GENDER STUDIES

 

Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, 1989--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .D54

Publishes articles on the concept of and social construction of difference. Difference does not refer only to gender, though gender studies predominate. Aim is to present a forum for exchange between feminism and cultural studies.

 

Feminist Issues, 1981--. 2/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .F45

Published by The Feminist Forum, Berkeley, CA, Feminist Issues is a journal of feminist social and political theory, devoted to "feminist social and political analysis, with emphasis on an international exchange of ideas." No theme or serial bibliographies.

 

 

Feminist Review, 1979--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1154 .F4465

Published in London by a women's collective, but international in scope. Contents include articles, book reviews, and a "noticeboard." Articles are well-researched but brief with current bibliographies appended. Emphasis seems to be on theory and politics; a sampling of topics includes childhood sexual abuse, homophobia in black communities, political solidarity among women. Excellent resource for scholars interested in reading European, Asian or African women's opinions of American feminist theory. No serial bibliography.

 

 

Feminist Studies, 1972--. 4/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .F4

Originally sponsored by Women's Studies Program at UMCP; currently edited by Claire G. Moses. Founded to "encourage analytic responses to feminist issues and to open new areas of research, criticism, and speculation." Takes an advocacy position: "The feminist movement has demonstrated that the study of women is more than a compensatory project. Instead, feminism has the potential fundamentally to reshape the way we view the world. Scope is broad, encompassing works on pedagogical issues, history, mass communications, and literary criticism. International and cross-cultural in scope. Publishes essays, fiction, poetry, biography and carefully researched scholarly articles, as well as notes, letters, and lists of publications received. Considered one of the leading journals for feminist, lesbian, and women's studies. No theme or serial bibliographies.

 

 

Feminist Teacher, 1985--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1180 .F45

Excellent magazine for those wishing to "transform their curriculum." Focus is feminist pedagogy. Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary, covering all age groups in the classroom.

 

 

Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, 1975--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1180 .F7

Goal is to publish a journal that bridges the gap between university and community women--to find a balance between academic and popular views on issues common to women. Seeks traditional and innovative work from all persons concerned with women's issues. Encourages interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship in women's history, theory and criticism, and contemporary social issues. Publishes occasional bibliographies.

 

 

Gender and Education, 1989--. 3/yr.

Call number: LC 212.8 .G46

Published in the U.K. Includes essays on contemporary gender issues both in U.S. and abroad, focusing especially on construction of gender identity in educational environments. Some essays contain quantitative data. No serial or subject bibliographies.

 

 

Gender and History, 1989--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1075 .G44

New journal examining gender in relation to "women's history, Afro-American history, national histories and history as a discipline." Essays discuss gender identity, constructions of gender, gender and work, gender and beauty, and more. Contents includes editorial, articles, Forum, Feature, Thematic Reviews, Book Reviews, list of publications received. No serial or subject bibliographies.

 

 

Gender and Society, 1987--. 4/yr.

Call number: HQ 1075 .G457

Contains historical and contemporary essays that focus on the relationship of gender to society and the social construction of gender. International in scope. Essays discuss, among other issues, how gender influences and constructs personal relationships, sports, and the family. No serial bibliographies.

 

 

Genders, 1988--. 3/yr.

Call number: NX 1 .G6

Publishes contemporary essays on gender identity and gender construction both in the U.S. and abroad. Dedicated to gender issues in "art, literature, film, history, and sexuality." Especially interested in essays that address theoretical issues relating sexuality and gender to social, political, racial, economic, or stylistic concerns. In every issue, the journal includes a section on "Books Received" focusing on gender studies.

 

 

Hecate: A Women's Interdisciplinary Journal. 2/yr.

Occasionally publishes annotated theme bibliographies.

 

 

*Journal of Women's History, 1989--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .J68

Includes articles on women, gender, and feminism in history. Recently published a Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature listing more than 5500 articles published from 1980-1990 in over 700 periodicals. Since 1990, the journal has been publishing in each issue a serial bibliography of articles, organized thematically. Also contains "abstracts of all historical works published in English" and "small reviews of all major foreign language books on women's history."

 

 

NWSA Journal, 1988--. 3/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .N3

The NWSA Journal is published by Indiana University Press as the official publication of the National Women's Studies Association, which includes multicultural and interdisciplinary feminist scholarship. Their mission is to link feminist theory with teaching and activism. NWSA Journal regularly publishes reviews of books, teaching materials and films. No serial or subject bibliographies.

 

 

off our backs, 1970--. 12/yr. UMBC Microfilm.

Published in D.C. by a collective, this is a women's news journal. Audience is activist and scholarly communities. Focus on "radical feminisms".

 

 

Quest: A Feminist Quarterly, 1974--.

Call number: HQ 1101 .Q4

Publishes occasional bibliographies.

 

 

*Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la Recherche Feministe, 1972--. 4/yr.

Call number: HQ 1181 .C3 C31

Formerly titled Canadian Newsletter of Research on Women. One issue annually is an index, one a book review issue, and the other two are topical. This is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal that covers sociology, women's studies, psychology, history, and political issues. Features conference reports, abstracts of papers presented at Congresses, calls for papers, announces forthcoming books, reports of research in progress, and an abstract section highlighting international feminist research. Provides bibliographies, listings of archival holdings, and an ongoing and comprehensive periodical and resource guide. North American scope with emphasis on Canada.

 

 

Sage, 1984--. 4/yr.

Call number: E185.86 .S24 Folio

A journal on Black women. "Articles, critical essays, in-depth interviews, review of books, films, and exhibits, research reports, resource listings, documents and announcements focusing on the lives and cultures of Black women wherever they reside." Scholarly quality is excellent. No serial bibliography.

 

 

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1975--. 4/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .S5

An important interdisciplinary journal in scholarly women's studies. Publishes lengthy research articles and book review essays. Usually one issue/year dwells on a special topic, e.g. "Women and the American City." International in scope but primarily Western in focus. Contributions come from fields of history, literature, sociology, psychology, and women's studies. Only one bibliography listed in ten-year span of index. Has "Notes" section that reports on upcoming Congresses and meetings, new research tools, calls for papers, and publications of interest. Very high quality journal dedicated to publishing a variety of voices in accessible articles.

 

 

Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. May & December.

Call number: PN 471.T84

While this journal may not be the most famous, it is a quality production that has won awards over its 15-year life from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. There are articles, heavily footnoted, along with reviews of recently published scholarship not confined to American literature but the emphasis is there. There are five pages of "Books Received" listed by title. The spring edition contained an index of all articles written from 1982-1996.

 

Women in Action: Isis International, 1984--. 4/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .W621

Offers a forum of discovery for individual and women's groups all over the world using diverse forms of cultural expressions towards organizing and empowerment. Non-scholarly and activist-oriented.

 

 

Women of Power. 4/yr.

Magazine about women's spirituality, creativity, and the arts. Broad audience, both activist, academic and non-academic. International and interdisciplinary as well as cross-cultural in scope.

 

 

Women's Review of Books, 1983--. 12/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .W768 M-film

Extremely useful review organ, worth checking frequently. "The WRB is feminist but not restricted to any one conception of feminism; all writing that is neither sexist, racist, homophobic, nor otherwise discriminatory will be welcome. We seek to represent the widest possible range of feminist perspectives both in the books reviewed and in the content of the reviews." Reviews broad spectrum of materials, including pedagogical books, poetry, prose, across a vast and diverse academic as well as public arena. Also publishes list of books received and compiles the list annually each summer. Also lists job postings.

 

 

Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1973--. 4/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101 .W77

Provides a "forum for the presentation of scholarship and criticism about women." Includes articles on literature, history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics, anthropology, and the sciences. Includes poems and short stories as well as scholarly articles. Heavy on literary criticism. Often publishes special issues on topics, e.g. "Women in the Middle Ages." No serial bibliographies.

 

 

Women's Studies International Forum, 1982--. 6/yr.

Call number: HQ 1101

Published by Pergamon Press in England and the U.S. States its purpose as "to aid the distribution and exchange of feminist research in multidisciplinary, international areas of women's studies and in feminist research in other disciplines." Publishes articles from those both inside and outside academia, and "action-oriented research as well as theoretical, methodological issues, and historical reassessment of the lives and works of women." Favors works of radical feminism. Publishes book reviews and the "Feminist Forum" which abstracts books under diverse headings, e.g. aging, art, coalitions, feminist research, feminist theory, lesbians, native Americans, rape/violence, religion/spirituality, etc. No serial but occasional (rare) theme bibliographies.

 

 

Women's Studies Quarterly, 1981--.

Call number: HQ 1101 .W681

Published by The Feminist Press. New feminist scholarship and theory applied to teaching and the curriculum. In addition to articles, includes Editorial, Viewpoints, Making Public History, In the Classroom, and Resources. Each issue focuses on a specific topic, e.g. "Women, Girls, and the Culture of Education," "Women's Studies in Economics," "Women in the Visual Arts." International in scope. Routinely publishes bibliographic works of varying depths and formats. An outstanding resource for scholars interested in women and education.

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