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Disability Resources
Campus Resources
● Tanner Terrell: terrellt@indiana.edu
○ Disability Service Coordinator; PUMP Staff Liaison
○ She was very helpful in providing guidance on disability resources that
might be helpful for collection development and programming around
campus. She could be a good resource in the future for finding out who to
talk to about specific RPS Libraries endeavors related to disabilities.
● Disability Services for Students (DSS)
○ http://studentaffairs.indiana.edu/disability-services-students/index.shtml
○ Assists students with physical, psychological, learning, neurological,
medical, vision, hearing, and temporary disabilities
● Disability Services for Students Peer Undergraduate Mentor Program (PUMP)
○ http://studentaffairs.indiana.edu/disability-services-
students/pump/index.shtml
○ Provides guidance and advice to students using the Office of Disability
Services for Students at IU.
● The Center for Disability Information & Referral (CeDIR)
○ http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=2178
○ Maintains a library of materials on disabilities. May be able to help with
collection development.
● Disability Studies in the Humanities at Indiana University (DSH)
○ https://myinvolvement.indiana.edu/sissastd-
prd/p/organization.do?methodToCall=orgSelect&org_id=2954&cid=IUBLA
○ A student club at IU that focuses on the study of disability
Collection Development Resources-- Lists of Items
● There are plenty of Goodreads, LibraryThing, IMDB, and Amazon lists out there
put together by random people out in the world. Those are easily google-able,
but there’s no one to vouch for their reliability. I skipped those and tried to focus
on resources from more reliable places that may be harder to find. However,
those other lists are out there and might be consulted for collection development.
● Movies & TV
○ IRIS Films Portrayals of People with Disabilities
■ http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/films/ - Has movies sorted by type
of disability
○ University of California- Berkeley: Physical and Mental Disabilities in the
Movies
■ http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/disabilitymovies.html - The
website looks like a nightmare geocities site from the 90s, but it is
in fact from a top university library.
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○ Carolina Coastal University: Media Collection: Movies about People with
Disabilities
■ http://www.coastal.edu/library/media/disabilities.html - Not a huge
list, but it has some unexpected movies
○ Psychology Today: Great Oscar-Nominated Films with People with
Disabilities
■ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-
gold/201202/great-oscar-nominated-films-people-disabilities
○ The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
■ http://www.nlcdd.org/resources-books-movies-disability.html - Has
an extensive list of resources: fiction, non-fiction, childrens, and
films
● Books
○ IRIS Books Portrayals of People with Disabilities
■ http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/books/ - Has childrens and young
adult books sorted by type of disability
○ Plymouth District Library Stories About Disabilities or Illness
■ http://plymouthlibrary.org/index.php/teen/teen-booklists/83-teens-
with-disabilities-or-illnesses-in-fiction - A list of YA fiction about
disabilities and illness.
○ Toronto Public Library
■ http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/accessibility-
services/2012/02/adult-fiction-books-featuring-characters-with-a-
disability.html - A list of Adult Fiction Books Featuring Characters
with Disability
○ The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
■ http://www.nlcdd.org/resources-books-movies-disability.html - Has
an extensive list of resources: fiction, non-fiction, childrens, and
films
● Other Items of Interest
○ “Disabled Characters in Fiction” by Susan Nussbaum
■ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-nussbaum/disabled-
characters-in-fiction_b_4302481.html - Fascinating article by a
disabled woman on how disabled characters, even in books, plays,
and movies that are considered classics, are not properly utilized or
portrayed due to the fact that most disabled characters are written
by authors that are not disabled. This may be something to keep in
mind when doing programming and collection development.
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Economic Diversity and World Poverty
● Film Resources
○ Why Poverty?
■ http://www.whypoverty.net/films/ - Films can be ordered as DVDs or
streamed online for free.
○ Top Documentary Films
■ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/category/economics/ - Lists films
about economic diversity, from poverty to big business. Great
resource for searching specific subjects or general categories (like
“Society”)
○ Culture Unplugged
■ http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentaries/watch-
online/filmedia/films.php#view=thumb&page=1&tags=hunger,povert
y - Great list of films dealing with social issues. Films can be
streamed online for free.
○ Flavorwire
■ http://flavorwire.com/310315/10-documentaries-about-the-one-
percent -10 films about extreme wealth and the economic gap
○ Carnegie Library
■ http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/socialservices/homeless/fil
ms.html - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s list of films about
homelessness & poverty
● Books
○ Stanford Social Innovation Review
■ http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/the_top_10_books_on_the_eco
nomics_of_poverty - Top 10 books on the economics of poverty
○ Bread for the World
■ http://blog.bread.org/2010/08/good-books-on-hunger-and-
poverty.html - Books on hunger and poverty
○ Questia: Books on Hunger
■ https://www.questia.com/library/science-and-technology/health-
and-medicine/food-and-nutrition/hunger - Books about world
hunger
LGBT Resources
● Indiana University GLBT Library
○ http://glbt.indiana.edu/library/index.php
● Films
● Gay:
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○ Beautiful Thing (1996) One of the best-loved gay movies of all time,
Beautiful Thing tells the story of two British gay teens in love.
Clever, poignant, refreshing, not-to-be-missed.
○ Brother To Brother (2004) Anthony Mackie stars as Perry, a young
Black gay artist who discovers the gay glory days of the Harlem
Renaissance in this Sundance Film Fest hit.
○ Come Undone (2000) Eighteen-year-olds Mathieu and Cedric fall in
love in this sweet summer romance from French director Sebastien
Lifschitz.
○ Just A Question of Love (2004) Out and proud Cédric falls for
closeted Laurent. Eventually, Cédric gives Laurent an ultimatum —
come out or the relationship is over.
○ Prom Queen (2004) A great drama of the true story of gay teen
Marc Hall who sued the Catholic Church for not letting him bring his
boyfriend to his High School Prom.
○ Ready? OK! (2008) A poignant story about an irresistibly spunky
aspiring boy cheerleader in Normal Heights, USA.
○ Shelter (2007) Fresh out of high school, Zach falls for his straight
best friend’s gay older brother in this terrific drama set against the
surfing backdrop of Southern California.
● Lesbian:
○ All Over Me (1997) Teenage aspiring rock-star Claude (Alison
Foland) has a semi-requited crush on her best friend Ellen (Tara
Subkoff). All Over Me features a great cast including a young (pre-L
Word) Leisha Hailey and the adorable Wilson Cruz.
○ But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) Lesbian heartthrob Clea Duvall steals
the show as the moody butch in love with Natasha Lyonne in this
fabulous tale of love and longing set in the midst of a campy, highly
stylized Homo-Rehab Camp.
○ D.E.B.S. (2005) This tremendously entertaining lesbian spy romp
spoofs a whole range of Hollywood movie conventions and offers
up a truly satisfying romance full of cute girls and great one-liners.
The first widely-released lesbian movie to get a PG-13 rating.
○ The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) A terrific
teen romance about the love between poor white tomboy Randy
(pre-L Word Laurel Holloman) and her affluent African American
classmate Evie (Nicole Ari Parker).
○ Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2008) A dynamic, romantic, funny and
political movie from Jamie (But I’m a Cheerleader) Babbit. Melonie
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Diaz stars as recent high school graduate Anna, who hooks up with
a Feminist girl gang and falls for leader Sadie (Nicole Vicius).
○ Lost and Delirious (2001) This over-the-top melodrama takes up
the long tradition of lesbian Girls’ Boarding School movies and
features a stunning cast of young female stars (Piper Perabo,
Jessica Pare, and Mischa Barton). Melodramatic and intense.
○ Show Me Love (1998) This tremendously charming teen lesbian
romance outgrossed Titanic to become the most successful
Swedish film in history.
● Transgender/Intersex:
○ Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Hilary Swank took home an Oscar for her
powerful portrayal of transgender teenager Brandon Teena. Boys
Don’t Cry is, for the most part, the most complex and satisfying
mainstream depiction of an FTM transgender character.
○ By Hook or By Crook (2001) This scruffy, brilliantly made feature
film manages to tackle and transcend gender as a category. The
quintessential butch/trannyboy buddy movie — about a pair of
twenty-something butch-dyke-guys in San Francisco.
○ Hedwig and The Angry Inch (2000) John Cameron-Mitchell stars as
Hedwig, the male-to-female transsexual East-Berliner rock-star in
this feature film version of his legendary Off-Broadway play.
○ XXY (2008) For just about everybody, adolescence means having
to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as
monumental as the one facing fifteen year-old Alex (stunning
Argentinian actress Inés Efron) who was born an intersex child.
● Queer/For Everyone:
○ Milk (2008) Academy-Award winning drama about slain gay rights
activist and San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk starring
Sean Penn. A must-see!
○ Philadelphia (2002) Hailed as a landmark film that dazzles with
deep emotion and exceptional acting, two competing lawyers join
forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. And as
their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the
prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
● Documentaries
○ Bridegroom (2013) Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom
Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed
takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years accidentally dies
and Tom's family refuses Shane from attending the funeral.
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○ Saint of 9/11 (2006) Sir Ian McKellen narrates this inspiring portrait
of Father Mychal Judge, a NYC Fire Department Chaplain who
wrestled with his sexuality, his genuine dedication to life as a priest,
and his alcoholism before perishing during the collapse of the Twin
Towers in the line of duty.
○ Transgeneration (2005) This GLAAD Award-winning documentary
miniseries follows four college students undergoing gender
transition. The series places special emphasis on the diversity of
the transgender community.
○ Silverlake Life: The View From Here (1993) A documentary about
two gay men as they live through their last months of life with AIDS.
Often cited as one of the most heartbreaking movies of all time.
This film puts a human face to the AIDS crisis in a way that no
other movie has.
○ Trembling Before G-d (2001) A revealing look at gay and lesbian
Orthodox and Hasidic Jews who struggle to reconcile their sexual
identities with their devout faith.
○ Small Town Gay Bar (2006) The story of community in the Deep
South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance,
hypocrisy and oppression.
○ The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) A documentary of the successful
career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay
councilor.
Fiction Books
● Gay
○ A Separate Peace by John Knowles
■ An almost-love story between Gene and Finny, two students at
Devon Academy who are torn between friendship and rivalry. The
novel perfectly captures the complicated longings of adulthood,
when you’re beginning to feel things you don’t understand yet.
○ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin
Alire Saenz
■ Two loners meet one summer at the swimming pool, and as the
start spending time together, they discover that they share a special
friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is
through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most
important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want
to be.
○ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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■ A deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to
those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
○ Maurice by E.M. Forster
■ Set in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate
life, Maurice is a conventional young man in almost every way:
except that his is homosexual.
○ At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
■ Set during the year preceding the Easter Uprising of 1916, At
Swim, Two Boys is a tender, tragic love story and a brilliant
depiction of people caught in the tide of history.
○ Hero by Perry Moore
■ The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his
father's pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers.
And that he's been asked to join the League - the very organization
of superheroes that spurned his dad. But the most painful secret of
all is one Thom can barely face himself: he's gay.
○ Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
○ The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
○ Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
○ Anything by David Levithan
● Lesbian
○ Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
■ This groundbreaking book is the story of two teenage girls whose
friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from
family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true
to each other and their feelings.
○ Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
■ Kate was Lissa's best friend. They've shared everything for four
years. Then one night at a drunken party, Kate leaned in to kiss
Lissa, and Lissa kissed her back. And now Kate is pretending Lissa
doesn't exist. Confused and alone, Lissa's left questioning
everything she thought she knew about herself, and about life.
○ Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg
■ Flannery Jansen catches sight of something more beautiful than
she's ever seen: a graduate student, reading. When Flannery finds
herself enrolled in a class with the remote, brilliant older woman,
she is intimidated at first, but gradually becomes Anne's student—
lipstick colors or how to travel with a lover—Flannery proves an
eager pupil, until one day learns more about Anne than she ever
wanted to know.
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○ Keeping You Secret by Julie Anne Peters
■ This moving love story between two girls is a worthy successor to
Nancy Garden's classic young adult coming out novel, Annie on My
Mind.
○ Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
■ A Victorian murder mystery with a lesbian romance.
○ Ash and Huntress by Malinda Lo
■ A young adult lesbian retelling of Cinderella
○ The Color Purple by Alice Walker
○ Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
○ Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
○ The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
● Bisexual
○ The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
■ Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England at the
height of the Reagan 80s, The Rules of Attraction is a startlingly
funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for
the future--or even the present--who become entangled in a curious
romantic triangle.
○ In One Person by John Irving
■ In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the
solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself
worthwhile.
○ Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
■ When Lance begins to date Sergio, who's bisexual, he's not sure
that it'll work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a
boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected
feelings which she struggles to understand.
● Transgender/Intersex
○ Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
■ Logan Witherspoon recently discovered that his girlfriend of three
years cheated on him. But things start to look up when a new
student breezes through the halls of his small-town high school.
Sage Hendricks befriends Logan at a time when he no longer trusts
or believes in people. One day, Sage finally discloses her big
secret: she’s actually a boy.
○ Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kristin Cronn-Mills
■ Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's
body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity,
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Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while
trying to come out as transgendered.
○ Luna by Julie Anne Peters
■ Regan's brother Liam can't stand the person he is during the day.
Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake,
his true self, Luna, only reveals herself at night. In the secrecy of
his basement bedroom Liam transforms himself into the beautiful
girl he longs to be.
○ Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
■ Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance
by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new
identity as a male.
○ Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
■ Cal Stephanides (initially called "Callie") is an intersex man of
Greek descent with a condition known as 5-alpha-reductase
deficiency, which causes him to have certain feminine traits.
● Asexual
○ Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson
■ Three months ago, perfect, popular Tori Beaugrand disappeared
into thin air. And then, just as inexplicably, Tori returns home,
bloodied and beaten, but alive and whole. Tori’s disappearance is a
mystery to the police and her friends, and she claims that she
cannot remember anything of her abduction, or the weeks she was
gone.
● Queer or Questioning
○ Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
■ Tired of being known as "the gay kid,” Rafe Goldberg decides to
assume a new persona when he transfers to an all-boys’ boarding
school in New England--but trying to deny his identity has both
complications and unexpected consequences.
○ Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
■ One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—
both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their
worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives
going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic
turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous
high school musical.
Nonfiction Books
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● Queer
○ The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge
■ Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBT
teens come out to friends and family, navigate their new LGBT
social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and rise up against
bigotry and homophobia. Queer also includes personal stories from
the authors and sidebars on queer history.
○ The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing up in a Straight Man’s
World by Alan Downs
○ Psychologist Alan Downs takes a look at the resounding issues within the
gay male community—substance abuse, depression, sex addiction, and
shame—that still persist despite increasing social acceptance of
homosexuality.
○ A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
■ Bronski’s exhaustive text chronicles the history of non-heterosexual
activity from the very beginnings of the country’s roots — beginning
with Columbus’ arrival in 1492 and ending in the present day.
○ The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Generation by Sarah
Schulman
■ Schulman’s memoir of the AIDS years is a somber look at the
vibrant community of artists and activists who populated downtown
Manhattan and a must-read for those nostalgic for the pre-gentrified
era of the late ’80s and early ’90s in the East Village and Lower
East Side.
○ Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
■ Alison Bechdel’s gorgeous and heartbreaking graphic memoir
follows the artist as she grapples with both her own sexuality and
the revelation that her cold, distant father led a secret life as a gay
man.
○ Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
■ Companion piece to Fun Home.
○ Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
■ Legendary transgender activist and writer Kate Bornstein details
her transition from a heterosexual man to a lesbian woman in this
modern classic about challenging gender and cultural norms.
For younger readers
● Middle Grade - Note: there’s really not much literature for this target age group,
which is considered around ages 9-13.
○ Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters
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■ Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky, some pet fish, and two
moms who think he's the greatest kid ever. And he happens to think
he has the greatest Moms ever, but everything changes when his
birth mom and her wife, Jo, start to have marital problems.
Suddenly, Nick is in the middle, and instead of having two Moms to
turn to for advice, he has no one.
○ Totally Joe by James Howe
■ As a school assignment, a thirteen-year-old boy writes an
alphabiography--life from A to Z--and explores issues of friendship,
family, school, and the challenges of being a gay teenager.
● Children’s
○ 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert (2008)
■ Bailey longs to wear the beautiful dresses of her dreams but is
ridiculed by her unsympathetic family which rejects her true
perception of herself.
○ And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson (2005)
■ At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love
and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until
it hatches.
○ King and King by Linda de Haan (2000)
■ When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over
as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as
expected.
○ Saturday is Pattyday by Leslea Newman (1993)
■ Although Frankie is hurt and confused when his two mommies
separate; he is comforted by knowing that Patty will still be part of
his life.
○ The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein (2002)
■ Elmer the duck is teased because he is different, but he proves
himself by not only surviving the winter, but also saving his Papa.
Civil Rights
Websites
● http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/civilrights/external.html
● http://www.civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/
● http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/civil/
● http://crdl.usg.edu/?Welcome&Welcome
● http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA05/macdonald/iph/resources.html
Books
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● Ewing, K., Ewing, K. D, & Gearty, C. A. (.200). The Struggle for Civil Liberties:
Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in Britain, 1914-1945. New York: Oxford
University Press, Incorporated.
● Latimer, C. P. (2011). Civil liberties and the state : a documentary and reference
guide. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood.
● Gilles, M. E, & Goluboff, R. Lauren. (2008). Civil rights stories. New York:
Foundation Press .
● Mialon, H. M, & Rubin, P. H. (2008). Economics, law, and individual rights.
London: Routledge.
● Tsesis, A. (2008). We shall overcome : a history of civil rights and the law. New
Haven: Yale University Press.
Movies
● Kavanagh, B. (2007). Brick by brick: a civil rights story. [New York, N.Y.]:
Kavanagh Productions.
● Benitz, J. B, Goff, G. G, Kellam, L. A, Wimmer, B., Marcellus, A., & Gregory, D.
(2000). Children of the struggle. New York, NY: Filmakers Library.
● Pearce, R., Koch, H., Goldberg, W., Spacek, S., Rhames, V., Baker, D.,
Alexander, E., Schultz, D., & Steenburgen, M. (2002). The long walk home. La
Crosse, WI: Platinum Disc Corp.
● Breyer, R., Gilliam, D. Butler, & Withers, E. C. (2006). Freedom's call. New York,
NY: Filmakers Library.
● Nelson, S., Grant, L., Arsenault, R., & Phillips, T. (2011). American experience.
[United States]: PBS Distribution.
● Orfield, G., Brown, K. Dion, Walters, P. Barnhouse, & Chapa, J. (2004). Brown v.
Board of Education: what we've gained, what we're losing, what we can do.
● Nelson, S., & Readdean, C. Freedom summer. Widescreen. .
Journals
● Smolla, R. A. (2011). Federal civil rights acts. 3rd ed. [Eagan, MN]:
West/Thomson Reuters.
● (2009). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: History, Funding, and Current Issues.
[S.l]: [s.n.].
Graphic Novels
● Saga by Brian Vaughn
○ Science fiction space epic with a diverse cast
● American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
○ Three interrelated stories about identity
● Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
○ Two historical graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion
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● March by John Lewis
○ Tells the story of John Lewis, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement
● The 14th Dalai Lama by Tetsu Saiwai
○ Graphic novel autobiography of the current leader of the Tibetan
government-in-exile
● Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
○ Autobiographical novel of author's youth and relationship with her father,
deals with LGBTQ themes for both father and daughter
● A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld
○ Relates the true stories of six survivors of Hurricane Katrina
● Habibi by Craig Thompson
○ Tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves
● The Spiral Cage by Al Davidson
○ Author's experiences growing up with spina bifida
● Epileptic by David B.
○ Autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother
● The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
○ Set in Algeria's Jewish community in the 1930s
● Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
○ Tells story of her great-uncle who gave up his life for music and love
● Deogratias by Jean-Phillippe Stassen
○ Tells the story of the Rwandan genocide through eyes of a teenage boy
● The Arrival by Shaun Tan
○ Wordless immigrant story
● Palestine by Joe Sacco
○ Political and historical nonfiction
● The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert
○ Graphic novel of reporter embedded with Doctors without Borders in
Afghanistan in 1986
● Aya by Marguerite Abouet
○ Teenage girl's adventures in the Ivory Coast in the late 1970s
● Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
○ Middle grade modern fantasy novel set in Nigeria
● Unterzakhn by Leela Corman
○ Immigrant tale set in early 20th century New York
● Wandering Son by Takako Shimura
○ Japanese manga about transsexualism, gender identity, and puberty
● The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa
○ Story of girl growing up in rural Korea
● Kampung boy by Mohammed Nor Khalid "Lat"
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○ Stories of Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s
● Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
○ Suicide, depression, love, being gay or not, crushes, cliques, and finding a
way to be your own fully human self--story set in private girls' high school
● Bayou by Jeremy Love
○ Set in an alternate reality South in the 1930s about a black girl's quest to
save her white best friend
● Burma Chronicles by Guy Delise
○ Story of author and his family living in Burma for one year while his wife
works for Doctors without Borders
● La Perdida by Jessica Abel
○ Latina young woman goes to Mexico City to find herself and connect with
her heritage
● And of course some of the bigger, long-running comics: The new female Thor,
Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel with its new teenage Muslim lead, Birds of Prey,
Falcon taking over as Captain America, Birds of Prey, the Miles Morales Ultimate
Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Pretty Deadly, Ghost, Black Panther, X-Men, and
more . . .
World Religions
Indiana University Religious Studies Librarian
● Celestina Sovinous-Wroth
● cewroth@indiana.edu
Books
● Maus by Art Spiegelman
○ Judaism/Holocaust; nf; graphic novel
● Though the Fig Tree Does Not Blossom by Ellen Ott Marshall
○ Christianity; nf
● Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
○ Buddhism
● Buddha Da: A Novel by Anne Donovan
○ Buddhism; conflict within family
● Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
○ Christianity; apartheid
● The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
○ Taoism; children’s
● Zealot: The Life and Times… by Reza Aslan
○ Christianity; nf; controversial
● The Red Tent: A Novel by Anita Diamant
○ Christianity; historical; women
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● Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
○ Islam; nf
● No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
○ Islam; nf
● Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
○ Christianity; nf
● Love Wins by Rob Bell
○ Christianity; nf; controversial
● What We Talk About When We Talk About God by Rob Bell
○ Christianity; nf; controversial
● The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman
○ Buddhism; nf; humor
● Paul Among the People by Sarah Ruden
○ Christianity; nf
● Ascent of Mount Carmel by Saint John of the Cross
○ Christian mysticism; nf
● Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
○ Buddhism; nf
● No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh
○ Buddhism; nf; releases December 16, 2014
● Is Nothing Something? by Thich Nhat Hanh
○ Buddhism; nf; for children
● The Chosen by Chaim Potok
○ Judaism
● Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary
Realities by Anna Sun
○ Confucianism
● The Essentials of Hinduism: A Comprehensive Overview of the World’s Oldest
Religion by Swami Bhaskarananda
○ Hinduism
● Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese
Philosophy by Franklin Perkins
○ Taoism/Mohism/Confucianism
CDs
● “Out of the Box” – The Maccabeats
○ Judaism
Films
● The Book of the Dead - 2005
○ Japanese stop-motion animation; Buddhism
● Siddhartha - 1972
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○ based on novel by Hermann Hesse; Buddhism
● Islam: Empire of Faith - 2000
○ PBS; Islam
● Kung Fu Panda - 2008
○ Taoism/Zen Buddhism
● Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 2000
○ Taoism/Zen Buddhism
● Brilliant Moon - 2010
○ biographical; Buddhism
● Amongst White Clouds - 2005
○ documentary; Buddhism
● Compassion in Exile - 1993; DVD release 2005
○ biographical; Buddhism
● Amazing Grace - 2006
○ biographical drama; Christianity; slavery
● The Fiddler on the Roof - 1971
○ musical; Judaism
● Schindler’s List - 1993
○ biographical drama; Judaism; Holocaust
● The Chosen - 1981
○ drama; Judaism
● Shoah - 1985
○ documentary; Judaism; very long, but worth it
● Beware of Christians - 2010
○ documentary; Christianity
● God Loves Uganda - 2013
○ documentary; Christianity
● Confucius - 2010
○ biography; Confucianism
● The Soul of India - 2002
○ documentary; Hinduism
● Jerusalem: Within These Walls - 1986
○ Nat Geo documentary; the Old Testament religions
Other Resources
● Buddhist Film Foundation
○ http://www.buddhistfilmfoundation.org/festival-media/
● Christian Film Database
● http://www.christianfilmdatabase.com/
● Festival of Tolerance (Jewish film festival)
○ http://festivaloftolerance.com/en
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● Muslim Film Festival:
○ http://www.aicongress.org/boston-center/new-england-council/muslim-
film-festival/
● Christian Broadcasting Network (for book reviews)
○ http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/books/new-christian-book-reviews.aspx
○ note: these titles will probably be on the more conservative side
● Kirkus Reviews (religion book reviews)
○ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/religion/
● The Telegraph (book/movie reviews)
○ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/religionbookreviews/
Foreign Language Professors
French
● Dr. Vincent Burchard
○ teacher of media (literature and cinema) and popular studies
○ vbouchar@indiana.edu
● Dr. Brett Bowles
○ professor of 20th century french history, film studies, and cinema.
○ bowlesb@indiana.edu
● Dr. Kelly Sax
○ Director of French Language Instruction
● Dr. Alison Calhoun
○ Professor of french, and researcher in the interaction between music and
literature.
○ abcahou@indiana.edu
Italian
● Dr. Antonio Vitti
○ professor of Italian cinema, modern Italian literature and culture, Italian
emigration.
○ ancvitti@indiana.edu
● Dr. Andrea Ciccarelli
○ Chair of Department of French and Italian, 19th and 20th century Italian
poetry, narrative, and theater.
○ aiccare@indiana.edu
Spanish
● Kimberly Geeslin
○ Associate Chair of Department
○ kgeeslin@indiana.edu
● Melissa Dinverno
○ professor of latin literature and film
○ mdiazcan@indiana.edu
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● Ricardo Andres Guzman
○ Latin Cinema professor
○ riguzman@indiana.edu
Graduate Students in Spanish (may be easier to get in touch with)
● Jackie Markle
○ 20th and 21st cent latin film
○ jmarkle@indiana.edu
● Ellen Robinson
○ Black latin film specialization
○ ellrobin@indiana.edu
Asian Languages
● Stephanie DeBoer
○ East Asian cinema and media researcher
○ sdeboer@indiana.edu
● Dr. Hyo Sang Lee
○ teaches all of the Korean classes
○ hyoslee@indiana.edu
● Dr. Michiko Suzuki
○ Modern Japanese literature, Director of Undergraduate Studies
○ micsuzuki@indiana.edu
● Tie Xio
○ Modern Chinese Literature
○ tiexiao@indiana.edu
African/American
● Teaching for Change Bookstore Booklists
○ http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/best-recommended/booklist
○ Books by themes, age group, and partner organizations
● Teaching for Change Bookstore - New and featured books by age group
○ http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/new-featured
● Coretta Scott King Book Awards
○ http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards
● NMBCC New Books
○ http://libraries.iub.edu/find-new-reads-neal-marshall-black-culture-center-
library
● African American Literary Awards Show
○ http://literaryawardshow.com/aalas-past-winners/
● Jane Addams Book Awards
○ http://www.janeaddamspeace.org/jacba/about.shtml
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○ More of a diversity feeling rather than solely abut African American
themes
● Film, book, poetry, etc. nominees
○ http://www.naacpimageawards.net/nominees/
● Black Caucus of the American Library Association - 2014 award list
○ http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/02/bcala-announces-2014-
literary-awards-winners
● Black Caucus of the American Library Association - 2013 award list
○ http://aalbc.com/books/bcala-literary-awards-winners-2013.html
● African American Literature Book Club
○ http://aalbc.com/
● Indiana University African Studies Librarian
○ Marion Frank-Wilson
○ mfrankwi@indiana.edu
Asian Resources
● youko.com
○ Chinese film and TV
○ Website is in Chinese
● todou.com
○ Chinese film and TV
○ Website is in Chinese
● Indiana University Asian Culture Center
○ http://www.indiana.edu/~acc/
○ acc@indiana.edu
● Indiana University South Asian Studies Librarian
○ Karen Farrell
○ karsfarr@indiana.edu
● Indiana University East Asian Studies Librarian
○ Wen-ling Liu
○ wliu@indiana.edu
● Indiana University East Asian Studies Library and Museum Resources
○ http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/studies/libraries.shtml
● South Asian Books Award
○ http://southasiabookaward.org/
● Book Lists
○ http://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/asian-literature
Gender Resources
Books
● http://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/feminist
