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Women's Studies ListRecent Acquisitions, April-July 2006
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North AmericaSkinner Keller, Rosemary and Rosemary Radford Ruether, eds. Over 150 scholars have contributed to this comprehensive and up-to-date description and analysis of women and religion in North America. The encyclopedia is interreligious, interracial, and multicultural, focusing on institutions, movements, and ideas. The three volumes feature more than 145 longer essays that enable major themes to be developed fully. 
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and IndiaAbbas, Shemeem Burney This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. The author investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at women's participation in them, as well as male performers' use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians. 
Women of Fire & Spirit: History, Faith, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western KenyaHoehler-Fatton, Cynthia The author uses oral histories and narratives of active Roho women, giving them full voice in constructing the history of their movement. Hoehler-Fatton counter-balances the existing historical literature, constructed mainly from colonial records. 
If Each Comes Halfway: Meeting Tamang Women in NepalMarch, Kathryn S. For twenty-five years, the author has collected the life stories of the women of a Buddhist Tamang farming community in Nepal. In this book she shows the process by which she and Tamang women reached across their cultural differences to find common ground. Includes a CD of traditional Tamang songs. 
Latinas in the United States: A Historical EncyclopediaRuiz, Vicki L. , and Virginia Sanchez Korrol Latinas have become one of the largest minority populations in the United States. This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive work of research by women of Latin American birth or heritage, chronicling their contributions to the economic, political, and cultural development of the United States. 
Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of FootbindingKo, Dorothy Views of footbinding as patriarchal oppression often neglect its complex history and the incentives of the women involved. This revisionist history presents a new picture of the practice from its beginnings in the tenth century to its demise in the twentieth century. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, Dorothy Ko debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and eventual end. 
Dance, Sex and Gender: Signs of Identity, Dominance, Defiance, and DesireHanna, Judith Lynne Dance pervades human culture. Through dance, men and women express and question their sexual identities and roles. Judith Lynne Hanna addresses the implications of dance for gender roles within a historical and cross-cultural context, drawing upon semiotic and psychological theory, anthropological models, and dance criticism. 
Freedom in not Enough: The Opening of the American WorkplaceMacLean, Nancy The author explores how African-American and later Mexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at all levels is a requisite of full citizenship. Tracing the struggle to open the American workplace to all, MacLean chronicles the cultural and political advances that have changed our nation over the past fifty years. 
Genders & Sexualities in Modern ThailandJackson, Peter A. and Nerida M. Cook, eds The authors of these essays discuss how interpretations of gender roles, marriage, and intimate relationships differ between men and women; cultural regions; Thai and immigrant Chinese communities; and heterosexually and homosexually active groups - as well as between residents of Thailand and their foreign observers. The book unravels the complex processes by which Thai men and women understand themselves. 
Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's StudiesHunter College Women's Studies Collective Written collectively by nine authors from various disciplines, this book has been updated to incorporate the latest research and statistics in the field. Covering the most recent developments in politics, labor, family life, religion, and culture, the book also features extensive research on relevant social issues. 
Women in African Development: The Challenge of Globalization and Liberalization in the 21st CenturyBoko, Sylvain H., Mina Baliamonune-Lutz, and Sitawa R. Kimuna, eds. The authors contend that one of the most effective ways to ensure increased and sustainable development in Africa is through the improvement of African women's skills and the precipitation of their access to tools such as credit, training, and technology. Political, legal, and cultural impediments to women's full participation in economic and political life remain in place in many, if not most, African Countries. 
Citizen Teacher: The Life and Leadership of Margaret HaleyRousmaniere, Kate Citizen Teacher is the first book-length biography of Margaret Haley (1861-1939), the founder of the first American teachers' union, and a dynamic leader, civic activist, and school reformer. This Chicago elementary school teacher exploded onto the national stage in 1900, leading women teachers into a national battle to secure resources for public schools and enhance teachers' professional stature. 
Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years: Shapers of a Livable CityPieroth, Doris Hinson Pieroth focuses on individual public school teachers in Seattle during the early years of the 20th Century. The book provides vivid portraits of educated, strong, ambitious women making successful careers at a time when job opportunities for women were very limited. Pieroth draws her information from interviews of the teachers, local newspapers, and school publications. 
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women ArtistsFarrington, Lisa E. Creating Their Own Image marks the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, from slavery to the present day. Weaving together an expansive collection of artists, styles, and periods, Farrington argues that for centuries African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color can, are, and might be represented in American culture. 
Mary Cassatt: A Brush with IndependenceFrost, Jackson, director This program traces the extraordinary career of the artist who was the only American, and one of only three women, to exhibit with the Impressionists in Paris. Told mainly through Cassatt's correspondence with friends, family and associates, the program reveals the events and issues that influenced her work and drove her to forego marriage and children in order to devote her life to her art. Narrated by actress Anne Archer. 
Featuring Females: Feminist Analysis of MediaCole, Ellen and Jessica Henderson Daniel, eds Given the power of the media to influence and "educate" the public, understanding its images of girls and women is critical. Featuring Females analyzes the portrayals of women in a variety of outlets including reality television shows, films, print and electronic news programming, magazines, video games, and commercial advertising. 
Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and CultureRoyster, Jacqueline Jones and Ann Marie Mann Simpkins, eds. P 301.5 S63 C35 2005 The concepts of race, gender, and culture have come to function as "calling cards," the terms by which we announce ourselves as professionals. Contributors share their experiences and insights as researchers, scholars, and teachers who centralize these concepts in their work.2006 Nancy Dasher Award winner. 
Women and Experimental FilmmakingPetrolle, Jean and Virginia Wright Wexman, eds The essays selected by Petrolle and Wexman focus on avant-garde filmmaking by women, a topic generally neglected in the mainstream history of film. The cross section of works reflect a deep diversity of methodologies and research. The book explores the major theoretical controversies that have arisen around the work of groundbreaking female filmmakers. 
Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in AmericaBenshoff, Harry M. and Sean Griffin The authors provide a survey of the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered characters and themes in the movies. Coverage spans from Hollywood films to experimental, exploitation/sexploitation, cult, documentaries, and television movies. The films are examined in relation to one another and also within the context of the social, cultural, and political history of homosexuality. 
Women Players in England, 1500-1660: Beyond the All-Male StageBrown, Pamela Allen and Peter Parolin, eds. PN 2590 A36 W66 2005 Offering evidence of women's extensive contributions to the theatrical landscape, this volume sharply challenges the assumption that the stage was 'all male' in early modern England. The editors and contributors argue that the pervasiveness of female performance affected cultural production. 
A History of Scottish Women's WritingGifford, Douglas and Dorothy McMillan, eds Offering a critical analysis of Scottish women's writing from its beginnings to the present day. The book also examines groups of writers or kinds of writing, such as women poets and dramatists, Gaelic writing and the legacy of the Kailyard, and non-fiction writing, including diaries, memoirs, biography and autobiography, didactic and polemic writing, and popular and periodical writing for and by women. 
From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist TherapyChrisler, Joan C., ed. This unique book fills the gap in feminist therapy literature with practical advice concerning the functions of women’s bodies that can be used within the therapy context. From Menarche to Menopause includes extensive references and several book reviews to further your research and provide reading and other resources. 
Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing GenreBackscheider, Paula R. The author explores the forms in which women wrote poetry and the uses to which they put those forms. Considering more than forty women in relation to male writers of the same era, she concludes that women wrote in all of the genres that men did but often adapted, revised, and even created new poetic forms. Knowledge of these women's poetry is necessary for an accurate and nuanced literary history. 
Successful Women in Chemistry: Corporate America's Contribution to ScienceHinkle, Amber S. and Jody A. Kocsis, eds. This symposium series book describes women in mid- to upper- level positions within the chemical industry who have been deemed successful, but are relatively unknown on a national level. The goal of this book is to create a resource where women can find a role model, profiling women with a wide diversity of experiences and career opportunities. |