The Power to Name: Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2002
Contributors	Author: Hope A. Olson
Language	English
Number of Pages	261 pp.
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
City	Dordrecht, Germany
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Region	United States
Demographics	LGBTQ Women Hispanic Americans Jewish Americans Jewish People, non US African-Americans Asian Americans Native Americans Workers/Working class
Chronological Period	1850-1899 1900-1949 1950-1999
ISBN	9781402007767
Annotation	Employs a feminist deconstructionist approach to explore the 19th century foundation of library subject headings (Dewey and Cutter) and the ongoing misrepresentation of women of colour, African American women, Chicanas, lesbians, Asian American women, working class women, Jewish women, and North American Aboriginal women. Contents: Naming is Power Armies, Railroads and Procrustean Beds The Iterability of the Public and Efficiency The Authority to Name Ite/Arating Women Toward Eccentric Techniques