby is six months old, and continued breastfeeding with the addition of nutritious complementary foods for up to two years or beyond.” Breast is best.

Also In the News: Nike, the sports apparel giant, will pay over $1.5 million to assist 1,800 Honduran subcontracted workers who were laid off in 2009. United Students Against Sweatshops, the grassroots student-run group that formed in 1997, pressured Nike to provide $2.5 million in severance pay to the workers, but the company opted to create a relief fund instead. The University of Wisconsin terminated its licensing agreement with Nike due to the school’s concerns about how the Honduran workers were treated. Cornell University threatened to drop Nike prior to the company’s announcement.

BREASTFEEDING

The ABCs of Breastfeeding: Everything a Mom Needs to Know for a Happy Nursing Experience
By Stacey H. Rubin. AMACOM, 2008
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Breast Feeding and Sexuality: Behaviour, Beliefs and Taboos among the Gogo Mothers in Tanzania
By Mara Mabilia. Berghahn Books, 2005
Call Number: DT443 .G64 M33 2005

Breastfeeding: Laws and Societal Impact
Edited by Sarah W. Ying. Nova Science Pubishers, 2005
Call Number: RJ216 .B74 2005

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Silent Films

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Week of July 19, 2010

Silent Films

In the News: Silent movies, such as Metropolis (1927) and Man with a Movie Camera (1929), were the main attractions this past weekend at the 15th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Here are some library resources that take a closer look at the movies that preceded the “talkies.”

The Battleship Potemkin (DVD)
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Kino International (released 1925)
Call Number: PN1997. B75732 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Birth of a Nation (DVD)
Directed by D. W. Griffith. Kino on Video, 2002 (released 1915)
Call Number: PN1997 .B55 2002 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Broken Blossoms, or The Yellow Man and the Girl (DVD)
Directed by D.W. Griffith. Kino on Video, 2002 (released 1919)
Call Number: PN1997 .B7565 2002 (Boca Raton Media Center)

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