Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Alexander, Ronni / Wajjwalku, Siriporn (eds.), Making Disaster Safer: A Gender and Vulnerability Approach. (Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research) 235 pp. 2023:11 (Springer, GW) <710-700>
ISBN 978-981-9945-45-0 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This edited book was produced through a transnational and transdisciplinary UNESCO Chair Project on Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction Support. Contributors come from five disaster-prone Asian countries, and the chapters reflect their rich knowledge and practical experience in disaster management and humanitarian assistance. The chapters, all with a focus on gender and vulnerability, illustrate that gender can make people, especially women, vulnerable. The chapters address the experiences of state and non-state actors responding to disaster and promoting recovery at the local level. However, while women and vulnerable people may be victims of disasters, they also serve as agents for recovery and voices for better disaster preparedness. In sharing both successes and failures, as well as suggestions for the future, this book speaks to the need for transdisciplinary knowledge and multilevel coordination, as well as full equality for all genders and respect for human rights, in order to cope with increasingly more frequent, intense, and complex emergencies. This book is of interest as a text to students in a variety of disciplines who are focusing on disaster and health emergencies, as well as to practitioners and others promoting disaster risk reduction and resilience.

Saetre, Ann-Mari / Gradskova, Y. / Vladimirova, V. (eds.), Post-Soviet Women: New Challenges and Ways to Empowerment. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 324 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-727>
ISBN 978-3-031-38065-5 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This volume explores how different post-Soviet countries have reinterpreted and diverged from the Soviet gender roles and values. It synthesizes results from multiple empirical studies that attend to increasingly conservative features of political governance in the region, particularly the authoritarian regime in Russia. The authors consider diverse enactments of ideologies, policies and practices of gender equality and women's rights in crucial areas, such as legislative institutions, media, and social activism. The volume contributes to understanding post-Soviet societal dynamics relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, which emphasizes gender equality as part of fundamental human rights.

Whyke, Thomas William / Brown, Melissa Shani, Queering Gender, Sexuality, and Becoming-Human in Qing Dynasty Zhiguai: Querying the Strange Tales. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies) 246 pp. 2023:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-820>
ISBN 978-981-9942-57-2 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

This book offers queer readings of Chinese Qing Dynasty zhiguai, 'strange tales', a genre featuring supernatural characters and events. In a unique approach interweaving Chinese philosophies alongside critical theories, this book explores tales which speak to contemporary debates around identity and power. Depictions of porous boundaries between humans and animals, transformations between genders, diverse sexualities, and contextually unusual masculinities and femininities, lend such tales to queer readings. Unlike previous scholarship on characters as allegorical figures or stories as morality tales, this book draws on queer theory, animal studies, feminism, and Deleuzian philosophy, to explore the 'strange' and its potential for social critique. Examining such tales enriches the scope of historic queer world literatures, offering culturally situated stories of relationships, desires, and ways of being, that both speak to and challenge contemporary debates.

Luther, J. Daniel, Queering Normativity and South Asian Public Culture: Wrong Readings Only. (Thinking Gender in Transnational Times) 259 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-845>
ISBN 978-3-031-39508-6 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book develops a queer methodology to analyse a queer archive for the impact of normativity on subjecthood and the ways in which it shapes and curtails gender and sexuality. Chapters demonstrate how normativity functions to mask its own operation, is internalised by subjects, and is continually reproduced through discourse and in material ways. In seeking to make visible the functioning of normativity, the book performs a task of queering normativity by querying that which appears as natural in South Asian public culture. The book engages with both the consolidation and the unsettling of normativity through artefacts of South Asian public culture including canonical figures such as Rabindranath Tagore, literary and cinematic texts, Bollywood films, advertisements, social media posts, and ubiquitous ephemera in South Asia and beyond. Through these texts, the author unpacks the construct of canon, the nation, woman as a post-colonial subject, the home and the child, marriage, same-sex sexuality and identity.This book will be of interest to scholars and students studying and researching Queer Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, South Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Film Studies, and Media Studies.

Adeola, Ogechi / Evans, Olaniyi / Ngare, Innocent, Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Technological Innovation for Sustainable Development in Africa. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 259 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-868>
ISBN 978-3-031-40123-7 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99
ISBN 978-3-031-40126-8 paper ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book explores the intersection of gender and climate change, suggests ways in which innovative technologies can accelerate climate relief actions, and offers strategies for integrating climate change initiatives into national policies and planning. By examining the devastating consequences of climate change on women and girls throughout the continent, the authors pose a crucial question: Does gender matter in climate change discussions in Africa? Political and social traditions have burdened women with greater vulnerability to the impacts of climate-related natural disasters, including violence, displacement, poverty, famine and lack of access to clean water. However, women are also key to effective and inclusive climate mitigation, adaptation, and decision-making. The authors provide a compelling discourse that identifi es the social and economic benefi ts for all citizens when genderinclusive policies shape equitable and targeted action plans, from mitigationto adaptation and funding.The UN's SDG 13 calls for urgent action and commitment to combat climate change. The implementable and action-oriented propositions presented in this book will be of interest to students, educators, practitioners, third-sector actors, and policymakers committed to gender equality, sustainable development and climate action in Africa.

Charbit, Yves / Omrane, Mustapha, Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of Sub-Saharan Adolescents: The Case of Benin. (Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development 15) 218 pp. 2023:8 (Springer, GW) <710-874>
ISBN 978-3-031-38095-2 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book analyses the vulnerability of adolescent girls, which results from cumulative inequalities: gender, lack of education, residential, and poverty. It is based on original analyses of data from the national survey carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis in collaboration with UNICEF.The book discusses three main themes. First, the experience of adolescence: access to globalization, via access to TIC (Trusted Internet Connections) and mass media; subjective well-being; smoking and alcohol consumption; child discipline and domestic violence are discussed. Secondly, the book focusses on the beginning of fertile life: child marriage; early pregnancy; prenatal care; birth weight and breastfeeding. HIV/AIDS and sexuality.The third theme touches on the potential contribution of adolescents to harvesting the demographic dividend: fertility and contraception; postnatal care and vaccination of children; pre-school learning; education and gender; household health vulnerability (water and sanitation). On the basis of the analyses of data, implications regarding concrete policy measures aimed at reducing the vulnerability of adolescents are identified at the end of each chapter.Through the richness of the analyses and the methodological rigor, this book provides an interesting read to both specialists and non-specialists interested in adolescence and the future of Benin, Africa and beyond.The [basis of the] English translation of this book from its French original manuscript was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision of the content was done by the author.

Drucza, Kristie / Kaddour, A. / Ganguly, S. et al. (eds.), Centering Gender in the Era of Digital and Green Transition: Intersectional Perspectives. 209 pp. 2023:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-927>
ISBN 978-3-031-38210-9 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This edited volume examines the importance of centering gender in research and policymaking focused on climate change, environmental sustainability, and digital technology. Chapters unpack how the transition to a green and digital future affects various fields and industry sectors including STEM, agriculture, and energy, as well as why gender-transformative approaches-particularly the production and analysis of gender-inclusive disaggregated data-should be included in those transitions. The editors and authors also look at the positive impact of these considerations on economic growth and poverty eradication. Finally, this book presents an ideal/utopian view of what a gender-equal and inclusive world that has transitioned to green industries and embraced digital technologies might look like.This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, students and policymakers across the Social Sciences including Sociology, Anthropology, Gender Studies, Science & Technology Studies, and Economics.

Durdevic, Goran / Marjanic, Suzana (eds.), Ecofeminism on the Edge: Theory and Practice. (Women, Economy and Labour Relations) 352 pp. 2024:2 (Emerald, UK) <710-928>
ISBN 978-1-80455-042-7 hard ¥25,806.- (税込) US$ 115.00 *

Ecofeminism is defined as a unique academic discipline, theoretical framework, and political and philosophical movement centred around both environmental and feminist concerns. With a special focus on education and underrepresented geographical locations, Ecofeminism on the Edge: Theory and Practice is an inclusive collection of theories, discourses, art, identities, and practices related to this discipline. Expert contributors collaborate with junior scholars and early-stage researchers to demonstrate the compatibilities between different generations, academic backgrounds, political views, and gender perspectives for a holistic, globally conscious approach to ecofeminism and ecofeminist studies. Chapters focus on regions not yet represented in this discipline as well as emerging educational practices to provide a truly inclusive approach to the many creative solutions ecofeminism offers. Topics explored include promoting ecofeminisms plural as potential solutions for environmental and social crises, gender inequality, labour issues, and capitalism. An interdisciplinary approach to an interdisciplinary field, Ecofeminism on the Edge: Theory and Practice understands ecofeminism as a connective point between issues of gender and the environment, one with strong solutional potential for two distinct, yet often interconnected, fields.

Ourkiya, Asmae, Queer Ecofeminism: From Binary Environmental Endeavours to Postgender Pursuits. (Environment and Religion in Feminist-Womanist, Queer, and Indigenous Perspectives) 184 pp. 2023:9 (Lexington Books, US) <710-937>
ISBN 978-1-79364-021-5 hard ¥21,318.- (税込) US$ 95.00 *

Queer Ecofeminism: From Binary Environmental Endeavours to Postgender Pursuits navigates environmental politics by revisiting ecofeminism through an intersectional lens that enmeshes climate justice with matters revolving around sexuality, gender, race, and far-right politics. Asmae Ourkiya focuses on deconstructing essentialised conceptualisations of femininities, masculinities, and gender identities and reintroduces humanity as a species with much potential that is yet to be unlocked if only "biological sex", skin color, and indigeneity would not be classist factors shaping humans into hierarchical classes. This work draws from analyzing a diverse and carefully chosen selection of artwork, film productions, and historical events to showcase the potency of ecofeminism.this work draws from analyzing a diverse and carefully chosen selection of artwork, film productions, and historical events to showcase the potency of ecofeminism.

Elkind, Landon D. C. / Klein, Alexander Mugar (eds.), Bertrand Russell, Feminism, and Women Philosophers in his Circle. (History of Analytic Philosophy) 331 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-39>
ISBN 978-3-031-33025-4 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book examines Bertrand Russell's complicated relationships to the women around him, and to feminism more generally. The essays in this volume offer scholarly reassessments of these relationships and their import for the history of feminism and of analytic philosophy.Russell is a founder of analytic philosophy. He has also been called a feminist due to his public, decades-long advocacy for women's rights and equality of the sexes. But his private behavior towards wives and sexual partners, and his apparently dismissive (occasionally public) responses to some women philosophers, raises the question of what sort of feminist (or chauvinist) Russell actually was.Focusing on women in Russell's circle of acquaintance, including feminist activists and his philosophical interlocutors, this book casts new light on a timeless thinker's feminism and the women who played critical roles in the making of analytic philosophy.

Irigaray, Luce, The Mediation of Touch. 354 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-48>
ISBN 978-3-031-37412-8 paper ¥8,505.- (税込) EUR 34.99

The first communication between human beings, the one between the newborn and the mother, happens through touch. Strangely this first way of relating to each other has barely been considered by our education and our culture, which have favoured sight to the detriment of touch. And yet touching and being touched means experiencing ourselves as living beings. For lack of such a touch, we do not perceive the limits nor the sensitive potential of our bodies. Then we remain immersed in a natural or a cultural universe, incapable of reaching our own individuation and of knowing our fundamental difference from the other(s).Desire, in particular sexuate desire, is a call for touching one another anew. But this touch requires us to have gained our autonomy and to be able to open up to and commune with the other as transcendent to ourselves while staying in ourselves. This book unveils and explores how touch can act as a basic living mediation in love and, more generally, in our comprehensive individual and collective human becoming. It also considers how touch can contribute to founding a culture respectful of difference instead of subjecting them to an ideal of sameness. We need touch as mediation to fulfil our humanity and to build a truly human thinking and world.

Scutt, Jocelynne A., Wage Rage for Equal Pay: Australia's Long, Long Struggle. 570 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-496>
ISBN 978-3-031-42177-8 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book ?makes a major contribution to the continuing legal and historical struggle for equal pay in Australia, with international references, including Canada, the UK and US. It takes law, history and women's and gender studies to analyse and recount campaigns, cases and debates. Industrial bodies federally and around Australia have grappled with this issue from the early-twentieth century onwards. This book traces the struggle through the decades, looking at women's organisations activism and demands, union 'pro' and 'against' activity, and the 'official' approach in tribunals, boards and courts.

Erbas, Rahime (ed.), European Perspectives on Attrition in Sexual Offenses. 248 pp. 2023:8 (Lexington Books, US) <710-558>
ISBN 978-1-66692-513-5 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *

Many factors contribute to attrition in sexual offense cases from victim reluctance to systemic barriers. This book examines the attrition of sexual offenses across seven countries-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and Tuerkiye. Using various jurisdictions and legal systems sheds light on how those systems' distinctive features impact investigation and adjudication. Through the critical analyses of various sexual offenses and statistical data, European Perspectives on Attrition in Sexual Offenses demonstrates how cases continue to attrite through their journey from commencement to the finalization within the European criminal justice systems. This book would be of interest to scholars studying criminology, criminal justice, and law as well as practitioners within the criminal justice and legal professions.

Pandey, Madhumita (ed.), International Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence. (Advances in Preventing and Treating Violence and Aggression) 293 pp. 2023:11 (Springer, GW) <710-565>
ISBN 978-3-031-42866-1 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book examines the multifaceted nature of gender-based violence (GBV) and the many forms it can take. It explores the area of GBV and its implications on human rights, law, and policy. The book highlights the significance of current international debates around preventing GBV and provides context for understanding GBV as a complex structural phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality. It addresses GBV as one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies and provides multiple global perspectives on GBV to address the common challenges and barriers to combating this issue.Key areas of coverage include:Sexual violence.Domestic violence.Intimate partner violence.Media Misogyny.Online trolling.Discrimination.Sex trafficking and modern slavery.Preventative Measures and role of men.International Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/therapists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in developmental psychology, family policy, forensic psychology, human rights, public health, criminology/criminal justice, and clinical social work as well as all interrelated disciplines.

女性犯罪者の認識　第1巻　第2版
Russell, Brenda / Torres, Celia (eds.), Perception of Female Offenders. Vol. 1: How Stereotypes and Social Norms Affect Criminal Justice Responses. 2nd ed. 196 pp. 2023:12 (Springer, GW) <710-568>
ISBN 978-3-031-42006-1 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This first volume of the second edition builds on the many developments made to the study of female offenders, compiling new insights and evidence-based research. With new cases such as Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, it further explores topics including the role of social media in how female offenders are portrayed, juvenile offenders, female aggression in young adults, female perpetrators of domestic violence and more. This book begins with new research on gender stereotypes, disruptive behavior, female aggression, the impact of American media and culture, and gender stereotypes and how they relate to female offending. It examines more diverse topics to include greater intersectionality of female perpetrators in terms of age, race, ethnicity, and sexual identity, and country. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive evidence-based review of the research that is valuable to researchers, practitioners, and advocates interested in equality in the criminal justice system. ?

Waithe, Mary Ellen / Boos Dykeman, Therese (eds.), Women Philosophers from Non-Western Traditions: The First Four Thousand Years. (Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences 19) 824 pp. 2023:12 (Springer, GW) <710-18>
ISBN 978-3-031-28562-2 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book presents the views of 22 women philosophers from outside the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian worlds. These eminent thinkers are from Mesopotamia, India, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, America, the Philippines and Nigeria. Six philosophers, the earliest of whom predates the Greek pre-Socratics by two thousand years, lived at "the dawn of philosophy"; another six from late Antiquity through the Classical period; five more taught and wrote during the Middle Ages up to the Age of Exploration, and yet five others were active during the modern period to the mid-twentieth century. Most belonged to major philosophical traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Zen, or Sufism. The chapters of the book describe the life and views of the philosophers, outline the fundamental features of their respective schools, and contain translations of their writings. The book is intended for scholars of philosophy and women's studies who wish to expand their knowledge of non-Western philosophical traditions and is ideally suited for undergraduate education. Comprehensive multilingual bibliographies of carefully documented sources offer scholars many promising resources for further research.

Samy, Yiagadeesen / Adedeji, Adeniran / Iraoya, A. et al., Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. 162 pp. 2023:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-241>
ISBN 978-3-031-39038-8 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99
ISBN 978-3-031-39041-8 paper ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book examines the relationship between trade and women's economic empowerment by focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in six countries: Cambodia, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal and Vietnam. The authors make use of both survey data and qualitative analysis to understand why and how trade can create more jobs for women, and how the jobs created are contributing to women's empowerment. They propose strategies and policies for ensuring that women can benefit from trade. After providing the context for the research and reviewing the literature on trade and gender in the introductory chapter, the second chapter analyzes survey data collected for this project. This is followed by a qualitative analysis of the six country cases in the next two chapters: Cambodia and Vietnam (Chapter 3), followed by Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria and Senegal (Chapter 4). The final chapter concludes with a summary of our findings and policy recommendations.

Harry, Chelsea C. / Vlahakis, George N. (eds.), Exploring the Contributions of Women in the History of Philosophy, Science, and Literature, Throughout Time. (Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences 20) 198 pp. 2023:11 (Springer, GW) <710-25>
ISBN 978-3-031-39629-8 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book explores contributions by some of the most influential women in the history of philosophy, science, and literature. Ranging from Sappho and Sophie Germain to Stebbing and Evelyn Fox Keller, this work ultimately demonstrates the impact these non-canonical, sometimes unknown or hidden, sources had, or may have had, on the recognized male leaders in their fields, from Aristotle to Pascal, Kant, Whitehead, and Russell. Chapters reflect philosophical pluralism, both analytic and continental themes, and cover figures reaching across the entire history of ideas in the West, from pre-historic times to the twentieth century. Anyone interested in coming to know or in preparing to teach women in the history of philosophy, science, and literature will appreciate this collection and its myriad insights into the still unrecognized voices of non-canonical sources across these disciplines.

パンデミックの経済における女性の労働
Jordan, Myfan, Women's Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy. 172 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-266>
ISBN 978-3-031-40153-4 hard ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book explores two unique studies of women's economic behaviour during Australia's COVID-19 crisis. The first describes the care 'frontline' in the feminised labor sectors of healthcare and education, identifying extreme workload pressures, deteriorating conditions, and a shockingly high incidence of workplace bullying: including women targeting other women workers. The author argues workplace cultures are almost inevitable in Australia's advanced neoliberal economy, where a patri-colonial legacy continues to devalue and under-resource women's work.In contrast, a second study of voluntary care provisioning taking place in 'hyperlocal digital sharing networks' over the same period identifies very different economic behaviours. Here, women - and occasionally men - instead engage in 'care-full' labors of gifting, collective provisioning, and hive mind problem-solving, that align with the gift economy models seen in degrowth theory.This book will interest scholars in gender studies, sociology, and economics, particularly those interested in care work, the gift economy, and women's labor.

Macon, Claire / Tai, Eden / Lane, Sidney, Understanding Health and Care Among Sex Workers: Perspectives From Rhode Island. (Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies) 134 pp. 2023:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-267>
ISBN 978-3-031-40661-4 hard ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book examines sex worker health and the concept of care among sex workers in Rhode Island using mixed methods research conceived of and led by Ocean State Advocacy (O$A), a grassroots collective of sex workers in Rhode Island. Drawing upon survey data, in-depth interview research, as well as ethnographic and grounded theory principle, this text provides a nuanced look at why sex workers face disparate health outcomes, what defines the area of sex worker health, and practices of care that exist among sex workers in Rhode Island. Throughout this book, the authors examine how criminalization and stigma impact care and why sex workers find themselves in a distinctly challenging position when trying to stay healthy and well. Throughout this book, the authors explore both these vulnerabilities and sources of strength among the sex work community with the goal of gaining a better understanding of what sex workers in Rhode Island need for a healthier future.This book will be of interest to scholars and students within the fields of Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Labor Studies, Public Health, Social Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Medical Education.

フランスと帝国の間の出生率、家族、社会福祉－植民地の人口政策
Andersen, Margaret Cook / Byrnes, Melissa K. (eds.), Fertility, Family, and Social Welfare between France and Empire: The Colonial Politics of Population. (New Directions in Welfare History) 285 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-289>
ISBN 978-3-031-26023-0 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This edited volume focuses on social welfare and medicine within the French Empire and brings together important currents in both imperial history and the history of medicine. The book covers a broad period from the 'first colonial empires' that existed prior to 1830, the 'new imperialism' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the process of decolonisation in the mid-twentieth century, and the 'afterlives' of colonial regimes in France and newly-independent states. Building on recent scholarship, this volume examines the extension of imperialism into the post-colonial period. The chapters examine a range of topics developing our understanding of the reasons why colonial states saw the family as a site for biopolitical intervention. The authors argue that experts built a racialised body of knowledge about colonial populations through census data and medical understandings of problems such as child mortality and infertility. They show that by analysing and compiling data on fertility, population growth (or decline), and health, this fuelled interventions designed to ensure a stable workforce, and that protecting children and mothers, vaccinating vulnerable populations, and creating modern, sanitary housing were all initiatives also aimed at serving larger goals of preserving colonial rule. Finally, the book shows that social welfare projects during the French Empire reflected concerns about race, differential fertility, and migration that continued well after decolonisation.

Balfour, Lindsay (ed.), FemTech: Intersectional Interventions in Women's Digital Health. 340 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-303>
ISBN 978-981-9956-04-3 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Brookes, Gavin / Chalupnik, Malgorzata (eds.), Masculinities and Discourses of Men's Health. (Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality) 380 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-305>
ISBN 978-3-031-38406-6 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book brings together a collection of case studies that explore the relationship between health and masculinity. It covers various topics related to health, such as mental health, sexual health, eating disorders and coronavirus, and offers health-based perspectives on issues such as migration and gender identity, as these relate to masculinities. In exploring these themes, this book addresses a wide range of communicative contexts, including online forums, interviews, advertising, sex education materials, migrant integration classes, and suicide notes. This book will appeal to linguists interested in health and gender (particularly masculinities), as well as scholars in fields such as psychology, media studies, cultural studies, and other humanities and social science disciplines with a focus on discourse.

Patrick, April, Women's Health in Britain and America: Texts and Contexts. (Humanities and Healthcare: Practical and Pedagogical Guides) 469 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-319>
ISBN 978-3-031-41256-1 paper ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

Women's Health in Britain and America: Texts and Contexts offers an unparalleled record of women's health in the United Kingdom and the United States since 1750. Through chapters on pregnancy and childbirth, contraception and abortion, and breast and gynecological cancers, today's readers can better understand historical precedents for contemporary issues. Introductory overviews present context about the history of medical care for women, such as diagnosis and treatment of specific conditions, medical advances, social and political contexts, and the effects of these on their lived experiences. The book presents a collection of primary texts including archival memoirs, letters, and diaries as well as published fiction, poetry, and medical advice. Women's Health in Britain and America provides the necessary background for those new to the subject while also offering unique texts that will engage those already immersed in the field. As the political and social discussions around women's bodies become more contentious and consequential, the history and the multiplicity of voices presented on these pages are more important than ever.

von Benzon, Nadia / Whittle, Rebecca / Hickman-Dunne, Jo, Birthing in Unprecedented Times: Geographies of Risk in Birth Stories. 147 pp. 2023:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-325>
ISBN 978-981-9925-94-0 hard ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book shines a light on the way in which risk - in and beyond childbirth - is highly contextual, and the way in which risk-management strategies can be understood as socially and materially constructed.

Olarewaju, Tolu, Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups. 150 pp. 2023:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-371>
ISBN 978-3-031-38358-8 hard ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: 'No Poverty,' and SDG 8: 'Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all,' it pays special attention to women and minority ethnic groups. Offering a fresh perspective on entrepreneurship as a means of upward social mobility and rooted in research, the book explores the issue in three ways. Firstly, it pays special attention to the nexus between the entrepreneur, resources, institutions, opportunities, necessities, and the environment for drawing a comprehensive picture of how individuals could use entrepreneurship for successful upward social mobility in a changing world. Secondly, it emphasizes the peculiar challenges that female entrepreneurs face, how those challenges can be overcome, and how female entrepreneurship may be a route to women's socio-economic advancement. Thirdly, it highlights the challenges faced by ethnic minority business owners and how such ethnic minority businesses could thrive amid institutional voids as well as direct and indirect forms of discrimination. Based on the latest research from developed and developing countries, the book offers compelling insights for sustaining entrepreneurial ventures in an evolving world.

Burden, Amy, Intersections of Gender and Ethnicity in English Language Learning Texts. 154 pp. 2023:8 (Lexington Books, US) <710-1130>
ISBN 978-1-66691-678-2 hard ¥20,196.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

Intersections of Gender and Ethnicity in English Language Learning Texts offers a fresh and relevant interrogation of educational materials for all students, researchers, and educators engaging in critical language study. Drawing on her own extensive research, Amy Burden offers up a first-of-its-kind critical linguistic analysis of gender and ethnicity representation in English Language Learning materials and an update for the US ESL textbook market 40 years overdue. Using accessible definitions, explanations, and examples of critical race, corpus, literary, and feminist theories, Burden systematically deconstructs the theoretical and textual ways in which gender representations reinforce patriarchal ideologies. Ultimately, Burden argues that Critical Literacy and Critical Race Pedagogy are necessary tools for ensuring equitable, egalitarian representation and combatting the harmful impact that these themes have had on readers and communities.

Dade, Karen McLean (ed.), Black Female Perspectives from Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Wellbeing in White Spaces and Beyond. (Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century) 196 pp. 2023:8 (Lexington Books, US) <710-1134>
ISBN 978-1-66694-493-8 hard ¥21,318.- (税込) US$ 95.00 *

Black Female Perspectives from Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Wellbeing in White Spaces and Beyond supports Black women working in predominantly White spaces and further educates their institutions, non-Black counterparts, students, and families in developing an understanding of the challenges and needs of Black women professionals.In the face of world challenges, the authors contend that anti-Blackness continues to be an infectious pandemic that is devastating Black lives around the globe. Black women professionals, who are often at the forefront of racial and gender justice movements at their institutions, have been especially burdened. Such devotion is daunting and often drains the wellbeing of Black women. Institutions frequently ignore the cry of racial battle fatigue that Black employees, and members of communities of color, are experiencing on a large scale. This has become a serious health risk for many Black people, particularly Black women professionals.The authors assert that it is important to use "for us by us" concepts when addressing racial battle fatigue. Therefore, this book is framed using several African descent-centered knowledge systems. It offers strategies to enhance the wellbeing of Black women, such as ancestral wisdom, addressing anti-Blackness, identities and female life cycles, and planting seeds grounded in love. Although the book focuses on Black women, it is encouraged reading for all. It is believed that greater awareness will spark greater change within our society.

Hawkins-Jones, Jo / Labat, Myron B., Educating Black Males in the Twenty-First-Century South: Tunnel Vision? 110 pp. 2023:8 (Lexington Books, US) <710-1139>
ISBN 978-1-66690-493-2 hard ¥19,074.- (税込) US$ 85.00 *

Educating Black Males in the 21st Century South: Tunnel Vision? offers rich accounts of the lived experiences of Black men in the South, spanning from childhood to adulthood. Backed by historical accounts and research, the authors provide a comprehensive perspective of challenges that have led to a persistent educational and societal crisis. This book illuminates systems of past oppression, unveils the truths of Black boys and men whose lives have been overshadowed by stereotypes and biases, and shares breakthrough strategies for countering such challenges and effectively reaching Black males as students to empower them to achieve more than society has allowed them to visualize for themselves.

T.ファロラ他編　現代のアフリカにおけるアイデンティティの交渉
Falola, Toyin / Mbah, Emmanuel M. (eds.), Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities. 294 pp. 2023:9 (Lexington Books, US) <710-115>
ISBN 978-1-66694-448-8 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities explores the changing dynamics of identities in Africa, with a focus on gender, ethno-cultural, and religious identity. Toyin Falola and Emmanuel M. Mbah argue that because identity defines who we are as individuals or groups, studies on African identities must focus on understanding the changing dynamics in the socio-economic and political spheres in the continent. These chapters cover subjects such as women's career identity, gender roles and knowledge, childlessness, ethnocentrism and democracy, cultural identity through theater, Black identity in the diaspora, and diasporic consciousness. Using existing scholarship, the chapters in this edited volume challenge our understanding of what identity entails and provide new discussions on the hitherto politicized historiography of some identities in Africa.

ジェンダーの多様性と包摂－現代的・歴史的視点
Ayee, Gloria Y. A. / Shabliy, Elena V. et al. (eds.), Gender Diversity and Inclusion: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives. 298 pp. 2023:10 (Lexington Books, US) <710-1172>
ISBN 978-1-66693-968-2 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Gender Diversity and Inclusion: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives offers a rigorous analysis of comparative gender-sensitive policy and perspectives regarding gender justice and equity at global, national, and local levels. Presenting and analyzing case studies from countries around the world, including the United States, Northern Ireland, India, Bangladesh, and Iran, the essays in this collection posit that gender equity dialogue and policy advancement are the main key components to progress and perseverance in gender justice-both for positive outcomes and policy making at the global level. In addition, the contributors illustrate that greater gender equity and justice realization influences smart economy development, enhancing progress and improving other positive outcomes, including prospects for intergenerational justice and for the quality of societal policies and institutions.

Cherpak, Evelyn M. (ed.), Artists, Writers, and Diplomats' Wives: Impressions of Women Travelers in Imperial Russia. 322 pp. 2023:8 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <710-1178>
ISBN 978-1-5381-8098-3 hard ¥8,976.- (税込) US$ 40.00 *

In Russia Through Women's Eyes: Women Travelers in The Russian Empire, 1786-1920, the experiences and impressions of sixteen European and North American women who both lived and traveled in Russia during times of peace and war come alive. All these women had their own reasons for going to Russia. Some went with their husband who settled there, others went to paint the aristocracy, to help the lepers or report on the Russian Revolution of 1917. Their experiences and observations of Russian political, social, and cultural life led them to write letters and books and keep journals and diaries about what they saw and how they responded to it---both positively and negatively.

Dalbello, Marija / Wadsworth, Sarah (eds.), Global Voices from the Women's Library at the World's Columbian Exposition: Feminisms, Transnationalism and the Archive. 237 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1182>
ISBN 978-3-031-42489-2 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Long recognized as a cultural watershed and touchstone of modernity, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) was the site of the first large-scale international library of writing by women. The result of years of planning and cooperation by women's organizations in twenty-four countries from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the library of the Woman's Building contained more than 8,000 volumes, with more than 3,000 from countries other than the United States. This book collects the work of feminist scholars specializing in different national traditions and transnational comparative analysis and focuses on the contributions of the international (non-US) women's committees to extend our understanding of women's contribution to global print culture and the extension of women's rights up to 1893.

ジェンダーの平等を測定する－EU各国の学際的分析
di Bella, Enrico / Fachelli, Sandra et al. (eds.), Measuring Gender Equality: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Some EU Countries. (Social Indicators Research Series 87) 240 pp. 2023:12 (Springer, GW) <710-1183>
ISBN 978-3-031-41485-5 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99 *
ISBN 978-3-031-41488-6 paper ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99 *

Fournier-Tombs, Eleonore, Gender Reboot: Reprogramming Gender Rights in the Age of AI. 168 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1189>
ISBN 978-3-031-41389-6 paper ¥6,803.- (税込) EUR 27.99

This book explores gender norms and women's rights in the age of AI. The author examines how gender dynamics have evolved in the spheres of work, self-image and safety, and education, and how these might be reflected in current challenges in AI development. The book also explores opportunities in AI to address issues facing women, and how we might harness current technological developments for gender equality. Taking a narrative tone, the book is interwoven with stories and a reflection on the raising young children during the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes both expert and personal interviews to create a nuanced and multidimensional perspective on the state of women's rights and what might be done to move forward.

McDermott, Victoria / May, Amy R. et al. (eds.), Women Educators' Experiences during COVID-19: On the Front Lines. 300 pp. 2023:9 (Lexington Books, US) <710-1197>
ISBN 978-1-66691-702-4 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Women Educators' Experiences During COVID-19: On the Front Lines examines the gendered experiences, challenges, and rapid changes faced by women in higher education during COVID-19. The book's chapters cover lived experiences ranging from graduate students navigating the pandemic to those grappling with balancing motherhood and the academy. Through these diverse perspectives, this edited collection explores the impact of the diversity and nuances of the feminine identity on navigating higher education during an international health crisis. Ultimately, contributors provide recommendations for best practices and suggestions for change for administrators, faculty, and policymakers to dismantle the academy as a male-dominated institution. Scholars of communication, gender studies, and higher education will find this book of particular interest.

テューダー朝中期の女王の地位と記憶－J.グレイとメアリ1世の形成と再形成
Schutte, Valerie / Hower, Jessica S. (eds.), Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I. (Queenship and Power) 274 pp. 2023:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1207>
ISBN 978-3-031-35687-2 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original essays, this book considers the nature and meaning of mid-Tudor queenship as it took shape, functioned, and was construed in the sixteenth century as well as its memory down to the twenty-first, in literary, musical, artistic, theatrical, and other cultural forms. Offering unique comparative insights into Jane and Mary, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in the Tudor period, queenship, and historical memory.

Semlyen, Joanna / Rohleder, Poul (eds.), Sexual Minorities and Mental Health: Current Perspectives and New Directions. 513 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1209>
ISBN 978-3-031-37437-1 hard ¥7,289.- (税込) EUR 29.99

This edited book presents a comprehensive guide to the research, challenges and differing perspectives within mental health for sexual minority populations in the UK. Drawing on clinical, social, health and community psychology perspectives, it brings the urgency of this topic back to the fore, providing insight into some of ways we understand and make sense of the increased prevalence of poorer mental health in these populations. Using an intersectional approach, a broad range of experts from across academia and practice explore the specific threat and discrimination faced by sexual minorities and investigate the high prevalence of poor mental health, health risk behaviours and psychological distress in these groups. The volume also offers innovative insight as to ways in which the disparities experienced by sexual minorities may be addressed. Ideal for practitioners in mental health and sexuality, as well as psychologists, policy makers, and academics alike interested in mental health, sexuality, public health, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, or counselling, this collection features wide array of qualitative and quantitative sources to describe the current state of the art with an interdisciplinary lens.

Williamson, Rachel, 21st-Century Narratives of Maternal Ambivalence. (Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender) 237 pp. 2023:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1216>
ISBN 978-3-031-39350-1 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

Motherhood has long been depicted in reductive or limited terms. At once valorized and configured as the ultimate end-goal for socially condoned femininity, maternity is also highly mediated and scrutinized. This has resulted in a representational tradition that persists in imagining maternal subjects in rigid binary terms, pitting good mothers against bad. Largely in response to this repressive schema, recent years have marked the emergence of a diverse range of visual and literary texts about motherhood. While such texts vary in style, genre and form, this book argues that they are unified in their efforts to publicize embodied maternal experience and foreground maternal ambivalence, a concept that is best understood as a mother's capacity to simultaneously love and hate her child. Although maternal ambivalence has become an increasingly popular topic of study with maternal scholars, its articulation within contemporary representations and narratives has yet to be adequately theorized and addressed, and this book aims to fill this gap.

Woodall, Susan, Material Setting and Reform Experience in English Institutions for Fallen Women, 1838-1910: Inside the 'Homes of Mercy'. (Genders and Sexualities in History) 313 pp. 2023:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1217>
ISBN 978-3-031-40570-9 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

Tracing the history of four English case studies, this book explores how, from outward appearance to interior furnishings, the material worlds of reform institutions for 'fallen' women reflected their moral purpose and shaped the lived experience of their inmates. Variously known as asylums, refuges, magdalens, penitentiaries, Houses or Homes of Mercy, the goal of such institutions was the moral 'rehabilitation' of unmarried but sexually experienced 'fallen' women. Largely from the working-classes, such women - some of whom had been sex workers - were represented in contradictory terms. Morally tainted and a potential threat to respectable family life, they were also worthy of pity and in need of 'saving' from further sin. Fuelled by rising prostitution rates, from the early decades of the nineteenth century the number of moral reform institutions for 'fallen' women expanded across Britain and Ireland. Through a programme of laundry, sewing work and regular religious instruction, the period of institutionalisation and moral re-education of around two years was designed to bring about a change in behaviour, readying inmates for economic self-sufficiency and re-entry into society in respectable domestic service. To achieve their goal, institutional authorities deployed an array of ritual, material, religious and disciplinary tools, with mixed results.

力、ジェンダー、心理学ハンドブック
Zurbriggen, Eileen L. / Capdevila, Rose (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Power, Gender, and Psychology. 1007 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1218>
ISBN 978-3-031-41530-2 hard ¥48,616.- (税込) EUR 199.99

The Palgrave Handbook of Power, Gender, and Psychology takes an intersectional feminist approach to the exploration of psychology and gender through a lens of power. The invisibility of power in psychological research and theorizing has been critiqued by scholars from many perspectives both within and outside the discipline. This volume addresses that gap. The handbook centers power in the analysis of gender, but does so specifically in relation to psychological theory, research, and praxis. Gathering the work of sixty authors from different geographies, career stages, psychological sub-disciplines, methodologies, and experiences, the handbook showcases creativity in approach, and diversity of perspective. The result is a work featuring a chorus of different voices, including diverse understandings of feminisms and power. Ultimately, the handbook presents a case for the importance of intersectionality and power for any feminist psychological endeavor.

Mesaros-Winckles, Christy, Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women. 232 pp. 2023:9 (Lexington Books, US) <710-136>
ISBN 978-1-9787-1488-5 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

In Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women, Christy Mesaros-Winckles delves into the gender debates within the Free Methodist Church of North America during the Progressive Era (1890-1920). This interdisciplinary work draws on narrative research and gender studies to reconstruct the lives of forgotten women who served as Free Methodist evangelists and deacons, examining their writings and speeches to illustrate how they promoted and defended their ministries. Mesaros-Winckles argues that the history of Free Methodist women is a microcosm of the struggle for recognition and acceptance faced by women across numerous evangelical traditions, especially amidst rising fundamentalism at the turn of the twentieth century. This book provides an important contribution to the fields of American history, theology, media studies, and gender studies, and will also be of interest to rhetorical history and communication theory scholars.

欧州におけるジェンダーと多様性を理解する－デンマークにおける移民シングルマザーの経験
Mehdi, Rubya, Understanding Gender and Diversity in Europe: Experiences of Migrant Single Mothers in Denmark. 356 pp. 2023:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1014>
ISBN 978-3-031-40892-2 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

Williams, Jean, Legendary Lionesses: The England Women's Football Team, 1972-2022. 185 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1026>
ISBN 978-3-031-36759-5 paper ¥5,588.- (税込) EUR 22.99 *

This is the first academic history of the FA England women's national football team. Based on unprecedented access to FA data, it details the careers of the 227 women who debuted for England from 1972 to 2022. England won the UEFA Women's Euros in 2022, and Jean worked with Sarina Wiegman and the squad, on the Legendary Lionesses from 1972.

Coduto, Kathryn D., Technology, Privacy, and Sexting: Mediated Sex. 142 pp. 2023:9 (Lexington Books, US) <710-1028>
ISBN 978-1-66690-478-9 hard ¥20,196.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

Technology, Privacy, and Sexting: Mediated Sex takes a scientific approach to sexting, using both quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate why individuals sext, the technologies they utilize to send and receive sext messages both now and looking ahead to the future, and the privacy concerns they have when sharing these sexual materials. In this book, Kathryn D. Coduto discusses concerns ranging from revenge porn to computer hackers and data breaches, as well as impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on sexting and sexuality. Ultimately, this book offers a deep dive into sexting at a time of rapid change, both for technology and for the people who utilize it. Scholars of communication, media studies, sociology, and psychology will find this book of particular interest.

Corneliussen, Hilde G., Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology: Women Doing IT for Themselves. 139 pp. 2023:11 (Springer, GW) <710-1029>
ISBN 978-981-9951-86-4 hard ¥7,289.- (税込) EUR 29.99
ISBN 978-981-9951-89-5 paper ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book explores what makes women decide to pursue a career in male-dominated fields such as information technology (IT). It reveals how women experience gendered stereotypes but also how they bypass, negotiate, and challenge such stereotypes, reconstructing gender-technology relations in the process. Using the example of Norway to illuminate this challenge in Western countries, the book includes a discussion of the "gender equality paradox", where gender equality exists in parallel with gender segregation in fields such as IT. The discussion illustrates how the norm of gender equality in some cases hinders rather than promotes efforts to increase women's participation in technology-related roles.

Capancioni, Claudia / Costantini, M. et al. (eds.), Rethinking Identities Across Boundaries: Genders/Genres/Genera. 298 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1039>
ISBN 978-3-031-40794-9 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This collection of essays aims to widen the current critique on borders by examining their entanglements with constructions of identity and disciplinary categories. In particular, it calls into question established models of gender, notions of narrative genres and typological genera of borders in today's literary, artistic, philosophical, and socio-political discourse. The chapters interrogate boundaries and boundary-crossing not only in terms of geographical frontiers and the physical acts of trespassing, but also as discursive constructs that police crossing subjects as gendered subjects, on the one hand, and identify artistic genres and academic disciplines as fixed, sealed-in ways of understanding the world, on the other. Taking inspiration from the multiple meanings of the Italian word genere (which stands for "gender", "genre", and "typology"/"genus" simultaneously), the volume reflects on the gendered, narrative, and typological nature of borders and border imagery, and on the significance and potentialities of crossover phenomena taking place in borderlands, in the fields of arts, literature, anthropology, sociology and philosophy.

長い19世紀におけるトランスナショナルな女性の著作ハンドブック
Martin, Claire Emilie / Donato, Clorinda (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Transnational Women's Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century. 675 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1057>
ISBN 978-3-031-40493-1 hard ¥68,064.- (税込) EUR 279.99

This handbook explores the rich and as yet understudied field of women's writing during the nation-building years that characterized the global politics of the long nineteenth century. In the wake of the American and French Revolutions, the waning of the Spanish Empire, subsequent Latin American uprisings, and the Italian Risorgimento, nineteenth-century women writers cracked wide open the myths of gender, race, and class that had sustained the ancien regime. This volume shows that the transnational networks of women writing about politics, sexuality, economics, and the forging of the modern nation were much broader and more inclusive at a global level than has previously been understood. The handbook uniquely foregrounds French, Italian, Latin American, and Spanish women writers, focusing on the transnational nature of their relationships and cultural production within a growing body of research that casts an ever-wider net in the effort to document women's voices.

Radinger Field, Louise, Women and Home in Cinema: Form, Feeling, Practice. (Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television) 200 pp. 2023:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1067>
ISBN 978-3-031-40032-2 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book explores visions of home in cinema and the ways in which women inhabit the onscreen realm. Looking closely at a range of films made between 1936 and 2013, it examines how filmmakers reconfigure studio sets and real locations through the filmmaking process into mutable onscreen domains imbued with depth, metaphor, and expressivity.The book studies the films through the lens of four filmmaking processes in particular: decoupage, mise-en-scene, sound and editing. Close analysis reveals how filmmakers use these cinematic 'building blocks' to shape onscreen worlds charged with emotion and animated by the warp and weft of psychic life.Images of home abound in the cinema, and women frequently find themselves at the core of both structures. Drawing on recent spatial and feminist enquiry, the book reviews the idea of home as a fixed and stable location and illustrates how the art of cinema is well equipped to explore home as an imaginary as well as a material realm.With its emphasis on film practice as a route into critical reflection, this book will be of interest to filmmakers, film theorists and those who simply want to understand more about how films work.

Suparsad, Viraj, Being Bollywood: Postfeminism, Celebrity Culture and Femininity in the Global South. (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies) 220 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-1072>
ISBN 978-981-9956-99-9 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99