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Writing and Thinking : New York City
This guide can be embedded in your HCD/HCI-1020 canvas course. It is a resource for your students to explore the plethora of resources within the SVA Library and beyond.
Research Spotlights:
In the research spotlights below, a selection of different types of materials - like books, newspaper articles, scholarly articles, and encyclopedias - have been pulled together from across the library collections with focus on a single research topic. These are short examples of how resources are combined to create a thorough research inquiry.
Research Spotlight: Seneca Village
Scholarly Article from JSTOR:
- Seneca Village and Little Africa: Two African American Communities in Antebellum New York CityWall, Diana diZerega, et al. “Seneca Village and Little Africa: Two African American Communities in Antebellum New York City.” Historical Archaeology, vol. 42, no. 1, 2008, pp. 97–107.
Ebook:
Open Web Resource:
Newspaper Article from Proquest:
- Seneca Village: Black history in Central ParkBarker, Cyril J. "Seneca Village: Black History in Central Park." New York Amsterdam News, Jan, 2019, pp. 11.
Research Spotlight: Women of the New York School of Poets
Encyclopedia:
Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets by Publication Date: 2009
Books of Poetry:
The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest by Publication Date: 2008
Grave of Light by Publication Date: 2006
Scholarly Article via JSTOR:
- A Note on Women and the New York SchoolNelson, Maggie. “A Note on Women and the New York School.” Mississippi Review, vol. 31, no. 3, 2003, pp. 240–52.
Obituary from Proquest:
- Barbara Guest, Pioneering Poet of the New York School, Is Dead at 85"Barbara Guest, Pioneering Poet of the New York School, is Dead at 85." ProQuest, Mar 04, 2006.
Research Spotlight: NYC Ballroom Culture
Book / Art Monograph:
Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York 1989-92Publication Date: 2011
Documentary:
Paris is Burning by Publication Date: 1990
Ebook:
The Fierce Tribe: Masculine Identity and Performance in the Circuit by Publication Date: 2008
Scholarly Article from JSTOR:
- Gender/Racial Realness: Theorizing the Gender System in Ballroom CultureBailey, Marlon M. “Gender/Racial Realness: Theorizing the Gender System in Ballroom Culture.” Feminist Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011, pp. 365–86.