- Ethics and Politics of Identity
Resources on the topic of identity as a social construct in preparation for the Muhlenberg panel discussion on "Recognition, Representation, and the Ethics and Politics of Identity: An Exploration Focusing on the Comic Identity of Margaret Cho" (1 September).
- Reading and Performing Race
A guide to library resources on creative expression of racial identity, in support of the lecture by Brenda Dixon Gottschild, "Reading Race, Performing Race--Parameters and Potentials" (8 September).
- Hip-Hop Rhythm
These resources are prepared for the hip-hop workshop and performance by Rennie Harris (10 September).
- Biracial Identity
Resources on the topic of biracial identity as treated in Kip Fulbeck's documentary about Asian Americans, "Banana Split," showing 22 September.
- Sexual Nonconformity
Library resources relating to Joshua Gamson's lecture "Freaks Talk Back: Television and Sexual Nonconformity " (14 September).
- Questioning Gender
Selected library resources for Kate Bornstein's performance and lecture "On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us" (10 October).
- What is a Normal Body?
This library resource guide on medical constructs of body normalcy is designed to support the lecture by Alice Dreger on "Conjoined Twins, Intersex, and the Future of Normal " (8 November).
- Indigenous Australia
Resources on the indigenous peoples of Australia in support of Anita Heiss's lecture "Indigenous Australia: Contemporary Snapshot" (6 Feburary).
- Performing in Drag
Readings to assist discussion of the documentary "Paris is Burning" showing 13 February.
- Cosmopolitanism and Belonging
This library resource guide on cosmopolitanism and group identity is meant to accompany Craig Calhoun's lecture on "Cosmopolitanism and Belonging " (20 February).
- Archaeology and Identity
Readings related to the archaeological digs of slave plantations in the South by Patricia Samford, presenting on 27 February.
- Aliens in America: Immigrant Identities
Readings surrounding the film "Farmingville" and the panel discussion titled "Aliens in America" (14 and 15 March).
- The Power of Class
Resources in
support of Michael Zweig's presentation titled "What's Class Got
to Do With It? ( 20 March) and the documentary on working class identity
titled "Class Dismissed: How TV Frames Working Class" (21 March).
- Language, Identity and Migration
Readings related to Marie-Celie Agnant's talk on "Language,
Migration and Identity (27 March).
- The Limits of Language
Materials concerning the artist Xu Bing's exploration of how
language defines and limits our perception of culture and identity. (3
April).
- Gender and Migrant Work
This library resource guide corresponds to a panel discussion by
Denise Brennan and
Joy Zarembka on the feminization of migrant labor (6 April).
- A Novelist Looks at Questions of Identity
Readings by and about the novelist Samuel R. Delany and his literary
exploration of the subject of identity (24 April).
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