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.

Beyond the Public Sphere: Film and the Feminist Imaginary by Mria Pia Lara (Northwestern University Press)	Black Market Business: Selling Sex in Northern Vietnam, 1920–1945 by Christina Elizabeth Firpo (Cornell University Press)	Bridging the Race and Gender Gaps: Representation of Women and Minorities Among MacArthur Fellows, 1981-2018 by Amadu Jacky Kaba (Adonis & Abbey Publishers)
Decolonial Feminisms, Power and Place: Sentipensando With Rural Women in Colombia by Laura Rodriguez Castro (Palgrave Macmillan)	Disruptive Archives: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars by Viviana Beatriz MacManus (University of Illinois Press)	Educational Studies in the Light of the Feminine: Empowerment and Transformation by Christine Bouissou-Benavail (Wiley)
Freezing Fertility: Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gender Politics of Aging by Lucy van de Wiel (New York University Press)	Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia: Finding Resolutions Through Conflicts edited by Joseph N. Goh et al. (Springer)	Gender, Considered: Feminist Reflections Across the US Social Sciences edited by Sarah Fenstermaker and Abigail J. Stewart (Palgrave Macmillan)
Marina Warner and the Ethics of Telling Silenced Stories by Lisa Propst (McGill-Queens University Press)	Modern Day Mary Poppins: The Unintended Consequences of Nanny Work by Laura Bunyan (Lexington Books)	Sex Workers and Their Clients: In Their Own Words by Jerald L. Mosley (Palgrave Macmillan)
Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image edited by Danielle Apungo et al. (Teachers College Press)	The Tale of Genji and its Chinese Precursors: Beyond the Boundaries of Nation, Class, and Gender by Jindan Ni (Lexington Books)	The Wives of Western Philosophy: Gender Politics in Intellectual Labor edited by Jennifer Forestal and Menaka Philips (Routledge)
Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell by Alison M. Parker (University of North Carolina Press)	Understanding Kate Atkinson by Brian Diemert (University of South Carolina Press)	Women and Society in the Roman World: A Sourcebook of Inscriptions from the Roman West by Emily A. Hemelrijk (Cambridge University Press)