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ENGLISH 276
Women Writers Across Cultures
Instructor Barbara Saez
Research Guide
Table of Contents
| Religions in India and Pakistan | History of Botswana | The roles of women in African tribal cultures | Political repression in Argentina | China political repression and recent political history |
RELIGIONS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
Materials available in the Library
General Resources
An illustrated encyclopedia of mankind - M-REFSTACK REF GN307.I44
Encyclopedia of world cultures - M-REFSTACK REF GN307.E53
Peoples and cultures - M-STACK G128.P46 1992
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life - M-REFSTACK GN333.W67 1998
Illustrated guide to world religions / Michael D. Coogan (Ed.) - M-REFSTACK BL80.2.I434 1998
Women and world religions / Denise Lardner Carmody - bl458.c37 1989
Ethics of world religions / Arnold D. Hunt, Marie T. Crotty, and Robert B. Crotty
Dictionary of cults, sects, religions, and the occult / George A. Mather and Larry A. Nichols - M-REFSTACK REF BL31.M295 1993
Great religions of the world / M-STACK BL80.2.N347
Islam / John Alden Williams - M-STACK BP60.V62 1983
Islamic politics and the modern world / Andrew C. Kimmens - M-STACK BP173.7.I87 1990
History of Islamic societies / Ira M. Lapidus - M-STACK DS35.63.L37 1988
Sikh religion - M-STACK BL2018.5.G85S55 1990
Subject-specific Resources
India
India - M-STACK DS407.I5 1986
Indian philosophy and religion: A reader's guide / Bibhu Padhi and Minakshi Padhi - M-STACK BL2001.2.P22 1990
Guide to Indian philosophy / Karl H. Potter with Austin B. Creel and Edwin Gerow - M-REFSTACK REFZ7129.I5P68 1988
Ways of thinking of Eastern peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan / Philip P. Wiener (Ed.) - CB253.N313
India (including Pakistan and Bangladesh) - M-STACK DS437.K8 1973
Hinduism and Buddhism [videorecording] - M-STACK BL80.2.W58 1996
Hinduism / Louis Renou - M-STACK BL1107.R4
Hindu view of life / S. Radhakrishnan - M-STACK B131.R28 1980
Hinduism / Kshiti Mohan Sen - M-STACK BL1210.S4 1987
Buddhism, a way of life and thought / Nancy Wilson Ross - M-STACK BQ4022.R67 1981
Buddhism - a non-theistic religion / H. W. Schumann - M-STACK BQ885.S3813 1989
Indian philosophy / Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - M-STACK B131.R3 1962
Pakistan
Pakistan: Nationalism without a nation? / Christophe Jaffrelot - M-STACK DS389.P344 2002
Islam and Pakistan / Freeland Abbott - M-STACK BP63.P2A62
Pakistan / Damodar P. Singhal - M-STACK DS384.S49
Periodicals
Christianity Today - M-PER
America (The national catholic weekly) - M-PER
Electronic Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP (TRCC home > Library > Library Databases > General Databases)
Topic: Religions in India and Pakistan
The Relevance Search, Keyword Search, and Advanced Search modes will retrieve good results on "India religions", "India philosophy", and " Pakistan religion." Select "in title, citation, abstract" option and limit your searches to "full text" articles.
Topic: The Partition of Pakistan from India
The Keyword Search will return a good article on "Pakistan partition."
In the Advanced Search mode enter "Pakistan and India and partition (as keywords). Limit your search to "full text" articles. The citation list will return a few relevant articles.
Topic: British Colonial Rule in India
"Religion and revolt: Bengal under the Raj", published in History Today, on January 1993, v. 43, p. 29, provides a history of the British colonial rule and the events leading its fall. In the Keyword Search mode, enter the title of the article in the search box, select "in title, citation, abstract" option, and limit your search to "full text" articles.
Topic: The Caste System in India
The Relevance and Keyword searches will retrieve relevant articles on "India caste system."
Academic Search Premier ( TRCC home > Library > Library Databases > General Databases)
Topic: Religions in India and Pakistan
Use the Basic Keyword Search mode and enter "India religion" or "Pakistan religion" in the search box. Limit your results to "full text" articles. The citations lists contain good articles.
Topic: The Caste System in India
The Basic Keyword Search mode will retrieve a few relevant articles on "India caste system."
Web Sites
Topic: Indian religions (Hindu, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism)
The Hindu Universe The web site offers information on Hindu women, health and life style, marriage and family, customs, women in workplace, and issues and politics.
Hinduism Today (Current and back issues available online)
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Hinduism Contains information on Hindu history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
BBC - Religions and Ethics - Islam Contains information on Islamic history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
Islam (Dr. Alan Godlas, Department of Religion at the University of Georgia) Information on Islamic history, philosophy, and scientific thought, Muslim women and women's rights, and populations, maps, and countries of the Muslim world.
Introduction to Islam The web site offers information on the religion of Islam, Islamic schools of thought, Islamic civilization, and Islamic economic aspects.
Buddhanet (Buddhist information and education network) Contains information on Buddhist teachings and scriptures, Buddhist history and culture, women in Buddhism, Theravada and Mahayana teachings, and photo documentaries.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics (Current and back issues available online)
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Buddhism Contains information on Buddhist history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Christianity Contains information on Christian history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
Christianity (University of Wyoming) The web site includes information on Christian religious life, time and worship, organization, and texts and tales.
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Sikhism Contains information on Christian history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
Jainism.org The web site offers information about the Jain religion.
Topic: Pakistan religions (Islam, Christianity, Hindu)
Islam (Dr. Alan Godlas, Department of Religion at the University of Georgia) Information on Islamic history, philosophy, and scientific thought, Muslim women and women's rights, and populations, maps, and countries of the Muslim world.
Introduction to Islam The web site offers information on the religion of Islam, Islamic schools of thought, Islamic civilization, and Islamic economic aspects.
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Christianity Contains information on Christian history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
Christianity (University of Wyoming) The web site includes information on Christian religious life, time and worship, organization, and texts and tales.
The Hindu Universe The web site offers information on Hindu women, health and life style, marriage and family, customs, women in workplace, and issues and politics.
Hinduism Today (Current and back issues available online)
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Hinduism Contains information on Hindu history, beliefs, customs, worship, and holy days.
Materials available in the Library
Encyclopedia Britannica - MREFSTACK REF AE5.E363 2002 V. 2
The World Book Encyclopedia - MREFSTACK REF AE5.W55 1992 V. 2
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind ( Tswana) - MREFSTACK REF GN307.I44 V. 14
Encyclopedia of World Cultures - MREFSTACK REF GN307.E53 1995 v. 9
Materials available in other libraries
Rural poverty in Botswana: Dimensions, causes, and consequences / Christopher Colclough
Body of power, spirit, and resistance: The culture and resistance of a South African People / Jean Comaroff
Wives for cattle / Adam Kuper
The birth of Botswana: A history of the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1910 to 1966 / Fred Morton
A new history of Southern Africa / Neil Parsons
Electronic Databases
Facts.com ( TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases) Select the World Almanac Encyclopedia. Enter "Botswana" in the search box ( Check to search on title only and select "Relevance Rank") or go to the Table of Contents and chose "Botswana" under letter "B." The essay offers information on Botswana's history, land and resources, population, economy, and government. Related articles are also available.
InfoTrac OneFile ( TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
A Subject Guide Search on Botswana will retrieve a list with general information about Botswana and related topics. Use the subdivisions to narrow down a topic.
When using the Relevance Search mode, enter "Botswana history" (with double quotes) in the search box. The search returns a good article on Botswana, "New nations of Africa", by Basil Davidson.
In the Keyword Search mode, enter "Botswana and history" in the search box. Select "in title, citation, abstract" option and limit your results to full text articles. The citation list contains a few relevant articles about Botswana's history.
Academic Search Premier (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
In the Basic Search mode, enter "Botswana history" in the search box. The search will retrieve three relevant articles on Botswana's history.
Web sites
Botswana History Pages The web page contains information about the Botswana's history, culture, economy, education, politics, and religion.
Gem of Africa: Botswana at a glance The web page includes a section on the history of Botswana.
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN AFRICAN TRIBAL CULTURES
Materials available in the Library
Female circumcision in Africa: Culture, controversy, and change / Betina Shell-Duncan (Ed.)
Materials available in other libraries
Hostels, sexuality, and the apartheid legacy: Malevolent geographies / Glen S. Elder
A bagful of locusts and the baboon woman: Constructions of gender, change, and continuity in Botswana / David N. Suggs
Women in African colonial histories / Jean Allman (Ed.)
The bluest hands: A social and economic history of women dyers in Abeokuta (Nigeria), 1890-940 / Judith A. Byfield
The human rights of women: International instruments and African experiences / Wolfgang Benedek (Ed.)
Gender, trafficking, and slavery / Rachel Masika (Ed.)
Cultural transformation and human rights in Africa / Abdullahi An-Na'im (Ed.)
Femicide in global perspective / Diana E. H. Russell (Ed.)
Electronic databases
LexisNexis Academic Universe (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
Click on the Guided News Search. Select World News in the "Select a news" category and Middle East/Africa Sources in the "Select a news category" section. In the search boxes type "women" and "Africa" and "tribes."
Expanded Academic ASAP (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
Select the Keyword Search mode. Type "women" and "Africa" in the search box. Select "in title, citation, abstract" and limit your results to full text articles. The citation list will retrieve relevant articles on your research topic.
Web sites
allAfrica.com The articles under "Top women headlines" offer current information on the status of women in Africa.
Women Watch This is a gateway to the information and resources on the promotion of gender equality throughout the United Nations system. The site provides information on global gender equality issues.
African lives The web site contains articles that chronicle the joys and struggles in the every day lives of African peoples.
POLITICAL REPRESSION IN ARGENTINA
Books available from other libraries
The army and politics in Argentina / Robert A. Potash
Region and nation: Politics, economics, and society in twentieth-century Argentina / James P. Brennan (Ed.)
Electronic Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
Subject Search: Enter "Argentina" as search term in the search box and select "Subdivisions" on the following screen. Subdivisions as "economic aspects", "history", "military policy", "political aspects", "politics and government", and "social aspects" retrieve good results.
Relevance Search: Type "Argentina military regime" or "Argentina dirty war" in the search box. Limit your search to full-text articles only. The citation list will display the most relevant articles first.
Keyword Search: Type "Argentina military regime" in the entry box. Limit your search to full-text articles only. The most recent articles will be listed first in the citation list.
Advanced Search: Enter "Argentina" in the first search box. Select the operator "and" and type "politics or government" in the second search box. Limit your search to full-text articles only. The citation list will retrieve good results.
Web sites
CHINA POLITICAL REPRESSION AND RECENT POLITICAL HISTORY
Books available in the Library
China / Dimitri Cavalli (Ed.) - M-STACK DS779.26.C4728 2002
China's second revolution: Reform after Mao / Harry Harding - M-STACK HC427.92.H37 1987
Discos and democracy: China in the throes of reform / Orville Schell - M-STACK DS779.26.S34 1988
Politics and disillusionment: The Chinese Communist Party under Deng Xiaoping, 1978-1989 / Hsi-Sheng Chi - M-STACK JQ1519.A5C475356 1991
China: From the Long March to Tiananmen Square / by the writers and photographers of the Associated Press - M-STACK DS774.C438 1990 or T-STACK DS774.438 1990
Crisis at Tiananmen: Reform and reality in modern China / Yi Mu and Mark V. Thompson - M-STACK DS779.32.M8 1989
Behind the Tiananmen massacre: Social, political, and economic ferment in China / Chu-yuan Cheng - M-STACK DS779.32.C46 1990
China rising: The meaning of Tiananmen / Lee Feigon - M-STACK DS779.26.F45 1990
Tiananmen diary: Thirteen days in June / Harrison E. Salisbury - M-STACK DS779.32.S25 1989
Tell the world: What happened in China and why / Liu Binyan with Ruan Ming and Xu Gang - M-STACK DS779.32.L58 1989
Cries for democracy: Writings and speeches from the 1989 Chinese democracy movement / Han Minzhu - M-STACK DS779.26.C75 1990
Beijing spring / photographs by David and Peter Turnley - M-STACK DS779.32.T87 1989
June Four: A chronicle of the Chinese democratic uprising / by the photographers and reporters of the Ming Pao News - M-STACK DS779.32.P4513 1989
China: A nation in transition / Debra E. Soled - M-STACK DS774.C4414 1995
China and the challenge of the future: Changing political patterns / Carol Lee Hamrin - M-STACK HC427.92.H34 1990
China at the crossroads / Donald Altschiller (Ed.) - M-STACK DS779.2.C448 1994
China in the nineties: Crisis management and beyond / David S. Goodman (Ed.) - M-STACK DS779.26.C47352 1991
Electronic Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
Subject Guide Search: Type "China" in the search box and limit your search to full-text articles only. Click on "Subdivisions" on the next screen. Subdivisions as "civil rights", "demonstrations, protests", "political aspects", "politics and government", and "social aspects" will return good articles China's recent political history, the events of Tiananmen Square, and political repression in China.
Relevance Search: Enter "Tiananmen Square" in the search box. Limit your search to "in title, citation, abstract" and to full-text articles only. The citation list will retrieve the most relevant articles first.
Academic Search Elite (TRCC home > Library home > Library Databases > General Databases)
Subjects: Browse the Subjects field for "China." Categories as "politics and government" and "social conditions" will retrieve good results.
Basic Search: Type "Tiananmen Square" in the search box. Limit your search to full-text articles only. The citation list will retrieve relevant articles.
Web sites
Please send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to Mona Florea, Reference/Instruction Librarian.
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