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.


Archiving the Past:
Women’s Film History in France, 1927–1978

by Aurore Spiers
(University of California Press)

Between Feminism and Psychoanalysis

edited by Teresa Brennan
(Routledge)
 
 
 

Nationalism and Royal Women in Early Modern England:
The Queen’s Gambit

edited by Elizabeth Hidgson and Sarah Crover
(Palgrave Macmillan)

Rewriting the Rules:
Gender-Responsive Lawmaking for the Twenty-First Century

by Ramona Vijeyarasa
(University of California Press)
 
 
 

Southern Women, Southern Landscapes:
Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870-1970

by Judith W. Page and Elise L. Smith
(University Press of Mississippi)

World Making in Nepantla:
Feminists of Color Navigating Life and Work in the Pandemic

edited by Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez et al.
(University of Texas Press)

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