Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of WIAReport.

Here are the latest selections. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.

Acts of Desire: Women and Sex on Stage 1800-1930 by Sos Eltis (Oxford University Press)	Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Process edited by Ziba Mir-Hosseini et al. (I. B. Tauris)	Gender and Islam in Southeast Asia: Women’s Rights Movements, Religious Resurgence and Local Tradition edited by Susanne Schroter (BRILL)
Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives by Venia Oikkonen (Routledge)	In Her Own Words: Conversations with Composers in the United States by Jennifer Kelly (University of Illinois Press)	Mothers Unite! Organizing for Workplace Flexibility and the Transformation of Family Life by Jocelyn Elise Crowley (ILR Press)