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Introduction to Diverse Voices and Topics page

This page contains resources highlighting different kinds of marginalized identity groups within English literature. These include Gender Identity & Sexuality, Race & Ethnicity, and Disability. To incorporate those that identify with multiple marginalized groups, there is also an Intersectionality section containing resources that overlap two or more categories.

Gender Identity & Sexuality

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Gender Identity & Sexuality in literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Lodestar Quarterly
  • Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly
  • Harrington Gay Men’s Literary Quarterly

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • Gender Identity in Literature
  • Gay people in literature
  • Sexual minorities in literature

Race & Ethnicity

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Race & Ethnicity in literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • The Caribbean Writer
  • Journal of Ethnic American Literature
  • Asian American Literary Review
  • Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies
  • Black American Literature Forum
  • Southeast Asian Review of English
  • Callaloo

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

  • Race in literature
  • Ethnic groups in literature
  • American literature – Hispanic American authors
  • American literature – African American authors
  • English literature – Black authors – History and Criticism
  • American literature – Asian American authors – History and criticism

Disability

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Disability in literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Disability Studies Quarterly
  • Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • People with disabilities in literature
  • Disabilities in literature

Intersectionality

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Intersectionality in literature that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Apogee Journal
  • Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism
  • International Journal on Multicultural Literature

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • Minorities in literature
  • African American women in literature
  • American literature – Minority authors – History and criticism
  • Women authors, Latin American – Literature – History and criticism

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