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GSF362S: Gender and Popular Culture

Finding Books in the Library Catalog

Search in Books & Media to find print and online books, films, music--everything EXCEPT articles (which can be found in databases and online journals).

Search by subject

Do some searching by subject and find fabulous resources
available from the Duke University Libraries:

Some subject headings to play with:

Sex role

Popular culture [you can break this down by geographic region, e.g.:
Popular culture - Japan]

Mass media and women

Masculinity in popular culture

Women in popular culture

Gender identity in mass media

For Background Material

 

Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives (2012)
Companion to American cultural history
(2008)
Contemporary youth culture: an international encyclopedia
(2006)
Encyclopedia of sex and gender (2007)
Encyclopedia of women and gender: sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender (2001)

Girlhood in America: an encyclopedia (2005)
Issues and controversies - database that explores more than 900 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
Oxford Art Online - Dictionary of Art and Encyclopedia of Aesthetics from Oxford University Press.
Oxford Reference Online (includes photography)