While cataloging The Pac-Man Fever zine I discovered that there is no Library of Congress Subject Heading or even cross-reference for Tomboys. That's disappointing.
I did a keyword relevance search for tomboys in the Columbia Libraries catalog and found these helpful headings (among others):
- Aggressiveness in children
- Gender identity
- Gender identity disorders in children
- Girls --Psychology
- Girls --Sexual behavior
- Sex role in children
Which one is your favorite?
I would also have liked to apply Butch lesbians as a subject heading.
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vlorbik (not verified)
Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:30am
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shades of sandy
shades of sandy berman.
they're *all* pretty lousy.
"disorders" is flat-out wrong of course
(as a parent category for "tomboy")
and i don't care much for the
"aggressiveness" one either.
what, no explicit crossdressing?
laura (not verified)
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 5:00pm
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HEAD. DESK.
HEAD. DESK.
Adam Schiff (not verified)
Fri, 05/06/2011 - 11:27pm
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OK, I've bitten the bullet
OK, I've bitten the bullet and submitted SACO proposals for Tomboys, Tomboys in literature, and Tomboys in motion pictures. We'll see how and if they fly!
jenna
Sat, 05/07/2011 - 5:36pm
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Keep me posted!
Keep me posted!