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.

Beyond Feminism and Islamism: Gender and Equality in North Africa by Doris Gray and Doris H. Gray (I.B. Tauris)	Contagious Representation: Women’s Political Representation in Democracies Around the World by Frank C. Thames and Margaret S. Williams (New York University Press)	Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering by Jennifer Lois (New York University Press)
Rethinking Gender and Sexuality in Childhood by Emily W. Kane (Continuum)	Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows: Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke’s Gospel by F. Scott Spencer (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing)	Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans by Emily Epstein Landau (Louisiana State University Press)
The “Baby Dolls”: Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition by Kim Marie Vaz (Louisiana State University Press)	Undutiful Daughters: New Directions in Feminist Thought and Practice edited by Henriette Gunkel et al. (Palgrave Macmillan)	Visionary Women Writers of Chicago’s Black Arts Movement by Carmen L. Phelps (University Press of Mississippi)