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.


A Better Justice?
Community Programs for Criminalized Women

by Amanda Nelund
(University of British Columbia Press)

Behind the Times:
Virginia Woolf in Late-Victorian Contexts

by Mary Jean Corbett
(Cornell University Press)

Beyoncé:
At Work, On Screen, and Online

edited by Martin Iddon and Melanie L. Marshall
(Indiana University Press)

Doing Feminisms in the Academy
edited by Radhika Govinda
(Zubaan Books)

Handbook of Research on Translating Myth and Reality in Women Imagery Across Disciplines
edited by Roxana Ciolneanu and Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu
(IGI Global)

Recasting the Vote:
How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement

by Cathleen D. Cahill
(University of North Carolina Press)

Stripped:
Reading the Erotic Body

by Maggie M. Werner
(Pennsylvania State University Press)

The Power of Adrienne Rich:
A Biography

by Hilary Holladay
(Nan A. Talese)

Women and Peacebuilding in Africa
edited by Anna Chitando
(Routledge)

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