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.

Academic Women in Neoliberal Times by Briony Lipton (Palgrave Macmillan)	Break the Good Girl Myth: How to Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and Design a More Purposeful Life by Majo Molfino (HarperOne)	Conversations With Joanna Scott by Michael Lackey (University Press of Mississippi)
Human Contradictions in Octavia E. Butler’s Work edited by Martin Japtok and Jerry Rafiki Jenkins (Palgrave Macmillan)	Islamic Ethics and Female Volunteering: Committing to Society, Committing to God by Merve Reyhan Kayikci (Palgrave Macmillan)	Is Rape a Crime? A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto by Michelle Bowdler (Flatiron Books)
Motherhood in the Context of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: Studies on Nigerian and Romanian Women by Rafaela Pascoal (Springer)	Radiating Feminism: Resilience Practices to Transform our Inner and Outer Lives by Beth Berila (Routledge)	The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel by Angela Oberer (Amsterdam University Press)
The Virtuous and Violent Women of Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts by Emily Romeo and Elainie Crane (University of Massachusetts Press)	Wolfenden’s Women: Prostitution in Postwar Britain by Samantha Caslin and Julia Laite (Palgrave Macmillan)	Women Writing the Neo-Victorian Novel: Erotic “Victorians” by Kathleen Renk (Palgrave Macmillan)