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.

The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism edited by Lila Abu-Lughod et al. (Duke University Press)	Displacement, Human Rights and Sexual and Reproductive Health: Conceptualizing Gender Protection Gaps in Latin America by Natalia Cintra et al. (Bristol University Press)	Feminism’s Progress: Gender Politics in British and American Literature and Television Since 1830 by Carol Colatrella (State University of New York Press)
Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison, Socialite Spy by Janet Wallach (Doubleday)	Gifting Translation in Early Modern England: Women Writers and the Politics of Authorship by Kirsten Inglis (Amsterdam University Press)	Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan by Anru Lee (University of Hawai’i Press)
Helen of Troy in Hollywood by Ruby Blondell (Princeton University Press)	In Her Hands: Women’s Fight Against AIDS in the United States by Emma Day (University of California Press)	Lineages of the Feminine: An Outline of the History of Women by Emmanuel Todd (Polity)
My Girls: The Power of Friendship in a Poor Neighborhood by Jasmin Sandelson (University of California Press)	Radical Empathy in Multicultural Women’s Fiction: From the Library to Liberation by Lara S. Marcisi (Lexington Books)	Slavery, Capitalism, and Women’s Literature: Economic Insights of American Women Writers, 1852-1869 by Kristin Allukian (University of Georgia Press)
Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II by Lena S. Andrews (Mariner Books)	When Women Ruled the Pacific: Power and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Tahiti and Hawai’i by Joy Schulz (University of Nebraska Press)	Women, Music and Leadership by Helen Rusak (Routledge)