Women's Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. New Directions in Feminism and Human Rights

   Edited by Dana Collins, Sylvanna Falcon, Sharmila Lodhia, Molly Talcott

   On the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, feminists are at a critical juncture to re-envision and re-engage in a politics of human rights. Interdisciplinary feminist conversations among scholar-activists can both challenge and enrich new directions in feminism and...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Tourism and the Globalization of Emotions

   The Intimate Economy of Tango

   By Maria Törnqvist

   Series: Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

   Today, an increasing number of people from all over the world travel to Buenos Aires to dance tango. To accommodate these intimate voyagers, tourist agencies offer travel packages, including classes in tango instruction, dance shoe shopping, and special city maps pointing out the tango clubs in...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Islam, Culture and Women in Asia

   Complex Terrains

   Edited by Firdous Azim

   An examination of the place of religion, especially Islam, in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part....

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. Islam, Development, and Urban Women’s Reproductive Practices

   By Cortney Hughes Rinker

   Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

   Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Rabat, Morocco, this ethnography analyzes the relationship between neoliberal development policies, women’s reproductive practices, and popular understandings of Islam. In the 1990s, Morocco shifted its attention from economic to human development, as economic...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
5. Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media"

   Narrative Immunity

   By Deb Waterhouse-Watson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Transgender Studies Reader 2

   Edited by Susan Stryker, Aren Z. Aizura

   Over the past twenty years, transgender studies has emerged as a vibrant field of interdisciplinary scholarship. In 2006, Routledge’s The Transgender Studies Reader brought together the first definitive collection of the field. Since its publication, the field has seen an explosion of new work that...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. Women's Studies: The Basics

   By Bonnie G. Smith

   Series: The Basics

   Women’s Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction into the ever expanding and increasingly relevant field of studies focused on women. Tracing the history of the discipline from its origins, this text sets out the main agendas of women’s studies and feminism, exploring the global...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
8. Girls with Guns

   Firearms, Feminism, and Militarism

   By France Winddance Twine

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   About the Series The goal of this new, unique Series is to offer readable, teachable "thinking frames" on today’s social problems and social issues by leading scholars, all in short 60 page or shorter formats, and available for view on http://routledge.customgateway.com/routledge-social-issues.html...

   Published January 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Genre, Gender and the Effects of Neoliberalism

   The New Millennium Hollywood Rom Com

   By Betty Kaklamanidou

   Series: Popular Culture and World Politics

   The romantic comedy has long been regarded as an inferior film genre by critics and scholars alike, accused of maintaining a strict narrative formula which is considered superficial and highly predictable. However, the genre has resisted the negative scholarly and critical comments and for the last...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
10. Female Entrepreneurship

    By Maura McAdam

    Series: Routledge-ISBE Masters in Entrepreneurship

    Female entrepreneurship, and, in particular, the contribution of their ventures to aggregate economic activity has gained increasing attention over recent years in terms of theory, practice and policy. This concise book explores how women fit into the contemporary entrepreneurial discourse by...

    Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge