Ronni Taylor
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Professor Kathy Rowley
Comp 201-12
10/15/12
Annotated Bibliography:
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Greene, Stuart, and April Lidinsky. From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and
Reader. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print. In this text the article “The
Wonder Women Precedent: Female (Super) Heroism on Trial” is printed. This
article expresses the view that female super heroes have been misrepresented in
comparison to their male counterparts. This objective source was originally
printed in the scholarly journal The Journal of American Culture and was written
by Julie D. O’Reilly, a professor of Women’s Gender Studies, making it a
credible source. As a source on feminism this article will help me to establish a
base of facts to use in my argumentative essay.
Borland, Katherine. ""That's Not What I Said": Interpretive Conflict in Oral Narrative
Research." Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History (1991): 63-75.
Web. <http://www.sfu.ca/~palys/Borland-ThatsNotWhatIsaid.pdf>. In this article
the author Dr. Katherine Borland, PhD, tells the story of her grandmothers’ life in
the context of feminism. She intertwines the events of her grandmother and the
choices she made with the new age ideals of feminism even though her
grandmother never considered herself a feminist. The article was originally
published in the scholarly journal Women’s Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral
History, and written by a scholar who holds a B.A of Discipline of the
Humanities, M.A of English Literature, and PhD of Folklore. The way this article
was written helped me to better understand feminism because of the personal
examples.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York:
Routledge, 1990. Print. This book was influential in the fields of queer theory and
feminist philosophy. The importance of this text is linked with the creation of the
notion of “seminal performativity”. Though originally published in the 90’s,
Gender Trouble is still widely used as contemporary feminist theory. Judith
Butler received a PhD form Yale University and has contributed much to field of
feminism. As a source she provides a valid base of which to extract facts from in
the specific realm of feminism.
Freeman, Jo. "The Feminist Scholar." The Feminist Scholar. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct.
2012. <http://www.jofreeman.com/academicwomen/femscholar.htm>. This
website has a collection of scholarly article written by Jo Freeman about the topic
of feminism. Jo Freeman was a well-known scholar; she was an activist, political
scientist, writer and lawyer. She attended the University of California at Berkeley
where she received a B.A in Political Science. This site is a collection of many of
her written works. As a source this site is reliable and objective. It will be most
helpful because it is a way to cite a specific person and have many different
articles to pull from.
MacKinnon, Catharine A. Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1987. Print. Catharine MacKinnon writes in this
book on the issues in the world of feminism and social theory. Along with writing
MacKinnon is known for being a lawyer congressman and judge on the U.S
Supreme Court of Appeals. As a source, therefore, she is overly credible. The
book itself is a collection of articles written from a radical viewpoint. This will be
a reliable source because it has a lot of information and is from a specific
viewpoint.
Glanzberg-Krainin, Deborah, and Laura Levitt. "Feminist Theory and Jewish
Studies."Religion Compass 3.2 (2009): 241-52. Print. This article is interesting
because it has an interesting perspective, not only is it on feminism but also it
relates it to the religion of Judaism. Rabbi Deborah Glanzberg-Krainin has a PhD
and recently received Temple-Kolot Graduate Certificate in Jewish Women's
Studies. As source on feminism she provides a unique perspective. This source
will help shape my argument into something more interesting than just another
paper on feminism.
Tonella, Karla. "Women's Studies: Feminist Theory." Women's Studies: Feminist Theory.
N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2012.
<http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/theory.html>. This website is a
compilation of articles edited and posted by Karla Tonella a University of Iowa
grad. This site has a number of articles that would be helpful in researching the
topic of feminism. While writing an essay this site would be helpful because it
would allow me to have a variety of articles to pull from. The facts range and
would allow me to gain a large perspective on the topic.
Grosz, Elizabeth A. Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism. Bloomington:
Indiana UP, 1994. Print. In this book Elizabeth Grosz discusses theories of Freud,
Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida and their views on the body.
She says that they describe the male body and not the human body. After that she
talks about the importance of the female body. This source would be helpful in
my paper because it has another specific perspective on feminism. The author has
taught at the University of Sydney along with many others and is widely known
for her philosophical interpretations. As a source she is reliable and credible
because of her academic background.
Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and
the Privilege of Partial Perspective. 4th ed. Vol. 14. N.p.: Feminist Studies, 1988.
Print. Feminist Studies is one of the oldest scholarly journals in the field of
feminism. Donna Jeanne Haraway, a distinguished professor and writer in the
field of women’s studies, wrote the article published within. As a source Donna
Haraway is a credibly scholar with experience in the feminist world. This article
explores “objectivity” and the connection between science and feminism. This
article would be helpful in adding a scientific perspective to my paper.
Hollows, Joanne. Feminism, Femininity, and Popular Culture. Manchester, U.K.:
Manchester UP, 2000. Print. Joanne Hollows speaks about the world of popular
culture and how it influences the progression of feminism. She speaks of
feminism, femininity, and popular culture as being in constant struggle. She uses
examples in woman’s film, soap operas, fashion, and other TV we associate to
women. Within my research paper I would site this source in order to appeal to
common knowledge of my peers. Popular culture is an easy common ground to
start from and will be helpful in making my point. `
Excellent!