Hey everybody - here's the rough draft of my bibliography that I've come up with - these are just a few of the sources so far:
Hell on Wheels. Dir. Bob Ray. IndiePix, 2009. DVD.
This is a pretty great documentary by an Austin filmmaker - I think it's a really good introduction to how women's roller derby was revitalized and reinvented in Austin. It was only released last year but the filming took place over about five years. I skate with/am trained by several of the women interviewed in this documentary - I'm really hoping to get to record some of their current thoughts and opinions.
Rollergirls - The Complete Season One. Dir. Dan Brown. Sunset Home Visual Entertainment (SHE) / A&E Home Video, 2006. DVD.
The series focuses on players from the Texas-based TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls - I haven't seen this yet but I'm interested to see how roller derby is presented in this series. I'm expecting it to be useful to compare and contrast the two Austin roller derby leagues where I can. They play a pretty different game than we do however - bank track derby is intense..
Coppage, Keith. Roller Derby to RollerJam: The Authorized Story of an Unauthorized Sport. Square, 1999. Print.
I found this book at the library - it looks like it might have some good history, visuals, and personal accounts in it.
Joulwan, Melissa. Rollergirl Totally True Tales from the Track. New York: Touchstone, 2007. Print.
This is a book written by Melicious - a retired Texas rollergirl. She was one of the founding members of the new league and it looks like it could have some useful information in it - "complete with photos and suggestions on how to develop a Rollergirl name and persona, this unprecedented tell-all comes from the woman who's watched the sport evolve from an underground Friday-night event to a bona fide national phenomenon."
I'm also looking into articles on feminist theory - I have some suggestions and leads that I'm still going through as of now. Hope you're all doing well!
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7 years ago
A good strategy would be to take the other key words you used to describe your topic and try to imagine other topics that might approach some of the same "key words," then move from there. There should be plenty on women's sports and feminism, for example, on exhibiting bodies and performing sexuality and female empowerment (or lack thereof) etc. We can talk more about in class!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds great - thank you!
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