Recent Books That May Be 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.

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

Botany, Sexuality and Women’s Writing, 1760-1830: From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant by Samantha George (Manchester University Press)	Dialogues Across Diasporas Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation edited by Marion Rohrietner and Sarah Ryan (Lexington Books)	From Cape Town to Kabul: Rethinking Strategies for Pursuing Women’s Human Rights by Penelope Andrews (Ashgate Publishing)
Women and Girls in the Hindi Public Sphere: Periodical Literature in Colonial North India by Shobna Nijhawan (Oxford University Press)	Women of Privilege: 100 Years of Love & Loss in a Family of the Hudson River Valley by Susan Gillotti (Academy Chicago Publishers)	Women, Health and the State in the Middle East: The Politics and Culture of Childbirth in Jordan by Irene Maffi (I.B. Tauris)