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.


Black Girls’ Literacies:
Transforming Lives and Literacy Practices

edited by Gholnecsar E. Muhammad and Detra Price-Dennis
(Routledge)

Bollywood’s New Woman:
Liberalization, Liberation, and Contested Bodies

edited by Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora
(Rutgers University Press)

Demanding Equality:
One Hundred Years of Canadian Feminism

by Joan Sangster
(University of British Columbia Press)

Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis in Public Health
edited by Jacqueline Gahagan and Mary K. Bryson
(Springer)

The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea
edited by Jennifer Keith and Claudia Thomas Kairoff
(Cambridge University Press)

The Future of Feminism in Public Relations and Strategic Communication:
A Socio-Ecological Model of Influences

by Linda Aldoory and Elizabeth L. Toth
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Women in Social Change:
Visions, Struggles and Persisting Concerns

edited by Ghazala Jamil
(SAGE Publications)

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