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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.

Anxious Intersectionality:
An Anthropology of Swedish Feminist Activism
by Kristian Norsted
(University of Toronto Press)
Black Feminist Sociology:
Perspectives and Praxis
edited by Zakiya Luna et al.
(Routledge)
 
 
 
Minor Moves:
Black Girls and Unruly Performance in Antebellum Narratives
by Allison S. Curseen
(University of North Carolina Press)
 
 
 
Mothering and Matrifocality in Contemporary Caribbean Literature
by Leighan Renaud
(Peter Lang International Publishers)
The Road Between Hearts:
A Memoir of a Black American Woman Discovering Iran
by Leslie Powell Ahmadi
(Muse Literary Publishing)
The Sage Encyclopedia of Menstruation and Society
edited by Bee Hughes and Kay Standing
(SAGE Publications)
 
 
 
Sustainable Development Goals in Women’s Literature:
Voices from Across the Americas
edited by Claudia Maria Ceneviva Nigro and Debora Spacini Nakanishi
(Springer)
The Unknowable Body
by Lisa Jean Moore
(Polity)
Women Filmmakers and the Welfare State
edited by Anna Stenport et al.
(Routledge)

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