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Pathfinder: Cultural Studies
Scope|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications |Article Databases|Web Sites
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SCOPE: The term culture is defined as the totality of transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. (American Heritage) Society is influenced by individual contributions to a society or civilization. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for the student in locating resources in the subject area of culture, which will provide an in-depth analysis of this topic.
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES (Located in the Reference Collection)
REF HM 623.C65 2001 A Companion to Cultural Studies
REF E 169.1.E624 2001 Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History
REF HN 57.E581993 Encyclopedia of American Social History
REF E 169.1.E662 2001 Encyclopedia of American Studies
REF E 169.12.E49 2001 Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture
REF E169.1.S764 2000 St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
CIRCULATING BOOKS (Located in the upstairs section of the library) sample titles
Bonnell, Victoria. Beyond the Cultural Turn: New Directions in the Study of Society and Culture. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999.
Harevan, Tamara K. Families, History, and Social Change: Life Course and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000.
Kammen, Michael G. American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century. New York: Knopf, 2000.
Kellner, Douglas. Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity, and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern. New York: Routledge, 1995.
Prentice, Deborah A. and Dale T. Miller. Cultural Divides: Understanding and Overcoming Group Conflict. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
Triandis, Harry Charalambos. Culture and Social Behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Trompenaars, Fons. Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business. Burr Ridge, ILL: Irvin Professional Pub; 1994.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of cultural studies are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
Open Access Journals in
Anthropology
ARTICLE DATABASES
WEB SITES
Cultures
http://www.cultures.com/
This site covers topics such as the Amistad slave ship rebellion, the Hopi and the Anasazi, the Greek shrine of Dodona, the Muwekma Ohlone, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Timbuktu, Great Zimbabwe and Afropop." Also available are links to the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures, and other web sites.
Cultural Profiles Project
http://www.settlement.org/cp/
A country-by-country overview of life and customs, with sections on work, food, holidays, family life, spirituality, communication, education, sports and recreation, landscape and climate, history, health care, and arts and literature.
Country Studies and Area Handbooks
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
From the Library of Congress, this site provides online access to the highly recommended Country Studies and Area Handbook Series that provides an in-depth analysis of the historical, social, political, and economic settings of the nations of the world.
Postwar II American Literature and Culture Database
http://english.berkeley.edu/Postwar/multiculti.html
A good literary site for resources on Jewish- American, Chicana, and Black American authors.
Updated
08/24/2007
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