LibGuides: FYI 102: Coussens: Home

Introduction

Welcome! You've reached the FYI 102 (Coussens) course guide dedicated to your case making research assignment. This guide will provide you with resources and strategies to support this assignment.

For more in-depth variety of resources and topics dedicated to FYI 101/2, see Garrett's comprehensive FYI Guide here.

Assignment Requirements

To summarize, you will need:

At least 1-2 quality sources in support of your argument
To use MLA style citations

Relevant Resources

Scripts and Performances:

Lysistrata (Einhorn)
This site contains the full script of Edward Einhorn's translation/adaptation of Lysistrata, a classical Greek comedy play in which women withhold sex from their husbands to put an end to the Peloponnesian War. This adaptation was originally performed in Brooklyn, New York, at the UnderWater Theater, in January - February 2005.
Chi-Raq (Lee & Willmott)
This is a link to the library catalog record for Spike Lee and Kevin Willmott's 2015 adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Set in Chicago, the film focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city's south side, particularly the Englewood neighborhood.

In Recent News:

"Bette Midler Calls for a Sex Strike Amid Texas Abortion Law"
This is a Sept. 4, 2021 article from Newsweek by Natali Colarossi. It is one of many articles that you might be able to find about this issue coming up in the contemporary context, this one in response to the recent abortion ban in Texas. Newsweek has a slight to moderate liberal bias, but has a high rating for factual reporting and is generally trustworthy for information according to mediabiasfactcheck.com.
"The history of sex strikes"
This is a May 16, 2019 article from the BBC by Harvey Day. It is one of many articles that you might be able to find about this issue coming up in the contemporary context, this one in response to the recent #MeToo movement. The BBC has a slight to moderate liberal bias, but has a high rating for factual reporting and is generally trustworthy for information according to mediabiasfactcheck.com.