FTS100 Book Assignment

FTS 100 BOOK ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

NAME __________________________

Your analysis is typed, 12-point print, single spaced in either Times New Roman or Arial font. This analysis is about four pages in length.

Title of the Book

Author, Publisher, and Year When Published

I. Overview of the Book: Describe the type and format of the book; discuss the author’s purposes; identify the intended audience; and describe other general information designed to help your reader better understand what you read. This section should be about 1/2 page in length.

II. Identify 7 key concepts addressed within the book with explanation of each. Number each concept 1-7 and include at least a paragraph explanation for each. In this section you are basically explaining critical information and why it was valuable. Your concepts with explanation should accomplish this goal. This section is about 2 pages in length.

III. Critique: In this section of your analysis, explain what you found to be most controversial and why. Write about the strengths and weaknesses of arguments and points of view that were shared. Use no fewer than 3 examples with explanation. 1 page in length

IV. And finally, what are three questions you would like to ask the author(s) if you could do so. Would you recommend this book to other young women; why or why not.

40 points

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ORAL SHARING of the BOOK:

Review the Oral Presentation Guidelines Sheet in your course pack.

Come very well-prepared for your 7 minute presentation; you may NOT use your written book analysis paper; you may use notes but do NOT read from your notes; begin with an interesting quote from the book, question for your audience, or other method to capture our attention; maintain good eye contact with your audience and involve them in the presentation; explain what you found most interesting, what you learned, and why this was valuable. Close with a good quote or other technique to show that you have finished the presentation. Answer any questions they have-3 minutes or so. Total time=10 minutes. 20 points

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SOME BOOK CHOICES FOR READING AND ANALYSIS PROJECT

*ILL stands for Interlibrary Loan in the Library. This will be discussed in class.

Most of these books can also be ordered online if you do not wish to check a book out from the library and reserve it through ILL. If you wish to buy a book, simply use google and type in the book title. You can easily then find the book, price, etc.

When making a choice, choose five that seem interesting. Then, using a computer, go to the GAC library website, log in, go to databases, where it says “choose one”, drag down to BOOKS IN PRINT. Once that DB opens, type in the book title and hit return.

Once the book overview appears, scroll down to the REVIEW. Carefully read the review and think about whether this is a book you wish to read. We will sign up for books the end of week one of classes so come prepared with several choices in case the one you wish to read is taken by someone else.

	Book Title	Author(s)	Topic	Location	Student
1	Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Understanding the Crucial Link Between Mothers and Daughters	C. Northrup 2006	Relationships and Communication	ILL
2	Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women	Trisha Gura 2007	Body Image Disorders	ILL
3	Hot Flashes, Hormones, and Your Health	Joann Manson Shari Bassuk 2006	Menopause	ILL
4	Eating, Drinking and Overthinking: The Toxic Triangle of Food, Alcohol, and Depression…	S. Nolen-Hoeksema 2005	The combination of alcohol, food, and depression	ILL
5	Women and Autoimmune Disease: The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself	R. Lahita 2005	Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, et al	ILL
6	The Blessings of the Curse: No more periods?	Susan Rako 2006	Hormonal Suppression of Menstruation	ILL
7	Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Mental Health	S. Kerr R. Mathy 2005	Broad view of mental health with focus on depression	GAC
8	The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America	L. Gordon 2007	Political roots of B.C.	GAC
9	Women who Hurt Themselves: A Book of Hope and Understanding	D. Miller 2005	Mental health and self-abuse	GAC
10	Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body	S. Bordo 2004	Weight and Body Image	GAC
11	A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Health	M.Minkin C. Wright 2004	Sexuality	GAC
12	Menopause: A Biocultural Perspective	L. Sievert 2006	Menopause	GAC
13	Girls in Power: Gender, Body, and Menstruation in Adolescence	L. Fingerson 2006	Adolescence and Menstruation	GAC
14	Women’s Health: New Frontiers in Advocacy and Social Justice	E. Cartwright P. Allotey 2007	Women as Advocates for Social Justice	GAC
15	Handbook of Women, Stress, and Trauma	K. Kendall-Tacket 2004	Stress	GAC
16	Home/Bodies: Geographies of Self, place, and Space	W. Schissel 2005	Essays-home,gender, and identify	GAC
17	Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction	S. Markens 2007	Surrogacy	GAC
18	Freeing Tammy: Women, Drugs, and Incarceration	J. Raphael 2007	Women, drugs, an prison	GAC
19	Mothers on the Fast Track: How a new Generation Can Balance Family and Careers	M. Mason E. Ekman 2007	Women, stress, roles	GAC
20	Men’s Violence Against Women: Theory, Research, and Activism	J. Allison 2007	Violence and abuse	GAC
21	The Black Women’s Health Book	E. White 2006	Black women and health	GAC
22	Women Under the Influence	National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse staff-Columbia University 2005	Effects of substance abuse in girls and women-impact of factors such as advertising, etc.	GAC
23	Mass Hysteria: Medicine, Culture, and Mother’s Bodies	R. Kukla 2005	Culture and Body Image	GAC
24	Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural, and medical Issues	R. Skaine 2005	FGM	GAC
25	Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West	S. Jeffreys 2005	Culture and Body Image	GAC
26	Depression In New Mothers: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Alternatives	K. Kendall-Tackett 2005	Post-partum depression	GAC
27	Myth of Empowerment: Women and the Therapeutic Culture in America	D. Becker 2005	Medical influence on women’s health issues; historical and contemporary	GAC
28	Alternative Femininities: Body, Age, and Identity	S. Holland 2004	Aging-Real Women and the idea of being “feminine”	GAC
29	Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology	J. Dianne Garner 2003	Feminist conceptions of retirement, economic issues, psychological issues, and social issues-aging	GAC
30	The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be Perfect	M. Maine J. Kelly 2005	Body image and adult women	GAC
31	Intimate Violence Against Women: When Spouses, partners, or Lovers Attack	P. Lundberg-Love S. Marmion 2006	Violence	GAC
32	Rising Like the Phoenix: Trauma, Stress, and Resilience in the Lives of Sexual Minority Women	K. Balsam 2005	Resiliency, Lesbians, Bisexual women	GAC
33	Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women	T. Sharpe 2005	Prostitution and Drugs	GAC
34	Minding the Body	Nasser 2007	New ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health	GAC
35	Social Pollution and Women’s Health	Kirkham 2006	Explores the contradictions and dilemmas in women's healthcare using the concept of pollution	GAC
36	A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems	E. Kaschak L. Tiefer 2005	Sexual problems-women	GAC
37	Birth Crisis	Kitzinger 2006	Medicalization of birth	GAC
38	Women’s Health in the Majority World: Issues and Initiatives	L. Elit 2007	Improving health of women	GAC