Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Spring 2017, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

Library System Migration p.1

Thesis Digitization p.2

Kanopy p.2

Fake News, again p.3

A 2017 Look at 1982 p.3

Librarian of the Year p.4

"Tech-quisitions" p.4

Two Texas Poets p.5

Pacific Review Reading p.5

The Sun Dance p.6

How Cute! Race, Gender, And Neutrality In Libraries, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

This essay explores how feminization and a particular aestheticization thereof is called upon to attempt to mitigate, veil, and neutralize whiteness in libraries and librarianship. It looks specifically at cuteness, an aesthetic category historically shaped by, and deeply invested in, hegemonic formulations of gender, race, and consumption. This paper explores the types of projects cuteness might abet in librarianship—particularly aspirations of political neutrality—by positioning itself as for all and against none. Indeed, by calling forth its purported timeless appeal and assuming an aesthetic that no one can resist, cuteness positions the whiteness central to it as both harmless and universal. …

Pre-Print: Introduction (Topographies Of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness In Library And Information Science), Gina Schlesselman-Tarango

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

Pre-print: Introductory chapter to Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science.