Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars
Posted on Nov 24, 2019 | Comments 0
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. As an Amazon Associate, WIAReport will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.
Here are the latest selections. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.
British Women’s Histories of the First World War:
Representing, Remembering, Rewriting edited by Maggie Andrews et al. (Routledge) |
Famished:
Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America by Rebecca J. Lester (University of California Press) |
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Gender in the Middle East and North Africa:
Contemporary Issues and Challenges edited by J. Michael Ryan and Helen Rizzo (Lynne Rienner Publishers) |
Gender Regimes in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
by Anna Kwak and Gillian Pascall (Bristol University Press) |
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Globalism and Gendering Cancer: Tracking the Trope of Oncogenic Women from the US to Kenya by Miriam O’Kane Mara (Routledge) |
The Politics of the Pill:
Gender, Framing, and Policymaking in the Battle Over Birth Control by Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten (Oxford University Press) |
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Purchasing Power:
Women and the Rise of Canadian Consumer Culture by Donica Belisle (University of Toronto Press) |
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