Check out these new titles from our Women Educational Resource Collection!

Girlhood

The centrality of girlhood in shaping a woman’s life depends on age, gender, race, and a multitude of other identities. This title is a compilation of essays that covers historical information about girlhood from 1750 to the present. Girls from almost every region are discussed, and the various continuities and differences are examined. The case studies and essays by various scholars are arranged thematically so readers can compare how girls are influenced by locations and historical developments. Some topics that are included are colonialism, political repression, war, modernization, migration, and the rise of consumer culture.

Manifesta: Young women, feminism, and the future (10^th Anniversary Edition)

Manifesta was originally published in the year 2000, when girl culture was clearly on the rise. Female pride was clearly seen with shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the development of the WNBA. This being said, feminism was at a crossroads. Many “girl power” feminists were obsessed with personal empowerment at the expense of politics. Publications such as Ms. and NOW had lost the ability to speak to the new generation of feminists. Authors, Jennifer Baumgarder and Amy Richards examined how “girl culture” did not put feminism at risk. Manifesta went on to inspire a new generation of female readers, and has become a contemporary classic. In this anniversary edition the world has changed in both promising and disheartening ways for the female cause. With a provocative new introduction, the original arguments of this classic title are still urgent and timely!

On the Move for Love

U.S. Military camp towns or gijichon have been fixtures of South Korea since the Korean War. The most popular form of entertainment is clubs that attract military clientele. The clubs are so attractive because of duty-free alcohol, music, shows, and women entertainers. However, in the 1990s many Korean women left because of Korea’s rapid economic advancement and the stigma attached to their line of work. To fill these vacancies, club owner hired cheap labour predominantly from the Philippines and ex-Soviet states. Because of an increasing presence of foreign workers in Korea, conversations about modernity, nationalism, ethnicity, and human rights have precipitated. Feminists, NGOS, and media reports have identified these women as victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution. This title explores question such as, are these women victims or simply migrant women? How do these women understand the experiences they have had? The author answers these questions by following the lives of migrant Filipina entertainers who work in various gijichon clubs.

Find these titles on the New Acquisitions Shelf on the Ground Floor of the OISE library!

Check out these new titles at the OISE library!

 Keep Them Reading: An Anti-Censorship Handbook for Educators

This handbook is ideal for teachers, librarians, and administrators to prevent censorship in a school or school system, and what to do if it happens. The award-winning authors of this book have devoted their careers to anti-censorship work. They discuss the importance of reading, and how censorship issues can cause problems for even the best literacy programs. Topics described in this tile include understanding challenges and censorship, developing a philosophy, engaging the community, preparing for a challenge, and much more!

The Story of My Thinking

This new title will help teachers lead their student through the writing process from generating ideas to publication. Authors Gretchen Bernabei and Dottie Hall describe new ways to teach expository writing so it will realistically match how students actually think and write. The barrier between “academic” writing, and “creative” writing will be broken down with the teaching methods put forth in this books, and allow students to write non-fiction with a strong voice. All activities are based on situations teachers may find themselves in, and are easily adaptable.

What It Is

This beautifully drawn graphic novel demonstrates a creative method that is playful yet powerful. The author Lynda Barry fills the pages with full-colour drawings, comics, collages, and autobiographical sections, which explore the depths of creation and imagination. In her fist book published by Canada’s Drawn & Quarterly, Lynda Barry’s insights and sincerity will encourage the creative inhibitions of her readers.

These and other new titles can be found on the New Acquisitions shelf of the first floor of the OISE library.

Stop by the OISE library and check out these new additions to our collection!

 – Educating for Eco-Justice and Community [363.70071 B786E]: In this book, the author outlines a strategy for educational reform that confronts the rapid degradation of our ecosystems by renewing the face-to-face, intergenerational traditions that can serve as alternatives to our hyper-consumerist, technology-driven worldview. He explains how current technological and progressive programs of educational reform operate on deep cultural assumptions that came out of the Enlightenment and led to the Industrial Revolution. These beliefs frame our relationship with nature in adversarial terms, view progress as inevitable, and elevate the individual over community, expertise over intergenerational knowledge, and profit over reciprocity.

 – Environmental Education for the 21^st Century: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives [333.7071 E61]: This volume offers many entry points for environmental teaching. Its scope and range provide a stimulating overview of the state of the art in the environmental curriculum in the humanities, the social sciences, teacher education, family and consumer sciences, business, and journalism as well as perspectives on creating a green academic environment through teaching, administration, and media relations.

– Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education [796.5 S677B]: This book speaks to teachers, parents, and others interested in nurturing in children the ability to understand and care for nature. This expanded version of one of Orion Magazine’s most popular articles includes descriptions of developmentally appropriate environmental education activities and a list of related children’s books.

These and other new books are all available on the New Acquisitions shelf on the ground floor of the library.