Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars

books2Women 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.


Penelope Fitzgerald:
A Life

by Hermione Lee
(Alfred A. Knopf)


Phantom Ladies:
Hollywood Horror and the Home Front

by Tim Nelson
(Rutgers University Press)


Shamans, Queens, and Figurines:
The Development of Gender Archaeology

by Sarah Milledge Nelson
(Left Coast Press)

The Business of Sex
edited by Laxmi Murthy and Meena Saraswathi Seshu
(Zubaan Books)

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies
edited by Julia M. O’Brien
(Oxford University Press)

Women and the Vote:
A World History

by Jad Adams
(Oxford University Press)

Women, Writing, and Prison:
Activists, Scholars, and Writers Speak Out

edited by Tobi Jacobi and Ann Folwell Stanford
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

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