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

Sacca, Flaminia, Social Representations of Gender Violence in Italy: Blaming Women in the Courts and the Press. (Gender and Politics) 249 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-822>
ISBN 978-3-031-59830-2 hard ¥27,584.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This volume illustrates and analyses the stereotypes and prejudices underlying the social representation of violence against women as it is narrated and described in Italy by the press and by court judgements. After a theoretical reflection on the role of culture and socialisation in reproducing the conditions underlying gender-based violence and its normalisation, and after reconstructing the historical evolution of gender roles and the stages of women's condition, the book presents the results of a sociological and of a socio-linguistic analysis on a vast corpus of 16,715 newspaper articles published by fifteen Italian newspapers on gender crimes (specifically: femicide; sexual violence; domestic violence; women trafficking) . The chapters analyze how national, macro-regional and local Italian press narrates violence against women but they also analyze a repertoire of 283 judicial sentences. The results show a clear tendency to redistribute the responsibilities of these crimes between the perpetrator and the victim, leading not only to secondary victimization but also to tertiary victimization, affecting the quality of Italian institutions as well as the democratic fiber of the nation. The volume finally includes a compendium of the best and the worst practices found in the corpuses of sentences and newspapers' articles and a set of recommendations addressed to the institutional actors and journalists for a correct representation of gender-based violence, free from those stereotypes and prejudices that violate the dignity of male violence' victims and prevent them from accessing justice.

フェミニスト外交政策及びデジタル外交の政治学
Aggestam, Karin / Rosamond, Annika Bergman / Hedling, Elsa, The Politics of Feminist Foreign Policy and Digital Diplomacy. (Global Foreign Policy Studies) 109 pp. 2024:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-834>
ISBN 978-3-031-63696-7 hard ¥11,491.- (税込) EUR 49.99

The overarching aim of the book is to provide the first comprehensive account of Sweden's feminist foreign policy and its dissemination through digital diplomacy. In contrast to other scholarly studies of digital diplomacy that tend to view it as a technological and apolitical device for online diplomatic communication, this book examines the specific political dynamics of digital diplomacy. It posits that digital diplomacy is a highly political practice and form of communication. The book offers an in-depth examination of the interdependent relationship between digital diplomacy and feminist foreign policy, with an empirical focus on Sweden. Additionally, it introduces a novel theoretical framework to analyse the political characteristics of digital diplomacy, emphasising the oscillation between antagonism and agonism at the intersection of feminist foreign policy and digital diplomacy. In sum, the book provides new theoretical and empirical knowledge of why, how, and in what ways power-political dynamics are produced, sustained, and transformed within the contexts of feminist foreign policy and digital diplomacy. While the focus centres on Sweden, the authors contend that their novel approach to examining the political dynamics of digital diplomacy and feminist foreign policy applies to other country case studies as well. This is an open access book.

Engebretsen, Elisabeth L. / Zeng, Jinyan (eds.), Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere: Identifying Issues, Sharing Knowledge, Building Movements. (Queering China: Transnational Genders and Sexualities) 240 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-897>
ISBN 978-1-350-41970-4 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Bringing together scholars from a wide-range of discipline, this book explores the diversity and vibrancy of feminist activism in Xi-era China. Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere examines a range of urgent feminist issues in 21st century China, including the #metoo movement, online misogyny, feminism in popular media, and trans and ethnic minority experiences and rights. Chapters engage shifting dynamics between state feminism, NGO and grassroots feminism; between academia and intellectuals, between the arts and activism; the greater dependence on digital media platforms; as well as (re)formations of transnational and diasporic alliances. Rather than aiming to offer definitive conclusions, the contributors offer innovative and provocative perspectives to push the debates forwards, aided by their nuanced deployment of conceptual theorizations and rich empirical data. What are the specifics of Sinosphere and Chinese groundings of feminist activism today? How is violence perceived intersectionally, and what feminist engagements connect to the precarity in the context of pandemic and totalitarianism/war?

ジェンダー平等の政治－不確実な世界におけるオーストラリアの教訓
Johnson, Carol, The Politics of Gender Equality: Australian Lessons in an Uncertain World. (Gender and Politics) 332 pp. 2024:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-917>
ISBN 978-3-031-64815-1 hard ¥11,491.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book provides the first in-depth study of the development of federal gender equality politics and policy in Australia from the 1970s to the present day. Australia has a history of gender equality innovation, including granting women's suffrage long before equivalent countries. From the 1970s on, it became the first country to introduce a women's adviser, femocrats (feminist bureaucrats) and gender responsive budgeting but then fell behind, partly due to the influence of Anglosphere neoliberalism. However, the Albanese government has pledged to make Australia a world leader in gender equality again. The book situates Australia in an international context, assessing the useful, though sometimes salutary, lessons which the Australian experience provides. It engages with key literature, including feminist political theory, discursive framing analysis, gendered public policy analysis, LBGTIQ+ issues, path dependency, and gender and leadership. It will interest academics, undergraduate and postgraduate researchers, public policy experts and practitioners, and a broader readership interested in issues of gender equality. The book makes innovative contributions to the study of the politics of gender equality policy, addressing what a gender equality policy agenda could look like if the needs of women, in all their intersectional social diversity, were the driving force. In doing so, it addresses a range of issues that are impacting the future of women, including an ongoing pandemic, technology, education and training agendas, issues of sovereign capability, securitisation, climate change and the growth of campaigns that oppose so-called "gender ideology". It explores how current government agendas, such as the focus on wellbeing, could be made even more gender-inclusive. Finally, the book suggests that Australia, as a multicultural but predominantly Western, settler-colonial society situated in the Asia-Pacific has some potentially unique insights to offer in a world facing major geoeconomic and geopolitical change.

Al-Sharmani, Mulki, Islamic Feminism: Hermeneutics and Activism. 264 pp. 2024:11 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-93>
ISBN 978-1-78360-634-4 hard ¥24,948.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

Mulki Al-Sharmani undertakes a close textual analysis of the hermeneutics of selected Islamic feminism scholars as they engage with the Qur'an, Hadith, and different textual genres in Islamic interpretive tradition. She focuses on the relevant works of nine prominent scholars located in North America, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa. Bringing their works into conversation with one another, Islamic Feminism critically examines the epistemological and methodological contributions and challenges of these scholars. Al-Sharmani shows how these scholars' engagements with the question of gender also yields new insights into the interplay between Islamic theology, ethics, and law. Drawing on extensive multi-sited ethnographic research, Al-Sharmani examines the societal significance and limits of the studied scholarship and how it informs and is informed by multidimensional Muslim gender activism in both global and local contexts. Towards the latter aim, Al-Sharmani focuses on two case studies: the global movement Musawah, and Egyptian Islamic feminism in the aftermath of the 2011 Revolution.

Ballano, Vivencio O, LGBTQI Inclusivity, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage in the Catholic Church: Pope Francis's Synodal Theology, Sociology, and Moral Issues. 174 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-97>
ISBN 978-981-9740-48-2 hard ¥32,182.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book employs an experimental approach to critically re-examine the Catholic Church's traditional teachings on homosexuality, heterosexual marriage, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersexual (LGBTQI) inclusivity in light of Pope Francis's inductive synodal theology and modern sociology. With the growing complexity of today's culture and the advancement of social science research, it argues that the empirical foundations of the traditional Church's doctrines on topical moral issues need to be scientifically re-assessed, so as to update them in view of Francis's synodality and sociological research on gender, sexuality, and same-sex union. Discussion pertaining to whether homosexuality is naturally disordered and whether heterosexuality is the only criterion for Christian marriage remain lingering empirical issues in the Church that require a sociological and inductive synodal analysis, rather than the traditional deductive philosophical and theological method that is largely based on natural law theory. This topical book is of appeal to scholars and students of sociology, theology, as well as religious, biblical, and gender studies.

Burbach, Nicolete / Cahill, Lisa Sowle (eds.), Trans Life and the Catholic Church Today. 384 pp. 2024:9 (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, UK) <732-99>
ISBN 978-0-567-70694-2 hard ¥38,808.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00

While transgender and non-binary identities are increasingly visible, too many Christians have either maintained a fearful silence, or have attacked 'transgenderism' as a threat to Christian faith and practice. More serious theological reflection is needed, not least of all in the Roman Catholic tradition. Moreover, the Catholic context presents particular challenges that are relevant beyond the Catholic world, due to the Church's widespread involvement in healthcare provision and education, and its traditions of thought around these activities. This volume considers the various questions to do with trans people in the life of the Church from an interdisciplinary, Catholic, ecumenical perspective, reaching out to academics, clergy and educated lay readers. It brings together perspectives from a variety of disciplines to provide a rigorous, wide-ranging engagement with these pressing issues; and includes a number of trans contributors, making their voices present in these discussions, which are about them, but from which they are often excluded. The first three chapters illustrate the development of Catholic thinking on transgender issues in recent decades. The second section of the book considers transgender identity from multiple perspectives: canon legal; legal; sociological, clinical; bioethical; and educational. The last two chapters of the second section shift the focus in the direction of theology and pastoral practice, themes that are explored by emerging theological scholars in the third section of the book.

Sheppard, Amy, Life on The Outside: Women's Experiences after Leaving Provincial Prison. 114 pp. 2024:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-592>
ISBN 978-3-031-63816-9 hard ¥9,192.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book seeks to understand how women's experiences both within and outside prisons shape their ability to engage in crime-free living after the experience of prison. It uses women's stories to examine their cognitive shifts toward desistance as well as the structural services that may help with the desistance process. It also examines the impacts of addiction and stigma on the desistance processes and develops the theories of desistance. Written by a practitioner, this book includes the voices of service providers who are rarely heard from to provide unique insight into how criminalized women's desistance processes can be supported. It offers intersectional, feminist perspectives and anti-carceral/ abolitionist perspectives.

Brook, Daniel, The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the Visionary of Weimar Berlin. 368 pp. 2025:5 (Norton, US) <732-73>
ISBN 978-1-324-00724-1 hard ¥6,822.- (税込) US$ 32.99

More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld first argued that gender and sexuality were fluid. Dubbed "the Einstein of Sex," Hirschfeld grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. Today, he's been largely forgotten. Journalist Daniel Brook reinvigorates Hirschfeld's legacy, recovering one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. As an advocate for trans acceptance and the decriminalization of homosexuality, Hirschfeld served as intellectual impresario to Weimar Berlin's libertine cabaret culture. Driven from his homeland by fascists, he embarked on a global survey of human sexuality and witnessed the diversity of gay life, as well as the impacts of imperialism and racism firsthand. Hirschfeld spent his final years in exile, working to debunk Nazi race science and warn the world of the genocidal dangers of racism. Rich in passion and intellect, The Einstein of Sex at last brings together this unsung icon's work on sexuality, gender, and race and recovers the globe-trotting visionary who first saw beyond the binaries.

当選した政治家の採用・選出・パフォーマンスのためのゲーム・チェンジャーとしてのジェンダー・クオータ
Aldrich, Andrea / Daniel, William, Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians. 304 pp. 2025:4 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <732-798>
ISBN 978-0-19-894685-4 hard ¥27,442.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

As political systems around the world implement gender quotas to balance women and men's elected representation, new opportunities and expectations for how both men and women are recruited, selected, and promoted by political parties are created. This book demonstrates that gender quotas positively disrupt all levels of the political system: political office, political parties, and the careers of politicians. By focusing on the European Parliament and building upon evidence compiled from new data sources from 28 current and former EU member states, 1979-2022, it provides evidence that different quotas affect similar politicians in different ways. As quota implementation changes the pool of political aspirants that parties recruit from, the background characteristics that are prioritized in selecting candidates are enhanced to optimise the management of career trajectories at all levels of the system. Quotas are therefore not just effective for promoting gender parity, but also change the course of women's and men's political careers at subnational, national, and European levels of office. This volume should be seen as leading the conversation about the longterm changes that are achieved by implementing rules that promote inclusivity and increase institutional diversity. It is relevant to both academic and policy circles. Whereas existing literature has examined how, where, and why gender quotas arise, the book pushes forward conversations about the previously unexplored additional effects for quota implementation, from the perspective of the career progression of elected politicians.

Crowder, Chaya Y., Intersectional Solidarity: Black Women and the Politics of Group Consciousness. 189 pp. 2025:2 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <732-803>
ISBN 978-0-19-769653-8 hard ¥20,473.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-769654-5 paper ¥5,159.- (税込) US$ 24.95

Hwang, Eunju / Nayak, Bhabani Shankar / Malkar, U. (eds.), From Entrenched Gender Bias to Economic Empowerment: Undermining the Patriarchy. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 154 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-231>
ISBN 978-3-031-57211-1 hard ¥41,378.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This book examines entrenched gender bias and the economic, political, and social systems that sustain patriarchy. Drawing examples from both developed and developing countries, it underscores the barriers women face within the capitalist system. It delves into how operational practices, economic frameworks, and political institutions perpetuate gender bias. Through the study of cases where traditional power structures have been challenged, it proposes a framework for achieving gender equality through cooperative and collaborative action, ensuring inclusion for all within the democratic system. This book places particular emphasis on the economic involvement of rural women, the potential for technology to empower women, gender equality within the creative industries, and the enduring nature of patriarchy. It demonstrates how economic progress can be inclusive and beneficial for women globally and will be of interest to students and researchers in development studies, labour economics, political economy, and gender studies.

Agovino, Massimiliano / Cerciello, M. / Bevilacqua, M., Linguistic Discrimination of LGBTQ+ People as a Deterrent to Economic Performance: The Case of the French and Italian Languages. (Diversity and Inclusion Research) 214 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-233>
ISBN 978-3-031-65540-1 hard ¥22,986.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book explores the adverse economic effects of discriminatory language against LGBTQ+ people. The case studies under investigation are represented by the French and the Italian language, both boasting vast arrays of slurs employed to denote negatively the members of the LGBTQ+ community. Looking at the relative frequencies of slurs over time, the analysis proposed measures the extent of linguistic discrimination. Subsequently, the book identifies the negative impact of discrimination on economic performance in France and Italy in the long run. Slurs impose a psychological cost on the members of the LGBTQ+ community, who become as a result less productive in the workplace. Ultimately, slurs affect overall economic performance and reduce economic growth at the national level. This book stresses the role of inefficiencies associated with discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals in various spheres of life, with a particular focus on their economic consequences. Discriminatory language thus emerges not only as a negative phenomenon per se, but also as an obstacle to economic growth. This work draws elements from different disciplines and the results it obtains may prove appealing to scholars of economics, linguistics and gender studies, as well as to policymakers seeking to overcome social exclusion while stimulating economic performance.

Nawaz, Faraha / Saha, Dabjani, Accessibility, Gender, and Social Safety Net Program: Unveiling the Unspoken Reality. 123 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-236>
ISBN 978-981-9752-14-0 hard ¥25,285.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book offers an extensive research work to explore the accessibility of women with disabilities and financial insolvency to social safety net program in rural Bangladesh. The book examines the impact of intersectional identities in accessibility to the human rights in a contextual setting. The authors have also scrutinized the existing policies to identify policy gaps and provide some policy recommendations from this insightful study. Apart from narrower view of the targeting method or implementation of social safety net program on targeting beneficiaries, this research has combined gender and disability in a study framework with making a focus on the Allowances Program for Insolvent Persons with Disabilities provided by Government of Bangladesh. They have argued that intersectional identities (gender, disability, financial insolvency) have influenced over the accessibility to social safety net program as well as identified the challenges of accessibility which provides a broader view of practices of public administration of Bangladesh and enlightens on social and cultural context creating barriers in accessibility to human rights of women with disabilities. The authors argue for bringing changes of the service delivery of the program by bringing change in policies according to human right-based treaties. This book is useful to policy makers, international donor agencies, government officials, and NGOs.

Carus, Clara (ed.), New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy. (Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences 22) 217 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-25>
ISBN 978-3-031-62901-3 hard ¥29,883.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book promotes entirely new insights into women's contributions to the history of philosophy and boasts papers spanning the centuries from Antigone until twentieth century phenomenology, covering fields from logic to mysticism, stretching from Brazil to Early Modern Europe. The book is of interest for all scholars and students of the history of philosophy, but especially for those who are interested in women philosophers and in new narratives in the history of philosophy. The book is representative of the immense scope of academic discussion women were involved in over the centuries as well as their varying styles and methods. It features papers in logic and in mysticism, presents papers on female authors in Antiquity and in the twenty-first century and it includes papers on phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The chapters consider philosophical positions in literature and drama, in letters and in classical philosophical treatises, ensuring this book contributes significantly to research on the individual women authors, who are all to date still understudied figures.

Adamczyk, Amy, Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion. 320 pp. 2025:2 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <732-251>
ISBN 978-0-19-776104-5 hard ¥20,473.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-776105-2 paper ¥6,193.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Seidler, Zac (ed.), Masculinities and Mental Health in Young Men: From Echo Chambers to Evidence. 326 pp. 2024:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-254>
ISBN 978-3-031-64052-0 hard ¥34,481.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book seeks to understand young men's mental health by going to the places and spaces where they spend their time. It is essential reading for researchers, clinicians, policymakers and members of the general public who care about men's wellbeing. Each chapter focuses on the contemporary nexus between masculinities and health, encompassing alcohol, gambling, sport, gaming, social media, pornography, and dating apps, to explore how and why these areas are central to young men's lives and their health. Addressing the present day 'crisis of masculinity', this edited volume comprises a series of up-to-date reviews to emphasise strength-based, healthy masculinities in young men's mental health. It seeks to understand and engage with research, policy, and practice to co-design effective interventions supporting young men, presenting a clear agenda to direct future efforts.

Chorlton, Bronwyn / Gales, John, Advancing Women in Engineering: Deciphering Key Factors in Training, Retention and Support. (Diversity and Inclusion Research) 112 pp. 2024:7 (Springer, GW) <732-328>
ISBN 978-3-031-65444-2 hard ¥29,883.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The percentage of women applying for engineering licensure remains well below the percentage of women enrolling in engineering undergraduate programs--an issue of retention that continues throughout women engineers' career trajectories. Although there have been many efforts on the recruitment side to attract people of varying genders to study engineering and join the profession, such efforts are ineffective if this diverse population is not retained in engineering. This book identifies the factors affecting the recruitment of women into, and the retention of women in the engineering profession. The authors examine the experience of male and female students at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels to better understand women's experiences at each stage in their careers through to becoming industry members or academics. Issues such as intimidation and discouragement at the undergraduate level, disproportionate funding and support at a graduate student level, and the correlation between retention and opportunities for collaboration at an industry/academic level are discussed. The book concludes by highlighting the key findings affecting the retention of women in engineering and offers potential solutions. The findings covered in this book may be used by engineering postsecondary institutions and workplaces to create a more diverse and inclusive environment. This book is also useful to researchers, scholars, students, and academics interested in the retention of women in STEM industries.

Schubert, Anselm, Christus (m/w/d): Eine Geschlechtergeschichte. 400 S. 2024:8 (Beck, GW) <732-132>
ISBN 978-3-406-82237-7 hard ¥7,356.- (税込) EUR 32.00 *

Gott ist in Jesus Christus Mensch geworden. Aber warum als Mann? Anselm Schubert zeigt in seiner faszinierenden Darstellung, dass von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart immer auch andere ? weibliche oder androgyne ? Christusbilder wirkmaechtig waren und fuehrt uns so ein unbekanntes, erstaunlich diverses Christentum vor Augen. In der Antike war vollkommenes Menschsein gleichbedeutend mit vollkommener Maennlichkeit: Christus musste daher ein Mann sein ? und keusch bis hin zur Asexualitaet. Im Mittelalter waren die Geschlechterordnungen weniger starr: Theologen diskutierten, ob Christus auch als Frau haette Mensch werden koennen. Die Mystik feierte Christus als maennlichen Braeutigam oder weibliche Inkarnation Gottes. Kabbalisten, Alchemisten und Prophetinnen der Fruehen Neuzeit erhofften sich von einem androgynen Christus die Vollendung beider Geschlechter. Erst im 19. Jahrhundert rueckte die Frage in den Vordergrund, wie man sich Jesus als ?echten“, virilen Mann vorstellen kann. Gegen das betont maennliche Bild vom Vater-Gott und seinem Sohn protestierte die feministische Theologie im 20. Jahrhundert mit einem weiblichen Christus. Queere Theolog:innen verkuenden einen schwulen, bisexuellen, transsexuellen, intersexuellen oder polyamoren Jesus. Die selbstverstaendliche Maennlichkeit Christi gilt als der letzte blinde Fleck der Christentumsgeschichte. Anselm Schubert bringt in seinem laengst ueberfaelligen, meisterhaft geschriebenen Buch Licht ins Dunkel der patriarchalisch gepraegten Erzaehlungen.

イタリアの職場における女性　1750～1950年－その経済思想・活動
Mosca, Manuela (ed.), Women at Work in Italy (1750-1950): Their Economic Thought and Actions. (Springer Studies in the History of Economic Thought) 309 pp. 2024:10 (Springer, GW) <732-147>
ISBN 978-3-031-64280-7 hard ¥39,079.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This book reconstructs the economic thought of Italian women who produced written sources, and of those whose "only" legacy was their actions. The conceptual tools of economic history and the history of economic thought alike are used to reveal the economic ideas of women overlooked by historiography in four fields, namely as entrepreneurs, workers, educators, and politicians. As for the entrepreneurs, the book examines the businesswoman Isabella De Mari Doria (eighteenth century) and other figures active in both the industrialized and the informal sectors in the nineteenth century. The important issues of female employment and wage discrimination based on gender are analyzed, taking into account the debates of the period. In turn, the role of women in economic education in the first half of the twentieth century is reconstructed through the figure of Aurelia Josz, an educational entrepreneur who trained female agricultural entrepreneurs, managers, and teachers, and by exploring the presence of women at universities, both as students of economics and as educators and researchers. Lastly, the book takes a closer look at women involved in politics who dealt with economic issues: the socialist Anna Kuliscioff, the fascist Margherita Grassini Sarfatti, and the 21 women who took part in the Italian Constituent Assembly in June 1946. Given its scope, the book appeals to scholars and students of the history of economic thought, economic history, and women's studies.

Cawley, Kevin N., The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-modern Korea: Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations. (Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality) 240 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-102>
ISBN 978-1-350-23601-1 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Tracing the development of Catholic ideas in Japan and China during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, this book provides an overview of the evolution of the missionary strategy in East Asia while focusing on the early emplantation of Catholicism in Korea. Kevin Cawley recreates the tumultuous period for gender relations and explores interreligious interactions between Confucians and Catholics. Highlighting the textual production this period inspired, this book examines writings such as the catechism of the Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), which went on to convert a group of elite Confucian scholars to the new religion. It also underscores the importance of the vernacular catechism written by Chong Yakchong (1760-1801), a convert from a prominent Confucian family, who was eventually executed. Chong's text made Catholicism easily understandable for women, as well as men from lower social classes, who eventually converted in significant numbers effecting real social change.Outlining the shift from rejection to acceptance of new texts composed by early Korean converts, this book explores emergent Catholicism in Japan, China and Korea, as well as the various challenges encountered and how the mission strategy changed as a result. Exploring gender relations, both in relation to Confucianism and Catholics during this period, this book provides insight into this previously under researched aspect of East Asian Catholicism. In this study, we learn how religious persecution and political tactics manipulated, terrified and exterminated converts to Catholicism. From European Jesuits to Korean Confucians, this book outlines a fascinating journey of intercultural engagement between Western and Eastern worldviews.

Gibson, Rebecca, Cyborgs, Ethics, and The Matrix: Simulations of Sex and Gender. (Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender) 183 pp. 2024:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-1037>
ISBN 978-3-031-61009-7 hard ¥27,584.- (税込) EUR 119.99

The Matrix (Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski 1999) has permeated our cultural consciousness for two decades, working its way into such common parlance as "a glitch in the Matrix," and the idea of taking the Red Pill. With the release of the fourth movie, The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski 2021), and the confirmation of the franchise being a metaphor for gender transition, this book examines how the entire franchise contributes to the discourse on sex and gender, and how it has been instrumental in propelling the creation of new types of cyborg technology. This book centers on the main philosophical theme of The Matrix, know thyself, and relate it to the quest for authenticity which creates our identities-be they human, or human "enough"-as we move through the world.

Mazur, Krystyna, Barbara Hammer in the Seventies: Or, What a Body Can Do. (Experimental Film and Artists' Moving Image) 362 pp. 2024:11 (Springer, GW) <732-1045>
ISBN 978-3-031-59694-0 hard ¥32,182.- (税込) EUR 139.99

Barbara Hammer in the Seventies: Or, What a Body Can Do addresses the intersection of experimental film, lesbian sexuality, and the women's movement in Hammer's early films. Grounded in an embodied, sexual, and gendered positionality, these films interrogate the politics of visibility and identity and perform a discontinuous repertoire of lesbian images that resist the medium of film's established constraints and the decade's broader systems of signification. Hammer's films offer a critique of the dominant discourse that privileges the discreteness and self-sufficiency of the individualistic human subject. By performing the (lesbian) body in its 'environment'-in erotic and communal relation to other bodies-and staging the relation of human bodies with the materiality of non-human beings and objects, they create a site of intervention into the humanist project, as it informs film studies, feminism, and queer theory. This rereading of Hammer's work offers an important contribution to conversations between feminism and queer studies. In remembering the feminist origins of queer studies, it recenters political and ethical questions such as the fundamental relationality of the subject, the subject's dependency on others, and the resulting ethical responsibility for and towards the other.

Savage, Jon, The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream. 768 pp. 2025:2 (Liveright, US) <732-1050>
ISBN 978-1-324-09610-8 hard ¥7,238.- (税込) US$ 35.00

In his kaleidoscopic new book, Jon Savage, the legendary author of England's Dreaming, shows how music has been the key medium through which homosexuality was expressed for much of the last half century. Depicting nothing less than the birth of rock and roll, the narrative begins in the mid-1950s with Little Richard, whose music possessed secret codes of the gay underworld and whose magnetism attracted millions of white teenagers. As Savage engagingly proceeds through the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s with evocations of, among others, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Donna Summer, Sylvester, and the disco-era Bee Gees, he demonstrates that it was mostly music-with supporting roles from cinema, literature, and fashion-that broke the dam that led to the widespread acceptance of LGBTQ culture today. The Secret Public, with its "pancake and pompadour" descriptions of a generation in revolt, provides an electrifying look at the key moments in music and entertainment that changed pop culture forever.

Vanderschueren, Jonas, Queering Polishness in Polish Theatre Since 2005: Dissenting Bodies. 254 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-1058>
ISBN 978-3-031-64537-2 hard ¥29,883.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Theatre has long been an art form at the centre of public life in Poland. Whether it is the self-professed poet-prophets of the Romantic era, or the dissident theatre makers working under the strictures of state socialism, the art form has played a vital role in the development of Polish culture and politics in the context of shifting foreign occupations. This book explores the relationship between contemporary Polish theatre makers and contemporary notions of Polishness and argues that queer theory, and specifically a Polish appropriation of queer theory, can be a crucial element to better understand the politicality of the contemporary Polish theatre field. It does this by focusing on critical theatre productions which are produced at the margins of the Polish theatre field, a choice which has been made as the field is dominated by traditional drama theatres which reproduce a Polish variation on the Western canon. This makes smaller, atypical, and independent theatre productions all the more significant, as they signify a refusal to continue the traditional role of the Polish theatre field in reproducing the canon of Polish Romanticism. As such, the book argues that contemporary Polish theatre has been marked by a struggle between those building performances and state authorities that see those creations as a threat to their authority.

Weidhase, Nathalie, Pop & Postfeminism: Female Dandyism in Popular Music. (Library of Gender and Popular Culture) 256 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-1062>
ISBN 978-1-350-15802-3 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Nathalie Weidhase conceptualises the female dandy as a figure that simultaneously embodies and disrupts postfeminist notions of femininity, including maintaining a physique conforming to contemporary beauty standards, constant self-surveillance and self-improvement, and the naturalisation of gender difference and heterosexuality. She examines how music videos function as spaces in popular culture where the politics of the feminine can be articulated. These spaces allow female pop stars to be valued as artists with distinct contributions to popular music. Focusing on Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Lana Del Rey, Weidhase illuminates different characteristics of the postfeminist dandy in popular music. Amy Winehouse's work makes visible the commodification of the female spectacle in popular culture, highlighting how her image and persona were marketed and consumed. Rihanna performs black femininity as postfeminism's abject Other. Lady Gaga queers monstrous motherhood and celebrates female musical lineage. Lana Del Rey's work demonstrates how whiteness operates as a canvas for postfeminist and post-racial fantasies, offering a platform for their deconstruction and critique. In doing so, Weidhase provides a comprehensive understanding of how these pop stars navigate and challenge the intricate landscape of postfeminism, offering a nuanced perspective on contemporary femininity and its representations in popular culture.

ゲーム研究における性とセクシュアリティ・ハンドブック
Wysocki, Matthew / Shook, Steffi (eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sex and Sexuality in Game Studies. (Bloomsbury Handbooks) 416 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-1066>
ISBN 978-1-5013-9401-0 hard ¥41,580.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sex and Sexuality in Game Studies consists of a comprehensive collection of essays that review and supplement current work focusing on sex and sexuality in games. The chapters provide insight into sexual content in games, representation of various sexualities, and player experience. Together they contribute to a growing field of work concerning two, difficult to define, phenomena: the borders of sex and sexuality and video games. As we frequently see debates and discussions over who gets to love whom and who gets to exist in their true self, this handbook plays a part in outlining the parameters of crucial issues within the games that we play.

Bishop, Wesley R. / Rigakos, Bessie N., Liberating Fat Bodies: Social Media Censorship and Body Size Activism. 133 pp. 2024:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-1070>
ISBN 978-3-031-63889-3 hard ¥9,192.- (税込) EUR 39.99

Using a multidisciplinary and intersectional approach, this book explores the social factors that influence the ways in which societal norms police fat bodies. Chapters examine the racist and colonial constructions of Western beauty norms as well as the evolution of anti-fat bias and fat liberation, before delving into the relationship between social media and body size activism, with a particular emphasis on social media companies censoring fat people. The authors draw on first-person narratives of artists, activists, and fat social media users to unpack how, these mostly women, have used their bodies to transform the negative social perceptions of fat people. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in Sociology, Gender Studies, History, and Media Studies who research body size activism and beauty norms.

Murshid, Nadine Shaanta, Intimacies of Violence: Reading Transnational Middle-Class Women in Bangladeshi America. 304 pp. 2024:11 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <732-1097>
ISBN 978-0-19-775583-9 hard ¥27,297.- (税込) US$ 132.00

Adams, Carol J., The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegan Critical Theory. 35th Anniversary ed. 4th ed. (Bloomsbury Revelations) 352 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-1107>
ISBN 979-87-651-2366-9 paper ¥5,540.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

T.カーヴァー編　フェミニスト理論
Carver, Terrell (ed.), Feminist Theory: Two Conversations. 240 pp. 2024:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-1117>
ISBN 978-3-031-55396-7 hard ¥27,584.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This volume brings together top articles on feminist political theory published in Contemporary Political Theory. With chapters on topics like abortion, the legacies of individual thinkers, and the role of care, the authors contribute varied but timely perspectives to the study of gender and politics.

Greteman, Adam J., Queers Teach This!: Queer and Trans Pleasures, Politics, and Pedagogues. (Radical Politics and Education) 228 pp. 2024:10 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-1123>
ISBN 978-1-350-14923-6 hard ¥24,948.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00 *

In this open access book, philosopher of education Adam Greteman offers commentary on five lessons queers teach: transparency, inconvenience, others, hatred, and coming into. Intentionally idiosyncratic, each of these lessons takes seriously the work of teaching, the work of teachers, and the complex realities that unfold around LGBTQ+ issues and lives as they enter educational conversations. These conversations are conditioned by contexts and communities that make bold proclamations difficult, but also point toward possibilities rooted in specifics. Combined, these five lessons provide commentary on an educational project that forefronts queers and their practices amid complex and changing realities. Recognizing the mutual importance of theory and practices, each chapter tacks between practical concerns that are part of education as it exists day to day and theoretical insights that intertwine and intervene in those everyday practical realities. Yet, Greteman offers no prescriptions for teaching, nor an overarching theory. Rather, Greteman takes up each "this" that queers teach so to offer commentary that may provide opportunities for further engagement with ongoing needs that schools, teachers, students, and communities have in their impossible work. Queers teach. These lessons are never ending yet vital to not only queer's surviving in schools, but encountering an education that aids in their thriving alongside others. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Marzullo, Michelle / Leap, William L. (eds.), Critical Sexuality Studies, Lavender Languages, and Everyday Life. (Advances in Sociolinguistics) 256 pp. 2024:10 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-1126>
ISBN 978-1-350-35995-6 hard ¥26,334.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00 *

Critical Sexuality Studies (CSS) and Lavender Languages/Linguistics (LLL) are leading modes of inquiry in two different fields of sexuality studies. In this edited collection, chapters reveal how these can be combined to produce a new approach to analyzing language use, sexuality and gender, and discourse on authority and power. The book demonstrates how together LLL and CSS iterate each other through their mutual concern with sexuality, gender, and power, especially when considering the materiality of daily life. Authors then compare CSS to other fields of sexuality studies to reveal commonalities and tensions that are addressed via the LLL-based interventions exemplified in this volume. The body of the book organizes examples of Lavender Languages projects around a four-part CSS framework, with an introductory essay for each section indicating the connections between the CSS theme and the LLL examples. The volume concludes with reflections showing how CSS interests in sexuality and power benefits from LLL with its emphasis on socially focused studies of discourse and text. Strengthening pathways to future knowledge-making, this book provides a detailed roadmap for scholarly and activist engagements in language-centered critical sexuality studies.

Miller, Sarah-Louise, Women in Allied Naval Intelligence in the Second World War: A Close Secret. 240 pp. 2024:11 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-1128>
ISBN 978-1-350-40221-8 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Closely examining the work of women in the US and British naval services towards Allied naval intelligence during the Second World War, this book focuses on their contributions during the Battle of the Atlantic and Pacific Naval War, in order to shed new light on arenas of war from which women's narratives are almost always absent. Including personal testimonies from those involved, and surveying a wide cross-section of different roles, Sarah-Louise Miller analyses the work of women at every level and rank in the US and British naval services, and offers a much wider picture of how they assisted the Allied forces behind closed doors. With exploration of the work of the WRNS and WAVES on developing naval intelligence, this book argues that they played a crucial role in the British and American SIGINT systems, and within programs such as those at Bletchley Park and OP-20-G - therefore directly impacting the organisation and outcome of Anglo-American naval efforts. Including analysis of the development of the modern 'kill-chain', Miller also re-evaluates the effect of the 'combat taboo', to demonstrate that the WRNS and WAVES were in fact at the cutting edge of the emergence of modern warfare.

Moreira, Isabel, Bathild of Francia: Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, and Abolitionist Saint. (Women in Antiquity) 240 pp. 2024:11 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <732-1129>
ISBN 978-0-19-751866-3 hard ¥24,816.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-0-19-779261-2 paper ¥5,572.- (税込) US$ 26.95