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Check out the newest editions to our Graphic Novel collection! 

You can find them on the far right shelf in the Graphic Novel section!  

Fruits Basket: Volumes 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Tokyo Ghoul :re : Volumes 6, 7, 8

The Wicked + The Divine: Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7

Doctor Strange: The Oath 

Kill Or Be Killed: Volume 1

Hawkeye: Kate Bishop: Volumes 2 & 3

Black Hammer: Volume 1

The Old Guard: Volume 1

The Black Monday Murders: Volume 1

Want to find out about these books? Here are the call numbers and links to the description in the catalog!

Fruits Basket Collector's Edition by Natsuki Takaya

Call Number: 741.565 T136f (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Their curse might be broken, but big questions still lie ahead for the Sohma family. Now that Kyo is free to dream of his future, what will he make of it? Does growing up mean growing apart, or will his bond with Tohru only strengthen with time? Perhaps their first date will decide! And at long last, the meaning of Kyoko's ominous words "I'll never forgive you..." becomes clear. Fans of the series won't want to miss this thrilling conclusion! In addition to the new translation and color illustrations this volume also contains over 150 pages of bonus material, including a never before published interview with Natsuki Takaya-sensei, character profiles, a timeline of the series, and much more!!!

 

Tokyo Ghoul: Re by Sui Ishida

Call Number: 741.595 I794to (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, sometimes the only way to fight monsters is to become one... The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul's Kagune, giving them Ghoul powers and abilities. But both the procedure and the newly formed Qs Squad are untested. Will they become heroes...or monsters?! While Haise is determined to help his old friends escape from Cochlea prison, he doesn't want to hurt any of his CCG colleagues. But his mentor Kisho Arima takes the decision out of Haise's hands, confirming some of Haise's greatest fears about the organization that has become his whole life. He lost everything once before. How will he handle it happening again?!

 

The Wicked + The Divine by Jamie Mckelvie (Artist); Matt Wilson (Artist); Kieron Gillen

Call Number: 741.597 G476w (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

In the past: awful stuff. In the present: awful stuff. But, increasingly: answers.

 

 

 

 

Doctor Strange by Brian K. Vaughan; Marcos Martin (Artist)

Call Number: 741.597 V364d (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Doctor Stephen Strange embarks on the most important paranormal investigation of his career, as he sets out to solve an attempted murder - his own! And with his most trusted friend also at death's door, Strange turns to an unexpected corner of the Marvel Universe to recruit a new ally. Eisner Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways, Y: The Last Man) and Marcos Martin join forces for an adventure that will take Strange from the underworld of New York City to the deadliest dimensions on the outskirts of reality. 

 

Kill or Be Killed by Ed Brubaker; Sean Phillips (Artist); Elizabeth Breitweiser (Artist)

Call Number: 741.597 B8855k v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

The bestselling team of ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS (THE FADE OUT,CRIMINAL, FATALE) return with KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret from destroying his life. Both a thriller and a deconstruction of vigilantism, KILL OR BE KILLED is unlike anything BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS have ever done. 

 

 

 

Kate Bishop by Kelly Thompson; Leonardo Romero (Illustrator)

Call Number: 741.597 T473h 2017 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Can Los Angeles really handle two Hawkeyes? Just as Kate Bishop reaches out to ask for Clint Barton's help with finding her dead mother, the senior bowman shows up needing help of his own. An unknown party is gunning for him - and their attack kicks off a wild chase across the City of Angels! Now, Hawkeye and Hawkeye must try their hardest to stay one step ahead, fully alive, and with minimal property damage... well, okay, with moderate property damage. But who has Clint and Kate in their sights, and what is their sinister agenda? The Hawkeyes are reunited and it feels so good! 

 

Black Hammer by Jeff Lemire; Dean Ormston (Illustrator)

Call Number: 741.597 L554b v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Once they were heroes, but the age of heroes has long since passed. Banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City - Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, and Barbalien - now lead simple lives in an idyllic, timeless farming village from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their super abilities to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! 

 

 

The Old Guard: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka; Leandro Fernandez (Artist)

Call Number: 741.569 R911o bk. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Collecting the critically acclaimed mini-series by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez. Old soldiers never die...and some of them don't even fade away. Cursed with immortality, Andromache of Scythia and her comrades-in-arms ply their trade for those who can find--and afford--their services. But in the 21st century, being immortal is a difficult secret to keep, and when you live long enough, you learn that there are many fates far worse than death.

 

 

The Black Monday Murders: Volume 1 by Jonathan Hickman; Tomm Coker (Artist)

Call Number: 741.597 H628b v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

"MAMMON" ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and TOMM COKER (UNDYING LOVE) comes a new crypto-noir series about the power of dirty, filthy money... and exactly what kind of people you can buy with it. THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS is classic occultism where the various schools of magic are actually clandestine banking cartels who control all of society: a secret world where vampire Russian oligarchs, Black popes, enchanted American aristocrats, and hit men from the International Monetary Fund work together to keep ALL OF US in our proper place.

Looking for Lilith was founded by Shannon Woolley Allison, Trina Fischer, and Jennifer Thalman Kepler in New York City, 2001. LFL is committed to collaboratively creating original theatre based on women’s history, both oral and written, both past history and history in the making. This feminist ensemble theatre company is dedicated to lifting up unheard and “underheard” stories. Defining Infinity, an original play, explores individuals’ stories about the spectrums of both gender and sexual orientation. Enlightening, thoughtful, and powerful, the play shares experiences of queer folks from all along both of these spectrums.

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler; Gloria Steinem

Call Number: 822.914 E59v

ISBN: 0822217724

Publication Date: 2000

THE STORY: An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman

 

LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny by Alisha Gaddis

Call Number: 822.045 L687 2016

ISBN: 9781495025150

Publication Date: 2016-08-01

(Applause Acting Series). The first and only book of its kind, this cutting-edge and incredibly hysterical monologue book is specifically for actors auditioning for LGBTQ roles. LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny features works by LGBT writers and comics (and their allies) who have written and/or performed for Comedy Central, Backstage magazine, NBC, the Huffington Post , the Onion , Second City, E!, and many more. This collection is the go-to source for the comedic monologue needs of actors seeking LGBT material, as well as a paean to LGBT characters and artists.

 

Almost Normal by Moody, Marc

Call Number: DVD 791.437 A452 2005

ISBN: 9781932134544

Publication Date: 2005

A 40 year old gay man is tired of the frustrations involved with being "not normal". He is heading for his dysfunctional parents' wedding anniversary party when he crashes his car and ends up in the hospital. While in a coma he experiences his high school world again but this time gay is normal and straight is outcast and shameful.

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that the Tibetan Monks of Tashi Kyil will be visiting Berea College's campus from February 15, 2019 to February 19, 2019. As part of their visit, they will construct a World Peace sand mandala in the central area of the main floor of Hutchins Library. Visitors can view the work during library's regular hours.

The itinerary of activities for the public includes:

Friday, February 15:

• 1 p.m.: Opening Ceremony (Atrium, Hutchins Library) & sand mandala construction. (Library closes 7 p.m.)
   

• 7 p.m.: “The Story of Tibet” (Room 100, Draper Building)

Saturday, February 16:

• 2 p.m.: Tashi Sholpa Dance and Tibetan Language Workshop (Dance Studio. 2nd Floor. Seabury Center)

Sunday, February 17:

• 7 p.m.: "A Course in Happiness." (Fireside Room. Danforth Chapel. Draper Building)

Monday, February 18:

• 10 a.m.: Meditation Workshop and Heart Sutra Chanting. (Room 006. Knapp Hall)

Tuesday, February 19:

• 12 p.m.: Sand Mandala Closing Ceremony. (Hutchins Library)

All events are free and open to the public.

Sponsored by:

• Art and History Department
• Asian Student Union
• Asian Studies Department
• Campus Christian Center
• Center for International Education
• Cosmopolitan Club
• Hutchins Library
• Office of the Academic Vice-President
• Office of the President

Check out the newest editions to our Graphic Novel collection! 

You can find them on the far right shelf in the Graphic Novel section! 

Planetary Omnibus  

Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man: Volumes 1 & 3 

Rock Candy Mountain: Volume 1

Injection: Volume 3

Black Panther: World of Wakanda

Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird: Volume 1 

Batman: White Night

The Beauty 

Vinland Saga: Volume 1

The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368-1912)

Want to find out where these books are? Here are the call numbers and links to the catalog!

The Planetary Omnibus by Warren Ellis

Call Number: 741.597 E476p 2014 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

"PLANETARY has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads.Written by Warren Ellis (TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and with stunning art by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), this critically acclaimed, landmark series took a look at the inter-dimensional peace-keeping force known as Planetary. The trio on the ground includes Elijah Snow, a hundred-year-old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Tasked with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters. All 27 issues of the original series are collected in this hardbound omnibus edition."

 

Miles Morales by Marvel Comics Staff

Call Number: 741.597 B458m (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Miles Morales takes up the mantle of the Ultimate Spider-Man! Before Peter Parker died, young Miles was poised to start the next chapter in his life in a new school. Then, a spider's bite granted the teenager incredible arachnid-like powers. Now, Miles has been thrust into a world he doesn't understand, with only gut instinct and a little thing called responsibility as his guides. Can he live up to Peter's legacy as Spider-Man? As Miles grapples with his new life, Miles' Uncle Aaron - a.k.a. the Prowler - learns his secret! He's got plans for his nephew, but little does he know that the Scorpion is on his tail! 

 

Rock Candy Mountain Volume 1 by Kyle Starks

Call Number: 741.597 S7945r v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

It's the first collection of the manic, hobo fighting epic that is ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN. Come inside and meet the mysterious, unbeatable hobo Jackson on his quest to find the mythical hobo heaven. Meet his sidekick Pomona Slim. But watch out for the Devil! And the FBI! And the Hobo Mafia too! It's a fantastical fisticuff through post- World War II America via the rails and back roads through underground fight clubs, prison and the hobo jungles wrought with dangers, hobo fights, jokes and locomotive excitement. 

 

 

Injection Volume 3 by Warren Ellis

Call Number: 741.5 E476i (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

An archeological dig in Cornwall has gone very wrong, very quickly. And Maria Kilbride has her hands full already, as the effects of the Injection begin to dig in. So Brigid Roth, her old comrade from the CCCU, gets hired to go to a stone circle in the middle of a moor, under a granite tor, to find out why a ritual murder might have torn a hole in the world. What is the Cold House? "If you're looking for an intense, moody exploration of how loud and strange the world could get, this is the one for you." - Kirkus Review

 

 

World of Wakanda by Marvel Comics Staff

Call Number: 741.597 G285b (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched only by brutality! You know them now as the Midnight Angels, but in this story they are just Ayo and Aneka, young women recruited to become Dora Milaje, an elite task force trained to protect the crown of Wakanda at all costs. Their first assignment will be to protect Queen Shuri... but what happens when your nation needs your hearts and minds, but you already gave them to each other? Meanwhile, former king T'Challa lies with bedfellows so dark, disgrace is inevitable. Plus, explore the true origins of the People's mysterious leader, Zenzi. Black Panther thinks he knows who Zenzi is and how she got her powers - but he only knows part of the story! 

 

Doctor Strange Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron

Call Number: 741.597 A113d v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Who do you call when things are coming out of your dreams and trying to kill you? Or when your daughter is cursing in Latin and walking like a spider? Or when your dog keeps screaming at you to strangle your neighbors? Doctor Strange, of course. He's the only person standing between us and the forces of darkness, but has he been paying his tab? Every act of magic has a cost.

 

 

 

Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy

Call Number: 741.597 M978b (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

The impossible has happened: The Joker has become a ... hero? Batman: White Knight follows the man now known as Jack Napier as he embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City's true enemy: Batman. His crusade exposes a decades-long history of corruption within the Gotham City Police Department and transforms Napier into a city councilman and civic hero. But when the sins of his past return to threaten everything that he has accomplished, the distinctions between savior and destroyer begin to break down for both The Joker and Batman alike--and with them any hope for Gotham's future. Writer and artist Sean Murphy delivers an extraordinary examination of comics' greatest antagonists in Batman: White Knight, exploring justice, corruption, activism and the darkest depths of mental illness. 

 

The Beauty Volume 1 by Jeremy Haun

Call Number: 741.597 H373b v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was asexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover it comes ata terrible cost. Now, they'll have to find their way past corrupt politicians,vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads. 

 

Vinland Saga 1 by Makoto Yukimura

Call Number: 741.595 Y949v bk. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Soon to be a major anime series from the makers of Attack on Titan! FOR HONOR AND VENGEANCE As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Throfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery...the land Leif called Vinland.

 

The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368-1912) by Jing Liu

Call Number: 931 L783f (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

"Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read." --Asian Review of Books on Division to Unification in Imperial China The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series covers the stunningly productive Ming dynasty and its fall to the Manchus under the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. The book also addresses Wang Yangming's School of Mind and the painful process of modernization and conflict with the West and Japan, including the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion. Includes timeline. Jing Liu is a Beijing- and Davis, CA-based designer and entrepreneur who uses his artistry to tell the story of China.

Following in the footsteps of Clifton Chenier, “King of Zydeco,” Texas-born Ledet was heavily influenced by southwest Louisiana’s Creole and Cajun culture and music. Staying true to the roots of Zydeco, he has incorporated many other influences, such as blues, funk, reggae, R&B, gospel, and pop to create his unique style.

If you enjoyed Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, check out these CDs across from circulation desk: 

Standing on faith by Ledet, Corey

Call Number: CD 781.624 L473s

 

 

 

Better get ready ... Mojo's in town Mojo & the Bayou Gypsies by Mojo and the Bayou gypsies (Musical group)

Call Number: CD 781.6 M715b c. 2

 

 

 

Menagerie the essential zydeco collection by Menagerie the essential zydeco collection / Buckwheat Zydeco

Call Number: CD 781.629 B926m 1993

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that Dr. Valeria Watkins Solo Art Exhibit, "Truth is Truth," is now on display in our main floor during the month of  February 2019. This month-long exhibit honors Black History Month. The exhibit can be viewed during library regular hours. It is free and open to the public.

In addition, there will be an artist reception on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 5pm in the library's main floor. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is also free and open to the public.

Dr. Valeria Watkins, the artist, provided the following statement on the exhibit:

Hello and welcome to a month long exhibit in honor of Black History Month. This 2019 solo exhibit is titled “Truth is Truth” and includes 15 new amazing and beautiful acrylic paintings.

Each paintings is an expression of the creative process that I find within the stillness of my meditation. I enjoy working with all the beautiful colors of the acrylic paints. I use various tools which helps to add to the paintings structure.

Putting combinations of colors on canvas is pretty cool! The right combinations really make the creative process exciting and challenging. I am inspired to follow that intuitive spark of creativity within me which can be both bold and elusive.

I strive to convey a freedom that can move the viewer. Spend time with each painting and enjoy! And leave your comments.

Please feel free to check out my online Art Gallery if you want to see more of my work! www.valeriawatkins.foliotwist.com.

"Disruption." Acrylic. One of the various paintings by Dr. Valeria Watkins on display this month at Hutchins Library.

Vocabulary! 

Gender Identity: A sense of one’s self as trans*, genderqueer, woman, man, or some other identity, which may or may not correspond with the sex and gender one is assigned at birth.

Gender Expression: How one expresses oneself, in terms of dress and/or behaviors.  Society, and people that make up society characterize these expressions as "masculine,” “feminine,” or “androgynous.”  Individuals may embody their gender in a multitude of ways and have terms beyond these to name their gender expression(s).

Drag King:  A person (often a woman) who appears as a man. Generally in reference to an act or performance.  This has no implications regarding gender identity.

Drag Queen:  A person (often a man) who appears as a woman. Generally in reference to an act or performance. This has no implications regarding gender identity.

Cross Dresser (CD): A word to describe a person who dresses, at least partially, as a member of a gender other than their assigned sex; carries no implications of sexual orientation. Has replaced “Transvestite”

Check back next month to start the year off with an A!!

I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Call Number: 306.778 K488i 2006

ISBN: 0060817321

Publication Date: 2006

The New York Times bestselling, darkly funny memoir of a young New Yorker's daring dual life--advertising art director by day,glitter-dripping drag queen and nightclub beauty-pageant hopeful by night--was a smash literary debut for Josh Kilmer-Purcell, now known for his popular Planet Green television series The Fabulous Beekman Boys.His story begins here--before the homemade goat milk soaps and hand-gathered honeys, before his memoir of the city mouse's move to the country, The Bucolic Plague--in I Am Not Myself These Days,  with "plenty of dishy anecdotes and moments of tragi-camp delight" (WashingtonPost).

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler; Linda J. Nicholson (Editor)

Call Number: 305.3 B985g

ISBN: 0415900425

Publication Date: 1989-11-15

Since its publication in 1990, "Gender Trouble" has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexuality in culture. As Judith Butler writes in the major essay that stands as preface to the new edition, one point of "Gender Trouble" was 'not to prescribe a new gendered way of life, but to open of the field of possibility for gender.' Widely taught, and widely debated, "Gender Trouble" continues to offer a powerful critique of heteronormativity and of the function of gender in the modern world. Judith Butler's new preface situates "Gender Trouble" within the past decade of work on gender, and counters some common misconceptions about the book and its aims.

Changing Room by Laurence Senelick

Call Number: E-Book

ISBN: 0203411072

Publication Date: 2002-09-11

The answers to these questions - and much, much more - are to be found in The Changing Room , which traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: * tribal rituals and shamanic practices in the Balkans and Chinese-Tibet * the gender-bending elements of Greek and early Christian religion * the homosexual appeal of the boy actor on the traditional stage of China, Japan and England * the origins of the dame comedian, the principal boy, the glamour drag artiste and the male impersonator * artists such as David Bowie, Boy George, Charles Ludlam, Dame Edna Everage, Lily Savage, Candy Darling, Julian Clary and the New York Dolls. Lavishly illustrated with unusual and rare pictures, this is the first ever cross-cultural study of theatrical transvestism. It is a must for anyone interested in cross-dressing, theatre, and gender.

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; Elizabeth Story Donno (Editor); Penny Gay (Introduction by)

Call Number: 822.33 T7d 2017

ISBN: 1107126274

Publication Date: 2017-08-17

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985, and features an updated introduction by Penny Gay, which focuses on recent scholarship and performance history. Building on her Introduction to the second edition, Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance and realism, and explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in the text. A selection of new photographs completes the edition.

Man-made woman the dialectics of cross-dressing by Ciara Cremin

Call Number: E-Book

ISBN: 9781786801418

Publication Date: 2017

On July 27th, 2015, Colin Cremin overcame a lifetime of fear and repression and came to work dressed as a woman called Ciara. This book charts her personal journey as a male-to-female cross-dresser in the ever-changing world of gender politics. Interweaving the personal and the political, through discussions of fetishism, aesthetics and popular culture, Man-Made Woman explores gender, identity and pleasure through the lenses of feminism, Marxism and psychoanalytic theory. Cremin’s anti-moralistic approach dismantles the abjection associated with male-to-female cross dressing, examining the causes of its repression, and considers what it means to publicly materialise desire on her body. Emancipatory and empowering: Cremin interrogates her, his and our relationship to the gender binary. Man-Made Woman is an experiment in thought and practice through which both author and reader are drawn ultimately into a conflict with our material, ideological and libidinal relationship to patriarchal-capitalism.

Unsettling Assumptions by Pauline Greenhill (Editor); Diane Tye (Editor)

Call Number: E-Book

ISBN: 9780874218985

Publication Date: 2014-10-15

In Unsettling Assumptions, editors Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye examine how tradition and gender come together to unsettle assumptions about culture and its study. Contributors explore the intersections of traditional expressive culture and sex/gender systems to question, investigate, or upset concepts like family, ethics, and authenticity. Individual essays consider myriad topics such as Thanksgiving turkeys, rockabilly and bar fights, Chinese tales of female ghosts, selkie stories, a noisy Mennonite New Year's celebration, the Distaff Gospels, Kentucky tobacco farmers, international adoptions, and more. In Unsettling Assumptions, folkloric forms express but also counteract negative aspects of culture like misogyny, homophobia, and racism. But expressive culture also emerges as fundamental to our sense of belonging to a family, an occupation, or friendship group and, most notably, to identity performativity and the construction and negotiation of power.

 

This month's showcase is on a graphic novel and anime titled Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama.  

"Winner of the 2011 Kodansha Manga Award (Shonen) and nominated for the prestigious Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for 2012."         -from the publisher

Check it out!

Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

Call Number: 741.595 I76a v. 1 (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Collecting the first five volumes of the phenomenally successful Attack on Titan, this is the perfect introduction to the brutal and immersive world of the Titans. In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. For the past century, what's left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. But how much longer can they stay hidden?

Rev. Terry, an activist, writer, renowned lecturer, and pastor of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in Cincinnati explores how Christianity has been used to support white supremacy. He also addresses how Christianity can serve to liberate oppressed populations and encourages his audience to learn from Black liberation theology.

If you enjoyed Rev. Derek Terr's convocation, check out these related books across from circulation desk:

Liberation Theology and the Liberal Society by Michael Novak (Editor)

ISBN: 0844722634

Publication Date: 1987-01-01

Liberation and Change by Gustavo Gutierrez; Richard Shaull; Donald Stone (Introduction by)

ISBN: 0804206619

Publication Date: 1977-08-01

The New Faces of Christianity by Philip Jenkins

ISBN: 0195300653

Publication Date: 2006-09-01

Named one of the top religion books of 2002 by USA Today, Philip Jenkins' phenomenally successful The Next Christendom permanently changed the way people think about the future of Christianity. In that volume, Jenkins called the world's attention to the little noticed fact that Christianity's center of gravity was moving inexorably southward, to the point that Africa may soon be home to the world's largest Christian populations. Now, in this brilliant sequel, Jenkins takes a much closer look at Christianity in the global South, revealing what it is like, and what it means for the future. The faith of the South, Jenkins finds, is first and foremost a biblical faith. Indeed, in the global South, many Christians identify powerfully with the world portrayed in the New Testament--an agricultural world very much like their own, marked by famine and plague, poverty and exile, until very recently a society of peasants, farmers, and small craftsmen. In the global South, as in the biblical world, belief in spirits and witchcraft are commonplace, and in many places--such as Nigeria, Indonesia, and Sudan--Christians are persecuted just as early Christians were. Thus the Bible speaks to the global South with a vividness and authenticity simply unavailable to most believers in the industrialized North. More important, Jenkins shows that throughout the global South, believers are reading the Bible with fresh eyes, and coming away with new and sometimes startling interpretations. Some of their conclusions are distinctly fundamentalist, but Jenkins finds an intriguing paradox, for they are also finding ideas in the Bible that are socially liberating, especially with respect to women's rights. Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, such Christians are social activists in the forefront of a wide range of liberation movements. It's hard to overstate how interesting, how eye-opening, how frequently surprising (and sometimes disturbing) Jenkins' findings are. Anyone interested in the implications of these trends for the major denominations, for Muslim-Christian conflict, and for global politics will find The New Faces of Christianity provocative and incisive--and indispensable.

 

Valentine's Day, February 14, is a day consecrated by custom to the celebration of romantic love. The observance dates back to medieval times, but in twentieth-century America, Valentine's Day—like other occasions that are linked to sentiment, such as Mother's Day—has become a ritual appendage of consumer culture. Attempts to link Valentine's Day and its emphasis on worldly love to an early martyr (or pair of martyrs) of the Christian church have been discredited, and historians have come to attribute the connection between romance and February 14 to Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400), the English poet and author of The Canterbury Tales.

Valentine's Day is celebrated in song and film as synonymous with romantic love. It is a day for dances and gala balls, the advertising of “honeymoon suites” for married couples whose ardor may have waned over the years, and for decorating public places with heart shapes pierced by the arrow of an often visible and cherubic Cupid. Over the years the holiday has spread beyond England and America to Europe, Asia, and other English-speaking countries such as South Africa and Australia, and production and sales of Valentine cards have become a worldwide phenomenon.

Work Cited:

Bowler, G. (2013). Valentine's Day. In T. Riggs (Ed.), St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (2nd ed., Vol. 5, p. 222). Detroit: St. James Press. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2735802822/GVRL?u=berea&sid=GVRL&xid=f78a9c53

Check out some of out book titles for more information on Valentine's Day and love:

Love by Toni Morrison

Call Number: M8822L - Hutchins Library - Fiction (3rd Floor between 822-823)

Publication Date: 2003-10-28

May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida–even L: all women obsessed with Bill Cosey. The wealthy owner of the famous Cosey’s Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, and friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is either the void in, or the center of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces–a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial. This audacious exploration into the nature of love–its appetite, its sublime possession, its dread–is rich in characters, striking scenes, and a profound understanding of how alive the past can be. A major addition to the canon of one of the world’s literary masters.

 

Why We Need Love by Simon Van Booy

Call Number: 128.46 W629 2010 - Hutchins Library - Circulating (3rd Floor)

Publication Date: 2010-08-24

Provocative and eye-opening, Why We Need Love is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts--along with Why We Fight and Why Our Decisions Don't Matter--introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love).

 

 

Valentine by Carol Carrick; Paddy Bouma (Illustrator)

Call Number: C3159v - Hutchins Library - Children's Picture Books (3rd Floor)

Publication Date: 1995-01-20

Paddy Bouma's soft watercolors highlight this unusual Valentine's Day story of a loving grandmother-granddaughter relationship. Heather is disappointed that Mama can't stay home from work to spend the holiday with her. Making cookies with Grandma--including a big, heart-shaped one for Mama--cheers her up. But when Heather and Grandma check on the sheep, they find one of the new lambs cold and still. Young children will identify with Heather's pride in helping care for the lamb and her joyful anticipation of another surprise to share with Mama.

 

Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni

Call Number: 821 G512L - Hutchins Library - Circulating (3rd Floor)

Publication Date: 1997-02-14

In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and contoversial writers.Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works. From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tupac Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered. Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems expresses notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected. Articulating in sensuous verse what we know only instinctively, Nikki Giovanni once again confirms her place as one of our nations's most distinguished poets and powerful truth-tellers. In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, starting with her explosive early years in the Black Rights Movement, Nikki Giovanni has earned a reputation as one of America's most celebrated and controversial writers. Her mind-speaking work has made her a universal favorite and a number-one best-seller.The love poems-the revolutionary "Seduction," the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet," and the tender "My House" to name just a few-are among the most beloved of all Nikki Giovanni's works. Now, Love Poems brings together these and other favorites with over twenty new poems. Romantic, bold, and erotic, Love Poems will once again confirm Nikki Giovanni's place among the country's most renowned poets and truth tellers.

Don't Be My Valentine by Joan M. Lexau; Syd Hoff (Illustrator)

Call Number: L679d - Hutchins Library - Children's Picture Books (3rd Floor)

Publication Date: 1999-01-31

"Don't bug me, Amy Lou!"Amy Lou is always trying to help Sam, and it bothers him. So when it's time for valentines, Sam makes a mean one for her. But the valentine is delivered to Sam's teacher instead of Amy Lou. How did that happen?Its a Valentines Day mystery! Sam is tired of Amy Lou bugging him all the time so he sends her an especially mean valentine. But when the valentines are delivered, Amy Lou gets a nice one from Sam and its their teacher who receives the mean valentine. How did that happen? Joan Lexaus funny story and Syd Hoffs heartwarming illustrations, available for the first time in full-color, are sure to have beginning readers laughing as they try to figure out who pulled the valentine switch. School Library Journal said about DONT BE MY VALENTINE A funny, realistic school story, this will also be a holiday hit.