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.


Biography of a Revolution:
The Feminist Roots of Human Rights in Egypt

by Lucia Sorbera
(University of California Press)

Imagining the Tropics:
Women, Romance, and the Making of Modern Tourism

by Elizabeth S. Manley
(Rutgers University Press)
 
 
 

Pedagogies of Interconnectedness:
Feminist-Queer Collaborative Transformation

edited by Isis Nusair and Barbara L. Shaw
(University of Illinois Press)
 
 
 

Running on Hope:
Female Community Health Labor in Rajasthan, India

by Svea Closser and Surendra Singh Shekhawat
(Vanderbilt University Press)

Single Black Mother:
Queer Reflections on Marriage and Racial Justice

by Anika Maaza Simpson
(Oxford University Press)

Widow City:
Gender, Emotion, and Community in the Italian Renaissance

by Anna Wainwright
(University of Delaware Press)

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