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.

America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice by Treva B. Lindsey (University of California Press)	British Women Satirists in the Long Eighteenth Century edited by Amanda Hiner and Elizabeth Tasker Davis (Cambridge University Press)	Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and Transnational Network by Etta M. Madden (State University of New York Press)
Feminista Frequencies: Community Building Through Radio in the Yakima Valley by Monica De La Torre (University of Washington Press)	In On the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy by Shawn Levy (Doubleday)	Learning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma Mufleh (Mariner Books)
Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor edited by So Mayer and Corinn Columpar (Wayne State University Press)	On Femininities in the Song of Songs and Beyond: “The Most Beautiful Woman” by Vita Daphna Arbel (T&T Clark)	Personal but Not Private: Queer Women, Sexuality, and Identity Modulation on Digital Platforms by Stefanie Duguay (Oxford University Press)
Screening #Metoo: Rape Culture in Hollywood edited by Lisa Funnell and Ralph Beliveau (State University of New York Press)	Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain: The Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, 1787–1823 edited by Catherine M. Jaffe and Elisa Martín-Valdepeñas Yagüe (Louisiana State University Press)	Workers Like All the Rest of Them: Domestic Service and the Rights of Labor in Twentieth-Century Chile by Elizabeth Quay Hutchinson (Duke University Press)