Wow – a new blog posting! Find out our Summer Hours at http://ul2.bgsu.edu/hours/index.php?cur_library=hours_pcl. Check out a DVD, new things on the Free Table, etc.

In honor of Black History Month, come on up and take a look at our Black Activism exhibit.

Don’t forget – the BPCL will be on Winter Break hours as of this weekend (Dec. 22, 2012). Here are our hours.

Happy Holidays to everyone from the Browne Popular Culture Library!

We received some new reference books and other resources this summer. Here are some of the highlights.

Blue-collar pop culture : from NASCAR to Jersey Shore / M. Keith Booker, editor popref HD4901 .B59 2012 Summary: “This book provides a sophisticated, accessible, and entertaining examination of the intersection between American popular culture and working-class life in America.”–Back cover Contents: V. 1. Film, music, and sports — v. 2. Television and the culture of everday life

Icons of women’s sport / Steven J. Overman and Kelly Boyer Sagert popref GV697.A1 O984 2012 Summary: “This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams”– Provided by publisher Contents: Series Foreword — Preface – Introduction — Chronology VOLUME ONE — Stacy Allison — Joan Benoit — Bonnie Blair — Zola Budd — Cara-Beth Burnside — Nadia Comaneci — Gertrude Ederle — Peggy Fleming — Dawn Fraser – Althea Gibson — Steffi Graf – Florence Griffith Joyner — Dorothy Hamill — Mia Hamm — Sonja Henie — Mamie “Peanut” Johnson – Jackie Joyner-Kersee – Billie Jean King VOLUME TWO — Olga Korbut — Julie Krone — Lisa Leslie — Nancy Lopez — Donna Lopiano — Shirley Muldowney — Martina Navratilova — Danica Patrick — Mary Lou Retton — Manon Rheaume — Dot Richardson — Dawn Riley — Wilma Rudolph — Picabo Street — Sheryl Swoopes — Dara Torres — Venus Williams and Serena Williams — Babe Didrikson Zaharias — Selected Bibliography

African Americans and popular culture / edited by Todd Boyd popref E185.625 .A384 2008 Contents: v. 1. Theater, film, and television — v. 2. Sports — v. 3. Music and popular art

September 11 in popular culture : a guide / Sara E. Quay and Amy M. Damico, editors popref HV6432.7 .S455 2010 Contents: Everyday life — News and information — Books — Television — Film — Music — Visual culture — Selected 9/11 Books, TV Shows, Films, Music, and Visual Arts — Further Reading

Female action heroes : a guide to women in comics, video games, film, and television / Gladys L. Knight popref P94.5.W65 K56 2010 Contents: Preface — Introduction — Timeline — The bionic woman — Buffy the vampire slayer — Catwoman — Charlie’s angels — Chun Li — Chyna — Ellen aka “The Lady” — Ellen Ripley — Emma Peel — Foxy Brown — G.I. Jane — Helen — Jen Yu — Joan of Arc — Kathryn Janeway — Lara Croft — Maggie Fitzgerald — The Powerpuff Girls — Princess Leia — Sarah Connor — Selene — Storm — Thelma and Louise — Wonder Woman — Xena: Warrior Princess

Encyclopedia of African American popular culture / Jessie Carney Smith, editor popref E174 .E54 2011 Arranged alphabetically

Cult pop culture : how the fringe became mainstream / Bob Batchelor, editor popref E169.12 .C766 2012 Contents: v. 1. Film and television — v. 2. Literature and music — v. 3. Everyday cult