Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars

books2Women 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.

Here are the latest selections. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.


Aesthetics of Sorrow:
The Wailing Culture of Yemenite Jewish Women

by Tova Gamliel
(Wayne State University Press)

City Girls:
The Nisei Social World in Los Angeles, 1920-1950

by Valerie J. Matsumoto
(Oxford University Press)

A Fighting Chance
by Elizabeth Warren
(Metropolitan Books)

Gender and Violence in Haiti:
Women’s Path from Victims to Agents

by Benedetta Faedi Duramy
(Rutgers University Press)

One Hour in Paris:
A True Story of Rape and Recovery

by Karyn L. Freedman
(University of Chicago Press)


Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism
edited by Anita Monro and Stephen Burns
(Acumen Publishing)


Women, Work and Sociability in Early Modern London
by Tim Reinke-Williams
(Palgrave Macmillan)

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