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Mab Segrest Resources at the Library

Posted September 12, 2007

On Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 6:00 p.m, Mab Segrest, author, activist, and Fuller-Matthai Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at Connecticut College will be speaking in the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons College. Click on the links below and check out our display on Level 1 of the Library for resources by and about Segrest:

Biography:

From Speak Out: http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=195

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mab_Segrest

Books:

My Mama’s Dead Squirrel: Lesbian Essays on Southern Culture F216.2 .S44 1985 (On Display)

Quarantines and Death: The Far Right’s Homophobic Agenda, authored with Leonard Zeskind HQ76.3.U5 S45 1991 (On Display)

Born to Belonging: Writings on Spirit and Justice HQ75.25 .S44 2002 (On Display)

Memoir of a Race Traitor F220.A1 S38 1994 (On Display)

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray: Feminist Strategies for a Just World, Co-editor with Jacqui Alexander, Lisa Albrect, and Sharon Day

Book Reviews:

Douglas, Carol Anne. “Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!” Off Our Backs. 35.11/12 (Nov/Dec2005): p50-51. In Academic Search Premier Database: < http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=19865159&site=ehost-live>

Harrison, Beth. “Family values.” Women’s Review of Books. 11.9 (1994).
In Contemporary Women’s Issues Database: < http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=10954097&site=ehost-live> (Reviews Memoir of a Race Traitor)

Morcillo, Aurora G. “Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray!: Feminist Visions for a Just World/This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation.” NWSA Journal. 17.1 (Spring2005): p233-235. In Academic Search Premier Database: < http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16211948&site=ehost-live>

Parks, Joy. “Shared Ground” Body Politic. 124 (Mar86): p38. In LGBT Life Database: < http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=qth&AN=10392889&site=ehost-live> (Reviews My Mama’s Dead Squirrel)

Smith, Dale Edwyna. “Dancing on Boundaries.” Lambda Book Review. 12.1/2 (Aug/Sep2003): p18-19. In Academic Search Premier Database: < http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=11896298&site=ehost-live>

(Reviews Born to Belonging: Writings on Spirit and Justice)

Articles:

“Rebirths of a U.S. Nation: Race and Gendering of the Nation State.” Mississippi Quarterly. 57.1 (Winter2003/2004): p27-40. In Academic Search Premier Database: <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14701207&site=ehost-live>

The Mab Segrest event is brought Simmons by the Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change, Connecting Simmons to the Community and the Community to Simmons and Community Change, Inc., a Boston-based organization which promotes racial justice and equity by challenging systemic racism and acting as a catalyst for antiracist action and learning. With a special focus on involving white people in understanding and challenging systemic racism, CCI strives to make visible the foundational and ongoing role racism plays in the structure and the impact of the institutions that shape all of our lives.

Suggested donation for the Mab Segrets event is $20, more if you can less if you can’t. Proceeds to benefit Community Change - your support is much needed and greatly appreciated. The event is free for Simmons students.

For more information on this speaking engagement, contact the Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change at diane.hammer@simmons.edu.

 

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