Constructions of the Body
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Professor: Susan Bell |
The Library Catalog
The Library Catalog section of the Library Gateway is the primary instrument for accessing the collections of the Bowdoin College Libraries. Included are bibliographic records for books, periodical titles, Archives materials, dvd's/videorecordings, and sound recordings. Also listed are some of the government documents and Special Collections materials.
In the Library Catalog, you may search for an item by its Author (including editors, illustrators, translators, and corporate authors); Title (including series titles and alternate titles); or one of several other access points, such as call number or words in title. For best results in Subject searching, use the standardized subject headings found in the large red Library of Congress Subject Headings books. Sometimes, searching by Keyword will turn up references you would not have found easily by subject, especially with "jargon" words or new terms.
The general call number range for Women's Studies is HQ 1101-2030.7. Other areas of interest would be HQ 12-471 for resources on Sexuality and Gay and Lesbian Studies, and GT 500-5090 for "Clothing and Dress" and "Custom relative to private and public life." Many other areas of the collection contain sources that relate to Sociology and related topics, so it's important to use the Library Catalog, in conjunction with browsing the shelves.
Some relevant subject headings for Sociology 253 are listed below; there are many others!
BEAUTY CONTESTS
BEAUTY CULTURE
BEAUTY, PERSONAL
BEAUTY SHOPS
BODY ART
BODY, HUMAN (See subdivisions, e.g. IN LITERATURE, IN POPULAR CULTURE)
BODY IMAGE
BODY PIERCING
BODYBUILDING
BOXING
CLOTHING AND DRESS
COSMETICS INDUSTRY
COSTUME (This has many subheadings, e.g. CLOTHING AND DRESS IN ART; CLOTHING AND DRESS IN LITERATURE; and many geographical and ethnic subdivisions)
CYBORGS
EATING DISORDERS
EXERCISE
FOOTBINDING
GENDER IDENTITY
HAIR
HAIRDRESSING
HUMAN FIGURE IN ART
MASKS
NUDE IN ART
PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE NUDE
TATTOOING
TRANSSEXUALISM
TRANSVESTITES
SURGERY, PLASTIC
Encyclopedias
ART & CULTURE
The dictionary of art / editor, Jane Turne 34 vols. New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 1996
Art N31 .D5 1996
This “dictionary” is actually a monumental 34-volume encyclopedia of art.
See also its electronic version:
Grove dictionary of art online, which includes the complete text of the encyclopedia as well as links to numerous art image collections.
Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 / Peter N. Stearns, editor-in-chief. 5 vols. New York : Scribner, c2001
Main Ref. HN373 .E63 2001
This important scholarly work covers more than six centuries of social history. Articles are arranged thematically (not alphabetically); volume 3 is of special interest, including lengthy sections on Gender, Sexuality, Body and Mind.
For appearance' sake : the historical encyclopedia of good looks, beauty, and grooming / Victoria Sherrow Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 2001
Main Ref. GT499 .S49 2001
Brings together information on appearance and grooming from ancient times to the present. Focuses primarily on the care and appearance of the face, hair, hands, skin, and nails, and on the social/historical, health-related, and other general aspects of these topics. Also includes ornamentation, such as scarification, tattooing, piercings, body painting, and other body decoration.
The illustrated encyclopaedia of costume and fashion : from 1066 to the present / Jack Cassin-Scott. London : Studio Vista ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. Co., 1994 .
Main Ref. GT720. C37 1994
Depicts the ever-changing modes of almost 1,000 years of fashion. Note that the call number range of GT 600's - GT 700's includes many books on costume and fashion.
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture / editors, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast. 5 vols. Detroit : St. James Press, c2000
E169.1 .S764 2000
This five-volume set includes over 2,700 essays on all elements of popular culture in the U.S. in the twentieth century. "Body Decoration" and "Bodybuilding" are just two of the many entries relating to the Constructions of the Body class.
SEXUALITY AND GAY STUDIES
The following encyclopedias provide scholarly information on cultural, social, literary, historical and contemporary aspects of gay and lesbian culture and sexual topics, in the U.S. and worldwide. Use these encyclopedias to find an overview of a topic, a place, an event, or biographical information relating to sexuality, lesbian and gay studies. Encyclopedia entries also contain bibliographies with recommendations for further reading. These books are representative of a large selection of research materials in this subject area available in the reference collection, as well as the circulating collections of the Bowdoin Library; see call numbers around HQ 75.
Completely queer : the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia / Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson. New York : Henry Holt, 1998.
Main Ref. HQ75 .H63 1998
Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America / Marc Stein, editor in chief 3 vols. New York, NY : Charles Scribner's Sons/Thomson/Gale, c2004
Main Ref. HQ76.3 U5 E53 2004
Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia / George E. Haggerty, editor. New York : Garland, 2000
Main Ref. HQ75.13 .G37 2000
The International encyclopedia of sexuality / edited by Robert T. Francoeur. 3 vols. New York : Continuum, 1998.
Main Ref. HQ21 .I68 1998
Reader's guide to lesbian and gay studies / editor, Timothy F. Murphy. Chicago ; London : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000.
Main Ref. HQ75.15 .R43 2000
Periodicals, Print and Electronic
Periodical titles are listed in the Library Catalog. Periodicals (which may also be called journals, magazines, or serials) are shelved alphabetically by title. Unbound issues (generally, just the current year) are located on the first floor. Back issues are bound and shelved in the basement. Science titles are in Hatch Science Library.
Individual articles are not listed in the Library Catalog, but you may use the Library Gateway to connect to a variety of periodical indexes, described below. These are searchable by subject, author, keyword, etc., and contain citations, abstracts, and sometimes the full text of articles.
Use the "Find Journals" link on the Library Gateway to determine whether Bowdoin owns a journal in print or electronic format.
For journals not available at Bowdoin, use Interlibrary Loan.
Electronic Access to Periodicals
A number of scholarly Sociology journals are available online, as well as in print form. The JSTOR system, which reproduces the full text of the journals from their first volume, with a "moving window" of five years (i.e., the current five years are NOT in the database). Many Sociology journals are included.
Other full-text journal articles are found in Academic Search Premier and some of the other Indexes and Databases listed below.
Indexes and Databases
These sources provide subject and author access to articles in periodicals and other current publications. They differ in the selection of journals covered and in the way they present their information. Although some duplication will be found among the various indexes, it is worthwhile to try several for a thorough literature search on any topic.
The indexes listed below are accessed electronically through the Library Gateway Indexes/Databases ("Find Articles") section.
Academic Search Premier 1980's+
This electronic database covers over 2,000 English-language periodicals in social sciences, humanities, and science, as well as general interest magazines. The years covered vary for different periodicals, but generally go from the mid-1980's to the present. Beginning in 1992, selected periodicals have articles reproduced in full-text. Other references include abstracts of articles. Searches may be limited to scholarly journals.
Alternative Press Index 1969+
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines, with selected abstracts from research journals. Coverage in international and interdisciplinary. Provides in-dept coverage in the humanities and social sciences in areas such as women's studies, political issues, gay/lesbian studies, environmental topics, labor, cultural and social issues.
Art Abstacts 1983+
A bibliographic database that cites articles from more than 285 periodicals published throughout the world. Subjects include architecture, art, art history, crafts, and photography. Includes citations of foreign-language materials as well as English.
ARTstor is a growing repository of 300,000+ digital images and related data supporting interdisciplinary studies with special emphasis on collections of art, architecture and archeology. An excellent resource for images by individual artists.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1980+
The database indexes articles from over 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities
journals, plus relevant articles from an additional 5,000 social science and science journals.
Contemporary Women's Issues 1992+
A full-text database with articles from journals, newsletters and research reports containing information on women in over 190 countries. Strong in the subject areas of Sociology, Psychology, the arts, Health Education, Business administration, and political sciences. Includes many "alternative" types of publications related to women's issues.
LexisNexis Academic 1980+
Contains the full text of articles from worldwide newspapers, magazines, news wires and trade journals. Starting dates vary for different publications; current information is updated daily.
Sociological Abstracts 1952+
Contains indexes to and abstracts of the literature of sociology from 1,800 journals published worldwide and abstracts of papers presented at sociological conferences. It also includes links to selected web sites.
Gender Studies Database 1972+
Indexes the literature of Women’s Studies, Men’s Studies, and sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender scholarship and includes several thousand links to freely available and indexed full-text articles. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations, websites and other sources.
Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews, Inc., is a nonprofit scientific publisher established "to promote the advancement of the sciences." Now covering dozens of disciplines in the behavioral, life, and technical sciences, these annual volumes are organized by editors and editorial committees who invite qualified authors to contribute critical articles reviewing significant developments in each major discipline.
Articles are grouped by broad subject categories (such as "Social Processes" and "Historical Sociology"). Each review article discusses the recent work of important scientists in a given area, and includes a bibliography of all the works cited. These bibliographies may list hundreds of scholarly journal articles and books; they serve as an excellent starting point for research on
related topics.
Each Annual Review volume contains its own detailed subject index, plus a broader category index for prior volumes in the series. For Annual Review of Sociology, the years from 1975 to five years ago are available online through JSTOR. The current five years are in print form at: Ref.HM 1 A763.
Wonderful World Wide Websites
Not all websites are created equal! The Web is an electronic repository for books, data collections, encyclopedias, libraries, and any disparate piece of text, graphic, or sound byte that someone chose to put on-line. And some of it is inaccurate, biased, out-of-date, shallow, and inappropriate for academic use.
For help in appraising web sources, see Evaluating WWW Sources.
http://www.cbbnet.org/teaching/evaluation.html
The following sites were chosen for their solid credentials and wealth of information.
Body Art: Marks of Identity
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/bodyart/
This web site features an exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History exploring the ways in which human beings around the world, past and present, decorate their bodies. The exhibition and the web site examine the historical and cultural significance behind ancient and modern body art practices including tattooing, piercing, body painting, body reshaping, henna, and scarification.
Body Worlds
http://www.bodyworlds.com/index.html
“The BODY WORLDS exhibitions are first-of-their-kind exhibitions through which visitors learn about anatomy, physiology, and health by viewing real human bodies, using an extraordinary process called Plastination a groundbreaking method for specimen preservation invented by Dr. von Hagens in 1977. Each exhibition features more than 200 real human specimens, including whole-body plastinates, individual organs, organ configurations and transparent body slices.”
V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
http://www.vday.org/
The official website for The Vagina Monologues.
Individual Biographies:
Adrian Piper
http://www.adrianpiper.com
Cindy Sherman
http://masters-of-photography.com/S/sherman/sherman.html
Carol Jacobsen
http://time.arts.ucla.edu/terminals/jacobsen/jacobsen.html
Jo Spence
http://hosted.aware.easynet.co.uk/jospence
Robert Mapplethorpe
http://masters-of-photography.com/M/mapplethorpe/mapplethorpe.html
Women's, Gender Studies, and Sexualities Websites:
ASA Sex and Gender Section
http://www2.asanet.org/sectionsexgend/
A section of the American Sociological Association web site. This contains a selection of links to high-quality web sites related to Sex and Gender issues.
ASA Sociology of Sexualities
http://www2.asanet.org/sectionsex/
A section of the American Sociological Association web site, containing links to quality sites on the study of sexuality.
An encyclopedia focused on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture.
WSSLINKS
http://libr.org/wss/wsslinks/index.html
Sixteen categories divide the links. Bibliographies, papers, links to professional organizations and listserves are among the resources available. An immense, well categorized resource.
Femina
http://www.femina.cybergrrl.com/
Thousands of annotated sites relating to women's history and issues.
Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resources Sites
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html
Search by category or browse by title.
This page created and maintained by Leanne Pander. Last update: January, 2007.