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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.

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


Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Higher Education Leadership
by Heidi L Schnackenberg and Denise A. Simard
(IGI Global)

Gender Parity and Multicultural Feminism:
Towards a New Synthesis
edited by Ruth Rubio-Marin and Will Kymlicka
(Oxford University Press)

Gendering Struggles Against Informal and Precarious Work
edited by Rina Agarwala and Jennifer Chun
(Emerald Publishing)

Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field
by Mark Burford
(Oxford University Press)

Marie of France:
Countess of Champagne, 1145-1198
by Theodore Evergates
(University of Pennsylvania Press)

Postfeminist War:
Women in the Media-Military-Industrial Complex
by Mary Douglas Vavrus
(Rutgers University Press)

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