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.

A Hemisphere of Women: The Founding and Development of the Inter-American Commission, 1915–1939 by E. Sue Wamsley (University of Nebraska Press)	Ecowomanism at the Panamá Canal: Black Women, Labor, and Environmental Ethics by Sofia Betancourt (Lexington Books)	Legalized Prostitution in Germany: Inside the New Mega Brothels by Annegret Daniela Staiger (Indiana University Press)
Women, Subalterns, and Ecologies in South and Southeast Asian Women’s Fiction by Chitra Sankaran (University of Georgia Press)	Polly Platt: Hollywood Production Design and Creative Authorship by Aaron Hunter (Palgrave Macmillan)	Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World by Eliza Reid (Simon & Schuster)
The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman (Gallery Books)	Walking Mannequins: How Race and Gender Inequalities Shape Retail Clothing Work by Joya Misra and Kyla Walters (University of California Press)	Women, Feminism and Italian Cinema: Archives from a Film Culture by Dalila Missero (Edinburgh University Press)