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ALLEN LANE
THE DESCENT OF MAN GRAYSON PERRY October, hb, £16.99, 9780241236277 Perry turns his eye on the gender that always seems to be in crisis.
BANTAM BOOKS
PRINCESS: SECRETS TO SHARE JEAN SASSON; September, mmpb, £7.99, 9780857503084 Fascinating stories of triumph and heartbreak about what it means to be a Saudi woman.
BHATKAL & SEN
MAKING AND UNMAKING OF FEMALE SUBJECTIVITY: RE-READING TAGORE’S WOMEN CHANDRAVA CHAKRAVARTY; SNEHA KAR CHAUDHURI November, hb, £65, 9789381345160 Analysis of Tagore’s ideas on gender, heterosexual love, marriage and patriarchy with surprising insights. E
THINKING WOMEN: A FEMINIST READER NAVANEETHA MOKKIL; SHEFALI JHA EDS September, pbo, £40, 9788190676007
Selections include translations from Indian languages, poetry, visuals, showing complexities of caste, class, religion.
BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
THE CAROL J. ADAMS READER: WRITINGS AND CONVERSATIONS 1995- 2015 CAROL J ADAMS ED October, pb, £19.99, 9781501324321
Gathers together Adams’ foundational and recent writings as well as relevant interviews and conversations. E
REPARATIVE AESTHETICS: WITNESSING IN CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHY SUSAN BEST October, pb, £16.99, 9781472529862 Identifies an innovative aesthetic on the part of women photographers from the southern hemisphere. E
DELEUZE ENCOUNTERS SERIES
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HOUSING, CLASS AND GENDER IN MODERN BRITISH WRITING, 1880–2012 EMILY CUMING July, hb, £64.99, 9781107150188 How images of individuals within domestic space indicate class, gender, social belonging and exclusion. E
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
RAPE DURING CIVIL WAR DARA KAY COHEN September, hb/pb, £62.50/£18.95,
9781501702518/5274 Examines variation in severity of rape in civil wars from 1980-2012. E
HEINRICH KAAN’S “PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS” (1844): A
THE FATE OF GENDER: NATURE, NURTURE AND THE HUMAN FUTURE FRANK BROWNING August, hb, £20, 9781620406199
A deeply provocative look at the fast-changing global landscape of gender today. E
BROADVIEW PRESS
BEYOND THE BINARY: THINKING ABOUT SEX AND GENDER DEANNA SHANNON; SHANNON DEA; July, pb, £18.95, 9781554812837 Shannon Dea addresses questions on sex and gender introducing readers to evidence and theoretical perspectives.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
EDITING EARLY MODERN WOMEN SARAH C E ROSS July, hb, £64.99, 9781107129955 New and comprehensive explorations of the theory and practice of editing early modern women’s writing. E
ICON BOOKS
QUEER: A GRAPHIC HISTORY MEG-JOHN BARKER; JULIA SCHEELE ILLUS September, pbo, £11.99, 9781785780714 Queer invites you to question the status quo and to start seeing things more queerly. E
ONEWORLD SCEPTRE
GIRLS & SEX - NAVIGATING THE COMPLIATED NEW LANDSCAPE: NAVIGATING THE COMPLICATED NEW LANDSCAPE PEGGY ORENSTEIN October, pbo, £8.99, 9781786070494
A clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face—and reveals how they negotiate it. E
PENGUIN BOOKS SERPENT’S TAIL
FEMINIST FIGHT CLUB: AN OFFICE SURVIVAL MANUAL (FOR A SEXIST WORKPLACE) JESSICA BENNETT September, e-book, £12.99, 9780241977460 A battleguide for the intentional and unintentional douchebaggery we sometimes call sexism. E
PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
FEMINIST FIGHT CLUB: AN OFFICE SURVIVAL MANUAL (FOR A SEXIST WORKPLACE) JESSICA BENNETT September, tpb, £12.99, 9780241244838 A battle guide for the intentional and unintentional douchebaggery we sometimes call sexism.
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNATIONAL
NEGOTIATING GENDER, POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE CARIBBEAN: FEMINIST STRATEGIES, MASCULINIST RESISTANCE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL POSSIBILITIES
THE SEX LIVES OF ENGLISH WOMEN: INTIMATE INTERVIEWS AND UNEXPECTED ANSWERS WENDY JONES July, tpb, £9.99, 9781781254615 The Sex Lives of English Women is an honest and inspiring exploration of female desire. E
UNIVERSITY OF REGINA PRESS
VIRGIN ENVY: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HYMEN JONATHAN A ALLAN; CRISTINA SANTOS; ADRIANA SPAHR EDS October, pb, £19.99, 9780889774230 Attempts to re-conceive the ways we describe and relate to virginity as a cultural construct.
VERSO BOOKS
TRANS: A MEMOIR JULIET JACQUES November, pb, £9.99, 9781784781675
A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN: ESSAYS ON ART, SEX, AND THE MIND SIRI HUSTVEDT December, hb, £20, 9781473638891 A collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience, psychology by the internationally bestselling novelist. E
FEMINISM AND NATIONALISM IN THE THIRD WORLD KUMARI JAYAWARDENA July, pb, £11.99, 9781784784294
This readable and well- researched survey highlights the role of women in the national liberation. E
ZED BOOKS
TRANSLATING THE QUEER: BODY POLITICS AND TRANSNATIONAL CONVERSATIONS HECTOR DOMINGUEZ RUVALCABA; November, pbo, £16.99, 9781783602926
Examines how queer theory has migrated to and developed within Latin America. E
FEMINIST FUTURES: RE-IMAGINING WOMEN, CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT PRIYA KURIAN; JOHN FORAN; KUM-KUM BHAVNANI; DEBASHISH MUNSHI EDS October, pb, £18.99, 9781783606382 Interweaves scholarship and social activism to explore the evolving position of women. E
ZERO BOOKS
FEMININE’S FOUNDING FATHERS: THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS KAEVAN GAZDAR September, pb, £15.99, 9781780991603 The untold story of the male pioneers and fellow-travellers of female emancipation. E
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GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY SERIES FEMINIST CRITICAL THEORY IN GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY DANIELA TEPE-BELFRAGE; September, pb, £23.95 each, 9781783484232 This book highlights the benefits of engaging with critical theory for feminist research. E
Extraordinary memoir of transition and transgender politics and culture. E
CLOSE TO HOME: A MATERIALIST ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S OPPRESSION CHRISTINE DELPHY July, pb, £11.99, 9781784782504 Once described by Simone de Beauvoir as France’s most exciting feminist writer. E
FEMINIST THEORY AFTER DELEUZE HANNAH STARK November, pb, £17.99 each, 9781472529220 The first book to introduce Gilles Deleuze’s work in relation to feminist theory. E
BLOOMSBURY USA
CLASSIC TEXT IN THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY HEINRICH KAAN; BENJAMIN KAHAN ED November, hb/pb, £62.50/£19.50, 9781501704604/11 Opens a new window into the history of sexuality and the sexology. E
GABRIELLE HOSEIN; JANE L PARPART EDS December, pb, £29.95, 9781783487516 Examines the evolution and success of feminist strategies to promote gender equality in the Caribbean. E
GENDER STUDIES
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