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 Women in the U.S. Economy

edited by Nina Banks and Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
(Routledge)

Braving All Borders:
TransLatina Testimonios and Decolonial Defiance

by Karla M. Padron
(University of Washington Press)

British Interwar Women Writers:
Class, Gender, Genre

by Clara Jones
(Edinburgh University Press)
 
 
 

The First Woman Judge:
The Life and Legacy of Florence Allen

by Tracey Thomas
(University of California Press)
 
 
 

Katherine Mansfield’s Men

edited by Erika Baldt and Gerri Kimber
(Edinburgh University Press)

Like Hunger:
Joyce Carol Oates and the Need to Believe

by David S. Rutledge
(Louisiana State University Press)
 
 
 

Seeking Justice for Gendered Violence:
Courts, Communities, and Care in Guatemala

by Erin Black and Lynn Stephen
(Duke University Press)

We All Must Be Crasy:
The Correspondence of Sarah Peterson Lund to Her Missionary Husband, 1872–1894

edited by Jennifer L. Lund and Elizabeth Oberdick Anderson
(University of Utah Press)
 
 
 

Women Building Modernism:
Iconic Buildings and Their Female Initiators

by Kerstin Bussmann and Ingrid De Becque
(Birkhäuser)

Women Textile Designers

edited by Victoria Bradley and Elizabeth Currie
(Thames & Hudson)
 
 
 

Women’s Empowerment for a Sustainable Future

edited by Chitra Krishna
(Apple Academic Press)

Women’s Political Representation in Central and Eastern Europe

by Anja Vojvodić
(Central European University Press)

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