Research Guide:
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Themes
Black Madonna
Feminism
Feminism spirituality
Motherhood
Fatherhood
Kinship
Alternative kinship
Racism
Segregation and the United States
Jim Crow Laws
Emancipation of minors
Bees (mythology)
Bees (behavior)
Honey (mythology)
Suicide
Websites
“Anatomy of a Hive” by Peter Tyson
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/hive.html
“Reflections: The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd
http://www.suemonkkidd.com/Reflections.aspx?t=b&i=5
Library Databases
Literature Resource Center
CredoReference
Academic Search Premier
ProQuest
Books
The Encyclopedia of Religion
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Symbols
Dictionary of Symbolism
Myth: myths and Legends of the World Explored
Man, Myth & Magic
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Reference Library of Black America
Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender
Single Parents
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
The Encyclopedia of Suicide
Ref BL31 .E46 1987
Ref AZ108 .B4313 1994
Ref AZ108 .B5313 1992
Ref BL303 .M354 1996
Ref BF1407 .M34 1994
Ref E185 .E54 1996
Ref E185 .R44 2000
Ref HQ1206 .H2385 2001
Ref HQ759.915 .K56 1999
Ref HQ9 .E52 2003
RefHV6545 .E87 1988
MLA Citation Help
The Little, Brown handbook
APA & MLA: Giving credit to your sources
Reserve Shelves
Library Website, lower right
Hinkle Library/Alfred State College
Rachel Armstrong
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