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 Laboratory of Her Own: Women and Science in Spanish Culture edited by Victoria L. Ketz et al. (Vanderbilt University Press)	Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting: A Black Feminist Analysis of Intensive Mothering in Britain and Canada by Patricia Hamilton (Polity)	Blowing up the Skirt of History: Recovered and Reanimated Plays by Early Canadian Women Dramatists, 1876-1920 edited by Kym Bird (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Countering Gender Violence: Initiatives Towards Collective Action in Rajasthan by Kanchan Mathur (SAGE Publications)	Emotional Landscapes: Love, Gender, and Migration edited by Marcelo J. Borges (University of Illinois Press)	Gender Violence and the Transnational Politics of the Honor Crime by Dana M. Olwan (Ohio State University Press)
Hot Pants and Spandex Suits: Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books by Esther de Dauw (Rutgers University Press)	I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange (Fourth Estate)	Knowing Women: Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana by Serena Owusua Dankwa (Cambridge University Press)
Migrant Women and Work edited by Anuja Agrawal (SAGE Publications)	Relations of Power: Women’s Networks in the Middle Ages edited by Emma O. Bert et al. (Bonn University Press)	Sanctuary: A Memoir by Emily Rapp Black (Random House)
Sex- and Gender-Based Women’s Health: A Practical Guide for Primary Care edited by Sarah A. Tilstra et al. (Springer)	Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image by Danielle Apugo et al. (Teachers College Press)	Surrealist Women’s Writing: A Critical Exploration by Anna Watz (Manchester University Press)
With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism by Laura L. Lovett (Beacon Press)	Women’s Economic Thought in the Romantic Age: Towards a Transdisciplinary Herstory of Economic Thought by Joanna Rostek (Routledge)	Womanist Ethical Rhetoric: A Call for Liberation and Social Justice in Turbulent Times edited by Annette D. Madlock and Cerise L. Glenn (Lexington Books)