Recent Books 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. 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.

A Feminist Reading of China’s Digital Public Sphere by Altman Yuzhu Peng (Palgrave Pivot)	A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Abasa Dadzie (Verso)	Bodies and Lives in Victorian England: Science, Sexuality, and the Affliction of Being Female by Pamela K. Stone and Lise Shapiro Sanders (Routledge)
Cautiously Hopeful: Metafeminist Practices in Canada by Marie Carriere (McGill Queens University Press)	Italian Women’s Experiences with American Consumer Culture, 1945–1975: The Italian Mrs. Consumer by Jessica l. Harris (Palgrave Macmillan)	Power, Philosophy and Egalitarianism: Women, the Family and African Americans by Robert C. Smith (Routledge)
Sisterly Networks: Fifty Years of Southern Women’s Histories edited by Catherine Clinton (University Press of Florida)	The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History by Carolyn Strange (Univerity of Toronto Press)	Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India by Rachel E. Brule (Cambridge University Press)