Kodak / The NFL

Week of January 30, 2012

Kodak / The NFL

In the News: Eastman Kodak Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Based out of Rochester, New York, Kodak has served as an iconic player in photography, film processing, and the motion picture industry since the 1880s.

Also In the News: Super Bowl XLVI. Giants vs. Patriots. February 5. Some will watch for the football. Others will tune in for the commercials. (Or, will it be to see Madonna?) Also included this week are books and DVDs on the National Football League.

KODAK

Changing Focus: Kodak’s Brush with Death and the Battle to Save a Great American Company
By Alecia Swasy. Times Business, 1997
Call Number: HD9708 .U64 E277 1997

Cutting Photographic Paper Rolls: Kodak (VHS)
The Institute of Management Sciences, 1990
Call Number: VH 1514 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Kodak and the Lens of Nostalgia
By Nancy Martha West. University Press of Virginia, 2000
Call Number: HF6161 .P36 W47 2000

Newt, Rick, Mitt & Ron (Herman and the other Rick, too)

Week of November 28, 2011

Newt, Rick, Mitt & Ron (Herman and the other Rick, too)

In the News: Newt Gingrich won South Carolina this past weekend, but there are many more primaries and caucuses to go before the Republican National Convention in August. (Take a look at our In the News posts from 2008: Democratic Presidential Race, Presidential Campaigns, and Third Party Politics.)

The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission
By Ron Paul and Lewis Lehrman. Cato Institute, 1982
Call Number: HG297 .P34

A Different God?: Mitt Romney, the Religious Right, and the Mormon Question
By Craig L. Foster. Greg Kofford Books, 2008
On Order

End the Fed
By Ron Paul. Grand Central Pub., 2009
Call Number: HG2563 .P384 2009

South Sudan / Kim Jong-il

Week of January 16, 2012

South Sudan / Kim Jong-il

In the News: Tensions between Sudan and South Sudan continue to rise and have resulted in violence and massacres throughout the country.

Also In the News: Now that Kim Jong-il has died, what is the fate of North Korea under the rule of Kim Jong-un?

SOUTH SEDAN

A Civil Society Deferred: the Tertiary Grip of Violence in the Sudan
By Abdullahi A. Gallab. University Press of Florida, 2011
Call Number: HM886 .G35 2011

The Darfur Conflict: Geography or Institutions?
By Osman Suliman. Routledge, 2011
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Darfur and the International Community: The Challenges of Conflict Resolution in Sudan
By Richard Barltrop. I.B. Tauris, 2011
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

New DVDs

Week of January 9, 2012

New Documentary DVDs

In the News: Academy Award Nominations for Best Documentary won’t be announced until January 24^th. Until then, enjoy one of these films that have been recently added to the Media Center. Highlight: There Once Was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho, directed by FAU faculty member, Briar March. (Also included here are streaming videos that we have recently acquired through Films for the Humanities & Sciences.)

30 for 30 (volumes 1 and 2)
From ESPN Films. 12 discs. In celebration of ESPN’s 30^th anniversary.
Call Numbers vary

AbUSed: the Postville Raid
Directed by Luis Argueta. Maya Media, 2010
Call Number: JV6970 .P67 A28 2010
Weaves together the personal stories of the individuals, the children, the families, and the town directly affected by the most brutal, most expensive, and largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in the United States.

Afro-Iranian Lives
Directed by Ali Ghelichi and Behnaz A. Mizrai, 2008
Call Number: HT1286 .A37 2008
Explores the history of the African slave trade in the nineteenth century using maps and archival photos, the African diaspora and African cultural tradition in Iran, and pays particular attention to socio-economic activities, performances and local religious and traditional rituals of the descendants of African slaves in rural and urban communities.

Silvio Berlusconi

Week of November 14, 2011

Silvio Berlusconi

In the News: Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy.

Berlusconi’s Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics
Michael E. Shin and John A. Agnew. Temple University Press, 2008
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Blowing Up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture
Edited by Melissa Aronczyk and Devon Powers. P. Lang, 2010
Call Number: HD69 .B7 B575 2010

The Dark Heart of Italy
By Tobias Jones. North Point Press, 2004
Call Number: DG430.2 .J66 2004 Continue reading

Homelessness / Anita Hill

Week of November 7, 2011

Homelessness / Anita Hill

In the News: The New York Times and Wall Street Journal report that scores of homeless men and women throughout the country have settled in with local Occupy demonstrators, but some involved with the Occupy movement are questioning whether the homeless are there to join in the cause or simply to seek shelter, food, and safety.

Also In the News: It has been twenty years since Anita Hill took the stand and testified during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Clarence Thomas where she accused him of workplace sexual harassment.

HOMELESSNESS

All Our Sisters: Stories of Homeless Women in Canada
By Susan Scott. Broadview Press, 2007
Call Number: HV4509 .S36 2007

Contextualizing Homelessness: Critical Theory, Homelessness, and Federal Policy Addressing the Homeless
By Ken Kyle. Routledge, 2005
Call Number: HV4505 .K95 2005

Counting the Homeless: Unsheltered and Sheltered
Edited by Trevor D. Morgan. Nova Science Publishers, 2010
Call Number: HV4505 .C683 2010 Continue reading

Hallowe’en

Week of October 31, 2011

Hallowe’en

In the News: Happy Halloween!

American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction
By Dale Bailey. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999
Call Number: PS374 .H33 B35 1999 (At Jupiter)

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
Edited by Harold Bloom. Bloom’s Literary Criticism, 2010
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Celluloid Vampires: Life after Death in the Modern World
By Stacey Abbott. University of Texas Press, 2007
Call Number: PN1995.9 .V3 A23 2007 Continue reading

The Amish

Week of October 24, 2011

The Amish

In the News: At least five Amish men have been charged with kidnapping and burglary after a series of attacks on other Amish citizens in the eastern Ohio area. The men have been accused of cutting their victims’ beards and hair.

The America of the Amish (DVD)
Directed by Alexandre Fronty. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2006
Call Number: E184 .M45 A447 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Amish: Not to Be Modern (Streaming Media)
Directed by Victoria Larimore & Michael Taylor. Filmakers Library, 1985
Call Number: Available online via Filmakers Library Online

Amish in Michigan
By Gertrude Enders Huntington. Michigan State University Press, 2001
Call Number: F575 .M45 H86 2001 Continue reading

Multiracialism

Week of October 17, 2011

Multiracialism

In the News: The New York Times recently featured an article on families throughout the U.S. who consider themselves mixed-race whether through marriage, adoption, or other relationships. The article also mentioned that the multiracial population of American children sits at around 4.2 million, up by at least 50 percent since 2000.

Almighty God Created the Races: Christianity, Interracial Marriage, & American Law
By Fay Botham. University of North Carolina Press, 2009
Call Number: KF511 .B68 2009 (At Jupiter)

Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America
By Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David Brunsma. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008 (2^nd ed.)
Call Number: E184 .A1 R62 2008

Black Enough/White Enough: The Obama Dilemma
By Rickey Hendon. Third World Press, 2009
Call Number: E901.1 .O23 H46 2009 Continue reading