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

Banwart, Mary C. / Bystrom, Dianne G., Gender and Politics: Changing the Face of Civic Life. (Frontiers in Political Communication 52) 286 pp. 2024:7 (P. Lang, SZ) <736-743>
ISBN 978-1-4331-2787-8 paper ¥15,048.- (税込) SFR 60.00

Still today, the unequal and gendered distribution of power and participation in American politics remains perplexing. To address this challenge, Banwart and Bystrom examine the research from political communication, political science, and psychology to deepen our understanding of the intersection of gender and politics. Starting with the most common theoretical approaches, they trace the history of women’s right to vote in the U.S., women’s political participation, the political socialization of U.S. citizens, gendered political candidate communication, and gendered media coverage. The authors demonstrate how gender stereotypes play an influential role in citizens’ perceptions of both politics and those seeking to participate in it. They conclude with an analysis of the 2022 midterm election cycle to expose lessons learned and existing barriers as we look to 2024 and beyond.

Woodson, Hue, The Black Marxist Feminism of bell hooks: Towards an Intersectional Theory of White-Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms) 492 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-766>
ISBN 978-3-031-74696-3 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book explores bell hooks' trajectory of work and cohesiveness of thought about the meaning and meaningfulness of black womanhood in terms of a Black Marxist feminism, which uniquely confronts the dimensions of feminism and womanism; the relations between the secular and the religious; the problems of gender and sexism; and the structural and systemic issues of oppression, domination, white supremacy, and capitalism. In making sense of black womanhood in its philosophical, social, cultural, institutional, and historical complexities, hooks' Black Marxist feminism constructs an intersectional theory about what hooks describes as white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. In this sense, hooks' Black Marxist feminism conceptualizes the ways and means by which white supremacist capitalist patriarchy imposes intersectional predicaments upon black womanhood, drawing foundationally on Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, working within the purview of a host of Marxisms in Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Karl Kautsky, Nikolai Bukharin, and Georgi Plekhanov, and speaking to the Marxist proclivities of Cedric Robinson, Cornel West, Charles W. Mills, James H. Cone, Stuart Hall, and Angela Y. Davis.

MacCormack, Patricia, Death Activism: Queer Death Studies and the Posthuman. (Posthumanism in Practice) 240 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-87>
ISBN 978-1-350-37619-9 hard ¥18,590.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-1-350-37618-2 paper ¥5,716.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

Traditional Western attitudes towards death deal with it as a painful inevitability, something that has to be navigated as a trauma and a taboo. They focus essentially on the 'management' of death, an anthropocentric practice prioritising the human life above every other type of existence. Patricia MacCormack explores how we can develop a 'death activism' - a variety of tactics and posthuman practices which celebrate death, its inevitability, its forms, from the slow to times of crisis, and how trauma and mourning emerge as their own forms of expression. Crucial to the foundation of death activism is the dissymmetry with which different deaths are met including the mass death of nonhuman animals and ecologies. Death Activism is a feminist, queer, postcolonialist enquiry, that seeks to queer death - making queer our usual familiar death habits and trajectories of thought, toward a jubilant activism that can transform death into a more democratically equal, and a more jubilant force for life.

土屋浩美、徳雅美編　漫画における女性の声－日本の文化的・歴史的視点
Dollase, Hiromi Tsuchiya / Toku, Masami (eds.), Women's Voices in Manga: Japanese Cultural and Historical Perspectives. 228 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-908>
ISBN 978-3-031-73329-1 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

Women's Voices in Manga investigates how manga reflect women's gender issues and social problems within the context of Japanese history, culture, and society. Manga illuminate how women have been treated stereotypically and confined to their gender roles. Fictional characters-surrogates for both creators and readers-have continuously challenged and subverted fixed cultural images, notions, and expressions of women. The first section of the book features research articles on the depiction of women in manga. Contributions of chapters come from scholars in diverse fields, including manga studies, history, art education, literary studies, and gender studies. The second section presents the life stories of prominent women artists Watanabe Masako (b.1929), Mizuno Hideko (b.1939), and Satonaka Machiko (b.1948), capturing their voices and social messages through interviews. Finally, the third section introduces a translated manga, Abe: A Young Woman Emperor-in-Waiting, created by Satonaka Machiko, which features one of the six Japanese female Emperors in history, Koken Tenno (later Shotoku Tenno) of the 8th century. Women's Voices in Manga showcases women's issues, portrayals, and lives. The book underscores manga's cultural function to disseminate expressions of women's issues across society, inviting readers to relate these issues to their own lives.

Rosenberg, Shoshana, Zipporah, Queen of the Desert: Living as Queer and Trans Jews in Australia. (Counterpoints 553) 168 pp. 2024:7 (P. Lang, SZ) <736-949>
ISBN 978-1-63667-640-1 paper ¥10,533.- (税込) SFR 42.00

This book delves into the lived experiences of queer and trans Jewish people living in so-called Australia. The volume weaves interviews, personal stories, and political analysis together to form a work which explores how queerness, transness, and Jewishness interplay in the context of living in the modern-day colony. Through discussions of Zionism, queer liberation, and community-making, the book provides insight into the historical and contemporary relationships queer and trans Jews have to ourselves, each other, the nation-state, and the world. In typical Jewish fashion, Zipporah is less about answers than it is about questions: how do we live a Jewish life queerly or a queer life Jewishly? What role do queer and trans Jews play in the tapestry of personal, national, and international politics? And perhaps most importantly, what can queer and trans Jewish experiences in Australia tell us about how we move forward in solidarity with our own communities and those who share in our struggles?

N.レイシー他編　フェミニスト法理論の再評価
Lacey, Nicola / Jovanovic, M. A. / Spaic, B. et al. (eds.), Reassessing Feminist Legal Theories. (Gender Perspectives in Law 5) 215 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-504>
ISBN 978-3-031-75422-7 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99

The volume is a result of a much-needed effort to rethink traditional legal concepts in a gender-sensitive and gender competent manner. The book deals with topics as jurisprudence and gender, feminist approaches to jurisprudence: liberalism, difference, dominance, anti-essentialism, postmodernism, positivism, natural law, feminist jurisprudence, developments in feminist legal theory as well as feminist critiques of traditional legal concepts.

Odih, Pamela, Black British Postcolonial Feminist Ways of Seeing Human Rights. 349 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-552>
ISBN 978-3-031-71876-2 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book traces the feminine soul of Afrobeat from tumultuous colonial (her)stories through to the vibrant heterotopias of the urban spaces and times of Black British youths of African racial heritage. Communicative action is a human right, as per the portents of the United Nations in its 1948 declaration, which recognises the human right to communication. Borne from the cultural political struggles against persistent coloniality in post-independence Nigeria, Afrobeat is communicative action. Afrobeat is the music of Nigerian dissent, that has become the music of an African diaspora. Unique in its way of seeing intergenerational decolonial diaspora studies through the refracted prism of Nigerian Afrobeat, this book's extensive empirical and theoretical basis is directed toward the question: How to be Black British born in a country that colonised our maternal ancestors? It will be of interest to scholars and students in gender studies, African studies, decolonial studies, sociology, and media studies.

Cortes-Perez, Oscar Ivan (ed.), Forensic Victimology and Femi(ni)cide: A Transdisciplinary Approach on Forensic Evidence and its Contexts (Volume I). 332 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-599>
ISBN 978-3-031-72511-1 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This handbook of forensic victimology focuses on femi(ni)cide contexts, offering instructional tools for legal and forensic investigation from a transdisciplinary perspective. Drawing from cross-national experiences, particularly in Australia and Mexico, it provides essential resources for identifying, investigating, analyzing, interpreting, and understanding lethal gender-based victimization through physical forensic evidence. Spanning ten chapters, the book illustrates and develops standards of professional practice from the initial victimization report through specialized procedures, including crime scene processing, medical evidence collection, and entomology. It establishes the functionality and relevance of each stage of forensic investigation, alongside theoretical and legal considerations regarding various femicide contexts, such as intimate partner femicide, femicide-suicide, and child femicide. Additionally, it discusses due diligence standards in forensic investigation and legal considerations to avoid unlawful evidence. Ideal for professionals in legal and forensic fields addressing gender-based victimization, this volume also serves as a handbook for students in forensic-related areas such as legal and forensic medicine, criminalistics, criminology, and criminal law.

Dixit, Anukriti, Anti-Sexual Harassment Laws in India: Problematising Caste(d), Postcolonial and Neoliberal Policies. 139 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-604>
ISBN 978-3-031-73652-0 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

Through a deep dive into specific 'problem' representations in the policymaking on anti- sexual harassment at workplaces (SHW) in India, this book makes broader sense of gendered, caste-based and colonial regimes of power. The author takes a poststructuralist feminist approach to illustrate how these policies disregard collective action and function as gendering and caste-ing practices. The book posits that India's anti-SHW policies produce specific 'problems' and subjects while neglecting certain other 'problem' and subject formulations. The author offers guidelines for how diverse subjects must be given equal epistemic credibility to make the policy milieu intersectionally equitable. This book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in the fields of Gender Studies, Law, Sociology, and Organizational Studies.

Krivankova, Lucie, BDSM Communities in Central Europe: Societal Perspectives and Current Issues in the Digital Era. 194 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-612>
ISBN 978-3-031-75618-4 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book provides a criminological analysis of the evolving BDSM scene in Central Europe, with an emphasis on selected post-communist countries. It explores how the region's communist past delayed the development of BDSM communities and public discourse compared to Western Europe. Examining themes like mediatization, commodification, and globalization, the book traces the shift of sadomasochism from a criminalized and medicalized diagnosis to an accepted, consensual sexual practice. Focusing on issues of law, consent, and societal norms, this book investigates the growing online BDSM communities and the rising demand for paid services, including the phenomenon of financial domination. By analyzing professional BDSM practices, the book addresses how criminal law intersects with consensual sadomasochism, highlighting the complexities of distinguishing between consensual and non-consensual acts in both legal and social contexts. Using quantitative research, the book also presents data on societal attitudes toward BDSM in the Czech Republic, shedding light on the growing tolerance of consensual BDSM practices, even among university students. These findings are critical in understanding how legal frameworks and public perceptions influence the stigmatization or acceptance of BDSM within criminology. As the first comprehensive criminological study of BDSM in Central Europe, this book offers a unique perspective on the intersection of sexual practices, law, and society.

O'Neill, Tully, Disclosing Sexual Violence in a Digital Society: Storytelling, Activism, and Justice. (Crime and Justice in Digital Society 3) 160 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-619>
ISBN 978-3-031-74989-6 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book examines the various ways that victim-survivors disclose sexual violence in digital settings and theorizes the extent to which these practices constitute a new and informal 'justice' occurring in digital space. It features qualitative research interviews conducted with victim-survivors who disclosed sexual violence online and analyzes digital spaces utilized by survivors for the purposes of support, healing, and connection. The volume provides insight into how and why victim-survivors use digital technologies to pursue 'justice' and the decision-making processes they undertake in order to navigate digital space after sexual violence. It expands on the theorization of informal justice in digital society and its potential implications. It focuses particularly on the experiences of justice for victim-survivors in the aftermath of sexual violence, highlighting the complexities of disclosing rape, sexual assault, and abuse in digital space.

Wagner, Anne / Condello, Angela (eds.), (In)Visible Signs of Gender-Based Violence. (Gender, Justice and Legal Feminism 1) 577 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-628>
ISBN 978-3-031-35512-7 hard ¥47,076.- (税込) EUR 199.99

The edited volume explores the causes, forms, and cultures of gender-based violence in society, including how children are educated, how games, art and even language promote differences, stereotypes, neutrality between men and women. It is a place to reflect on the growing importance of tolerance, diversity and acceptance of others. The book focuses on many facets, whether in a confined or public space, with a series of empirical and theoretical chapters from around the world.

Du, Jane, Farmland, Farming and Food in the National Economy of China, 1947 - 2020: A Framework for Understanding China's Agricultural Track Record and Food Security. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 143 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-350>
ISBN 978-3-031-70026-2 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book presents a concise yet detailed analysis of China's agricultural economy and food security in historical perspective. The book begins with an overview of China's socialist economic transition and Deng Xiaoping's reforms, with an emphasis on agricultural economy and food production, before discussing China's food industry and security in more recent years. Combining accessible qualitative interpretations with a rich data set, the author analyses the transitions and evolving policies in China's agricultural production and shows how these are essential for understanding contemporary food security challenges in the country. Covering topics including food imports and supply, dietary changes, international trade policies and other geopolitical factors impacting food security, the book presents new insights into the interplay between domestic and international systems. Bridging gaps between historical understanding and contemporary policy relevance, this book will be useful reading for researchers in varied disciplines including economic history, agricultural economics, China's economy, and economic development.

Sinha, Ruchi / Basu, Pekham (eds.), Family and Gendered Violence and Conflict: Pan-Continent Reach. (Social Work) 501 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-379>
ISBN 978-3-031-60382-2 hard ¥65,908.- (税込) EUR 279.99

This reference work collates academic discourses and practices around family, gender, and violence in social work. A huge body of discourse is available that categorizes and labels acts of violence, and correspondingly practices that pin blame/responsibility for the violence. These have led to evolution of intervention strategies to resolve or address the violence. Some explanations foreground systemic causes; others look at person-centric causes. The two views bring forth the fundamental ontological divide of structuralism and individualism. The question for social workers to debate is what to factor in while working with families experiencing violence and conflict. What amongst the person, the agency, or the structure needs to be addressed to understand the experience of families in conflict and violence? Are these positions supplementary, complementary, or to be understood reflexively? With the inclusion of new families, the parochial understanding of families has long been dislodged and given way to newer, radical, and contextual understanding of families. Similarly, different people, agencies, and states understand violence and conflict differently. Gender, too, has moved from the binaries of male and female to the gender-diverse LGBTQIA+ identities. The book positions the ontological premise on which the epistemological practise is located. Simply put, the person-centric ontology on families and violence epistemologically finds understanding in agency-based approaches in individual agency, whereas the structure-based approaches find the experience of families and violence in society, state, and the world order. The contributors locate their work around identification, definition, an intervention or empirical study, policy analysis, historical evolution of concepts, and ontological and paradigmatic debates to position their individual chapters. Family and Gendered Violence and Conflict: Pan-Continent Reach provides a paradigmatic prism for practice for social workers who are equipped to interpret context differently. The differing and competing paradigmatic lenses cannot be mediated, resolved, or addressed, but they definitely can be understood and debated to provide a 360-degree lens on the issues of families in violence in the gendered context. The reference work is a useful resource for social work practitioners, educators, academicians, researchers, and other development professionals.

Devlin, R. K., LGBTQ+ and Healthcare in America. (LGBTQ+ Lives in Context) 392 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-388>
ISBN 978-1-4408-8031-5 hard ¥15,730.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00

Considers the issues that impact healthcare for LGBTQ+ Americans today and the negative influences that disproportionately affect the well-being of these communities, and presents a path forward to making needed improvements. The health of LGBTQ+ Americans is affected by many historical achievements and failures, societal influences, economic disparities, cultural shifts, and political divisions that can greatly impact the world of medicine, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Each chapter examines these issues to identify the systemic factors and enduring consequences impacting these communities. First-hand accounts from LGBTQ+ individuals impacted by healthcare challenges are included between chapters through "In their Words" perspective essays. An extensive chronology of relevant people, events, and legislation places this topic in historical context and outlines the evolution of healthcare challenges as they relate to sexuality and gender identity. Intended to be an encompassing reference for high school students, college students, and general readers alike, this overview not only explores the historical and contemporary complexities of this topic, but also proposes solutions for improvement and pathways to advocacy.

Giambalvo, Cristina R., Periods: Your Questions Answered. (Q&A Health Guides) 136 pp. 2025:1 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-389>
ISBN 978-1-4408-7986-9 hard ¥11,440.- (税込) GB￡ 40.00

Periods are a fact of life for roughly half the population, yet discussions of the menstrual cycle are often shrouded in confusion and embarrassment. Part of the Q&A Health Guides series, this book offers a broad introduction to the menstrual cycle-what it is; why it exists and how it changes over time; what's normal; when you may want to see a doctor; and which products, medications, and activities can make "that time of the month" a more pleasant experience. Periods: Your Questions Answered addresses more than 30 menstruation-related topics in a way that is engaging and accessible to young readers. Biology and physiology are explained in easy-to-understand language and blended seamlessly with scientifically backed recommendations readers can use in their own lives. Augmenting the main text, a collection of 5 case studies illustrate key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations. The common misconceptions section at the beginning of the volume dispels 5 long-standing myths about the menstrual cycle, directing readers to additional information in the text. The glossary defines terms that may be unfamiliar to readers, while the directory of resources curates a list of the most useful books, websites, and other materials. Finally, whether they're looking for more information about this subject or any other health-related topic, readers can turn to the Guide to Health Literacy section for practical tools and strategies for finding, evaluating, and using credible sources of health information both on and off the Internet.

Ballano, Vivencio O., Gender Ideology and the Contemporary Catholic Church: A Sociological-Synodal Exploration and Inculturation. 183 pp. 2024:11 (Springer, GW) <736-175>
ISBN 978-981-9781-23-2 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book sociologically investigates the contemporary Catholic Church's stance on gender diversity and "gender ideology" and explores ways to adapt the social science perspectives on sex, gender, and gender fluidity in the Church's moral teachings, applying Pope Francis's inductive synodal theology. Using the sociological theories on gender, moral panics, and morality and drawing on secondary literature, media reports, and church documents, it specifically unpacks the "gender ideology's" alleged grave threats to humanity, family, children, and human dignity as moral panics as well as examines the Catholic morality of gender-enhancement treatment and sex change. Ultimately, this book aims to inculturate or adapt the contemporary sociological gender theory and research in the Catholic Church's moral doctrines as a synodal response to the "signs of the times." It therefore appeals to church authorities, moral theologians, LGBTQI leaders, as well as scholars and students of sociology, religion, and gender studies.

Dumbrovska, Raoudha Elguedri, Bodies, Religion, and Power in Tunisia: Free Salah/Salha. 186 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-186>
ISBN 978-3-031-70080-4 hard ¥25,890.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book explores the body as a vector for reading the rapid changes in contemporary Tunisia through questions of sexuality, forms of clothing, and the dynamics of gender relations. Grounded in 15 years of sociological empirical research on the post-revolutionary period of Tunisia (2011-2020), this study addresses youth uprisings, through their bodies, against the dualities of traditional and modern, masculinity and femininity, and the legitimate and the marginal. Bringing together empirical research and a theoretical overview of the evolution of the place of the body in sociology and feminist theory, this book deconstructs biological, deterministic views of the body and offers instead a perspective of the body as interactive, subjective, societal, and cosmic, permeated by different systems, policies, philosophies, and ways of living. Chapters analyse Arab and Islamic cultural and cognitive frameworks for the body and apply Foucauldian and feminist concepts of the body and power to provide a comparative sociological study of global politics around the body while centering Tunisian youth movements that demand free use of the body. It will be of interest to students and researchers in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Sociology of the Body, Middle Eastern Studies, and Feminist Theory.

Smallwood, Teresa L., Public Theology and Violent Rhetoric Examined in a Queer Womanist Critical Ethnography. (T&T Clark Studies in Social Ethics, Ethnography and Theologies) 168 pp. 2025:1 (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, UK) <736-232>
ISBN 978-0-567-71124-3 hard ¥18,590.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-0-567-71123-6 paper ¥6,288.- (税込) GB￡ 21.99

Public theology is an emerging constructive tool. In its inception, public theology was largely contextualized as the 'public church.' However, this thoughtful and empathetic book situates our publics everywhere. Smallwood contends that those who have been harmed by violent rhetoric from speech actors who would 'other' them retain the capacity to have and hold a theology. This different entry point allows for people of faith, those who are and those who are not associated with a particular communion of faith or denominational affiliation to claim public space for theologizing. Here, public theology is about the capacity of those who are 'othered' to affirmatively express their faith and to critically engage with those who would deny and denigrate their ontology. 'Enduring hardship as a good soldier' does not mean exposing oneself to verbal abuse week after week. Many LGBTQIA+ persons are assaulted, degraded, humiliated, and derogated from the pulpits and podiums of places of worship. This abuse caused many to turn away from their faith. Those who withstood protracted verbal abuse turned it inward and began to hate themselves. Through ethnography, Smallwood tackles these tough truths and engages with LGBTQIA+ persons. This book critically examines both the harm done to them and the help that is to come from a paradigmatic shift in care. Smallwood emphasises how spiritual self-assessment, ritual, and indigenous spiritual practices offer a way to wholeness and healing. Drawing from Yoruba epistemology, this work offers a framework for rebirth, renewal, and reclamation.

Wan, Puspa Melati / Qureshi, S. A. E. et al. (eds.), Muslim Women's Lived Experiences and Intersectional Identities: A Global Perspective. 469 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-241>
ISBN 978-3-031-75728-0 hard ¥37,660.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This volume takes a global perspective on intersectionality embodied by Muslim women. It addresses questions such as balancing multiple identities, lived experiences and complex realities, and the role of faith in social roles. The chapters debunk the idea of Islam or gender being monoliths. They layer faith over gender across the globe and consider migration as an important factor, thereby exploring intersectional identities that are understudied and under-evaluated. The volume overall brings to life Islamic women's lives in all their richness and differences, with discussions on social roles, positions, initiatives, and occupations across regions. It provides recommendations and suggestions for readers to understand the complex realities of Muslim women as well as serves as a guide for practitioners and policy-makers.

Carrasco-Miro, Gisela, Decolonizing Feminist Economics: Possibilities for Just Futures. (Decolonization and Social Worlds) 176 pp. 2025:3 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <736-252>
ISBN 978-1-5292-3648-4 hard ¥22,880.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

Despite the urgency to understand how 'other' cultures encounter 'the West' in academic and political spheres, feminist economics has yet to tackle critiques from postcolonial and decolonial feminists about Western-centric modernism in the field. This book introduces a decolonizing approach to feminist economics, offering insights that move beyond the boundaries of modern Eurocentrism. The author explores the relationship between colonialism, capitalism, heteropatriarchy and ecological degradation, while offering critical feminist and decolonizing tools. By investigating global struggles, the author illuminates our hijacked present and imagines a decolonizing feminist economic landscape that is under transformation. Transdisciplinary and innovative, this book fills a vital gap by exploring the interplay between decolonization and feminist economics, challenging the growth logic, capitalism and Western-centrism, and imagining new possibilities for more just futures.

Kumar, Rebecca / Lee, Seulghee (eds.), Queer and Femme Gazes in AfroAsian American Visual Culture. 260 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-1170>
ISBN 978-3-031-67697-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Queer and Femme Gazes in AfroAsian American Visual Culture is a scholarly collection that takes comparative Black-Asian representations in televisual culture from queer and femme perspectives. AfroAsian representations on screen-as well as their attendant critical gazes-have historically emphasized cross-racial masculinities at the expense of queer and/or femme visions. The prevalence of these previous televisual artefacts-and the ways they have been watched-has contributed directly to white heteronormative legacies within film and visual studies. The collection intervenes by excavating the intimacies and political possibilities within AfroAsian femme, queer, and transgender life. The authors offer alternative ways of looking at racial representation in their attendance to developments in AfroAsian visual culture: music videos, video games, genre serials, and independent and short films.

Owen-King, Carolyn, British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema: Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone. 288 pp. 2025:1 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1176>
ISBN 979-87-651-1028-7 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

Risio, Patricia Di, Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity. (Library of Gender and Popular Culture) 272 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1182>
ISBN 978-1-350-29283-3 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre. Patricia Di Risio argues that cinematic representations of unconventional women had an important effect on traditionally male oriented genres, such as the crime thriller, road movie, western, film noir, war film, sci-fi, and horror. Di Risio analyses seven key films from the decade, including Blue Steel (1990), Thelma & Louise (1991), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Bound (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), G.I. Jane (1997) and Alien: Resurrection (1997), paying particular attention to their use of irony, allusion, and pastiche. She highlights how their female protagonists, a majority of whom are decidedly queer or gender questioning personas, produce an intense crossover in genre conventions, largely driven by their gender rebellion. She examines how a deconstruction of gender simultaneously allows genre hybridity and intertextuality, taking these films into unexpected new directions. In doing so, she delineates a clear line between the unconventional nature of the representation of the female protagonists and innovative changes to genre filmmaking practices.

Fortin, Timothy Paul, On the Nature of Human Sexual Difference: A Symposium. (Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action 15) 376 pp. 2024:11 (Springer, GW) <736-119>
ISBN 978-3-031-74530-0 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This work offers a "symposium" on the nature of human sexual difference drawing on Plato's masterpiece: having explored the observed phenomena of sexual difference, four stories are told of the origins, essence, and ends of the human male and female. First, the evolutionists, and then Simone de Beauvoir, and Judith Butler present their accounts. Next, a fourth (and unique vision for our age) is added: the thought of Thomas Aquinas is placed in dialogue with the evolutionists, Beauvoir, and Butler, thereby introducing into contemporary discourse a voice that is both ancient and new. The work seeks to trace each protagonist's account to its fonts, so providing a perspective from which various streams of thought might be understood both in their divergence and common origins. It thus hopes to offer a common language and an interpretive key in a realm where confusion and misunderstanding too often reign.

Hilger, Stephanie M., Medicalizing Difference: The Eighteenth-Century Construction of the "Hermaphrodite". (Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities) 208 pp. 2024:11 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-122>
ISBN 978-1-350-37492-8 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Exploring 18th-century medicine's construction of individuals with non-standard sexual anatomy as "hermaphrodites", this book focuses on the genre of the case history from three different languages and national contexts-British, French, and German. Medicalizing Difference examines case studies written about Anne Grandjean, Michel Anne Drouart, Maria Dorothea Derrier, and an unnamed "Angolan hermaphrodite." Multiple case studies were published about each of these individuals and are discussed throughout the book's four chapters, each of which focuses on one momentous epistemological shift in the eighteenth-century: an increasing focus on empiricism and the related professionalization of medicine, the expanding market for popular scientific literature, changing notions about generation and reproduction, and the exploration of foreign territories.This book reads these case histories against the grain and historicizes 18th-century medicine's construction of the category of the "hermaphrodite", demonstrating that, rather than describing a fact, these histories created their subject of study

Richards, Nadine, Roses from Concrete: A Black Feminist Leadership Model for School Reform. 114 pp. 2024:8 (P. Lang, SZ) <736-1254>
ISBN 978-1-63667-756-9 paper ¥10,533.- (税込) SFR 42.00

In a world yearning for change, "Roses from Concrete" delivers a blueprint for educational transformation. Through the compelling stories of Black women superintendents and heads of schools, it reveals the power of intersectional leadership to dismantle systemic inequities and inspire a more just and equitable future. This groundbreaking research not only illuminates the unique challenges these leaders face, but also empowers educators, recruiters, school boards, and other stakeholders with practical strategies to create inclusive learning environments. Discover the resilience, wisdom, and unwavering commitment that will ignite a movement for educational justice. Intriguing and forward-thinking, "Roses from Concrete" disrupts conventional approaches and sparks vital dialogue for anyone invested in the future of education.

移民、マスキュリニティ、世代間関係
Wright, Katie, Migration, Masculinities and Inter-Generational Relations. (Palgrave Pivot) 191 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-1263>
ISBN 978-3-031-75459-3 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book examines father-son relations and their role in the transfer of forms of masculinity and fathering practices. It also explores how far the psychosocial resources transferred from fathers to sons enable sons to navigate challenges in their everyday lives, particularly in contexts of disadvantage and marginalization. This study is a successor to an earlier book examining the inter-generational transfer of human wellbeing amongst Latin American migrant women and their daughters. By extending this analysis to the case of migrant fathers and sons this book explores the impacts of international migration on constructions of masculinity and fatherhood whilst investigating the utility of resources passed intergenerationally in a different social, political and economic environment.

Badoni, Georgina / Cinquemani, Shana et al. (eds.), Transformative Motherscholarship and Art: Public Pedagogies of Childhood. (Feminist Thought in Childhood Research) 240 pp. 2025:7 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1264>
ISBN 978-1-350-43572-8 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This book considers the identity of the motherscholar, a mother who draws from their practice of mothering to inform their art and scholarship and from their scholarship to inform how they mother. By considering the identity of the motherscholar the contributors from the Canada, Finland, India, and the USA work to reconceptualize feminist approaches to childhood research and uncover formerly invisibilized public pedagogies of childhood. Through theoretical research, visual art, stories and oral histories, the contributors explore how their fused identities affect and multiply structural and interpersonal transformation in homes, in communities, and in pedagogical spaces. They describe a mother as a self-identifying or non-binary person with caregiving responsibilities including but not limited to biological mothers, adoptive mothers, stepmothers, alloparents, grandmothers, mothers who are childless, mothers who are grieving, and mothers who are experiencing infertility.

K.Barclay他編　家族を継承する－モノ、アイデンティティ、感情
Barclay, Katie / Evans, Tanya / Begiato, J. et al. (eds.), Inheriting the Family: Objects, Identities and Emotions. (New Directions in Social and Cultural History) 256 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1267>
ISBN 978-1-350-38250-3 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

This open access book uses new methodologies from the history and sociology of emotions to analyse why people select specific tokens of family inheritance, and how this influences personal identity, cultural heritage, and national memory. Much of our cultural heritage emerges from family histories - with many of the objects curated in museums, stories passed between generations, and monuments marking notable figures being the direct product of familial collections, donations, and investments. This edited collection uses emotion as an analytical tool to interpret such behaviours, and offers novel ways to investigate how and why family inheritances from a range of social, racial, and ethnic groups maintain their cultural power, as they move through time and from the private to the public spheres.Drawing on a variety of case studies, and exploring items ranging from Victorian library chairs, to quilts, religious texts, and pieces of intergenerational writing - this volume considers the role of objects and inheritances in the emotional lives of individuals and families, and acknowledges them as agents in the creation of histories and identities. Combining insight from scholars of the history of emotions with that of historians and researchers situated outside the academy, this collection allows fresh insights on family history and material culture to emerge.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UK Research and Innovation.

Berthezene, Clarisse / Lee Downs, Laura et al. (eds.), Women on the Right: Politics and Social Action in Comparative and Transnational Perspective, 1870s-1990s. 240 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1270>
ISBN 978-1-350-35310-7 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Women on the Right explores the complex relationships between conservative and right-wing politics, social action, and women actors from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Edited by Clarisse Berthezene, Laura Lee Downs, and Julie V. Gottlieb, each essay examines the spectrum of women's engagement with right-wing politics, from centrist and 'progressive conservatism' groups, to authoritarianism and fascism.This book uses local and national case studies to explore a wide range of women's social and political mobilizations. Using a bottom-up perspective, it stays focused on the ideas, ambitions, and practices of the actors themselves. Key points of comparison include: the very different roles played by religious institutions and associations, the broader regional and national contexts, and the dynamics that favour - or not - the eventual construction of welfare states. Women on the Right consistently adopts a multinational and multidimensional approach, by bringing together a team of expert contributors to engage in a discussion of the comparative and transnational features of right-wing women's political thought and practice. The result is a unique contribution to the historical understanding of women's participation in - and ideas about - conservative activism.

アメリカのファーストレディ必携
Burns, Lisa M. / Finneman, Teri (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to US First Ladies. (Cambridge Companions to History) 377 pp. 2025:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <736-1271>
ISBN 978-1-009-50279-5 hard ¥20,020.- (税込) GB￡ 70.00
ISBN 978-1-009-50283-2 paper ¥6,574.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99

First ladies have always received a great deal of attention and are among the most recognizable figures of any presidential administration. They're often treated as celebrities, making them some of the most prominent women of their eras. Yet many of their stories and contributions have been overlooked. Through a collection of thematic essays, The Cambridge Companion to US First Ladies provides a thorough and compelling examination of the development of the first lady institution, and the political, social, and cultural influence of the women who've served in this role. Topics covered include the evolution of various first lady roles, such as hostess, campaigner, surrogate, diplomat, social advocate, and trendsetter; how first ladies have been political assets and liabilities; the impact of first ladies' speeches and media usage; first ladies during wartime and presidential deaths; the contributions of first lady stand-ins; how presidential spouses have been represented in films; and how these women are memorialized and remembered-or forgotten.

Carr, Alison J. / Sally, Lynn (eds.), Sex on Stage: Performing the Body Politic. 240 pp. 2025:3 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1272>
ISBN 978-1-350-44361-7 hard ¥18,590.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-1-350-44365-5 paper ¥6,288.- (税込) GB￡ 21.99

This is the first collection of original essays, articles, and images from authors, activists, artists, and scholars that grapple with the explicit body and the staging of sex across multiple spaces - from burlesque to drag, to sex work, to traditional theatre.Sex on Stage uncovers how gender and sexuality collide on stage in dynamic, dramatic, and thought-provoking ways. By taking a broad view of sex and the stage, this book tracks influences across the underground, marginalised, and the mainstream, from 'high' contemporary live art to the 'low' of entertainment.Across these mediums, the staging of sex pushes against decorums of respectability, instead flaunting the body to shock, to entertain, to tell stories, and to display a new kind of gender expression. The subjects and contributors included in this collection inhabit their bodies-in fact, demand the agency of the body-in self-authored ways. Gender and sexuality here are performative, and what comes into being challenges traditional constructions of both femininity and sexuality.

クイアの歴史を書き記す
Cook, Matt, Writing Queer History. (Writing History) 272 pp. 2025:7 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1274>
ISBN 978-1-4742-4751-1 hard ¥18,590.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-1-4742-4752-8 paper ¥5,716.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

Writing Queer History introduces and surveys the ways in which historians and others have researched and written about the lesbian, gay and queer past. It pinpoints some of the key themes, issues and questions they have sought to address, looks at the kinds of sources they have used and suggests ways in which queer theory since the early 1990s has shifted approaches and perspectives for historians. Section One gives an overview of uses and accounts of the queer past from the late 19th century to the present. Section Two explores key questions and themes that have exercised historians by focusing on key texts ranging from the Medieval to the contemporary. Section Three focuses in further on different kinds of source material, examining specific archives to demonstrate how we might understand the past through particular documents, artifacts, voices and images. Finally, the author describes how his work has been shaped by his own biography, changing academic fashion, new theoretical perspectives and the particularities of archive collections. The book shows how histories of queer life have implications for the broader understanding of culture, society and politics, as well as demonstrating how queer history writing has been influenced and shaped by activist and community groups and by scholars working in and across different disciplines. Rich in case studies and including practical guidance on approaching queer history, Writing Queer History is an invaluable text for those studying the history of sexuality, gender history, the history of the emotions and historiography.

Crowley, Mark J., Post Office Women at War, 1939-45: Gender, Conflict and Public Service Employment. 256 pp. 2025:9 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1277>
ISBN 978-1-350-02233-1 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

The Post Office was central to Britain's effort to win the Second World War. From sending mail to connecting telephone calls and processing war savings certificates, its functions united a nation in a sense of common purpose and camaraderie, but also connected Britain with the outside world. Yet, owing to the pressures of military conscription, these essential functions, required to maintain morale on both on the home and military front, were discharged by women workers, many of whom had not previously undertaken such important and complex work. Drawing on a range of archival material, Mark J. Crowley highlights the role of the Post Office and public service in Britain's Second World War home front experience, and examines the vital contribution of women in this area, which has, until now, received little attention from historians. While primarily focusing on the personnel practices affecting the position of women workers in the Post Office and public service, he also draws on the experiences of women workers through surviving oral history accounts, and the limited existing archival material recorded by women workers at the time. While this is not a social history of women's employment in Britain, it will seek to place their experiences of work and duty to the public service in the wider context of the government's expectations of women during the war effort.

Davies, Hywel M., The Last Invasion: War, Women and Memory, 1797-1997. 296 pp. 2025:2 (U. Wales Pr., UK) <736-1278>
ISBN 978-1-83772-237-2 paper ¥7,146.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

This study presents a cultural rather than the usual history of the French invasion of Pembrokeshire in 1797, using primary sources both in English and Welsh to debate of how the invasion was remembered and assess its historical and cultural imprint. What is now known as 'the last invasion of Britain' terrorised the people in and around Fishguard - but the French surrendered, more as a result of their own indiscipline and the fury of local people than any French military shortcomings. Almost immediately, stories of women in red livery appeared in propaganda and travel accounts, and subsequently acts of individual heroism would be associated above all with Jemima Nicholas. The telling and retelling of this story peaked at times of fear of invasion and war - be it against Napoleon, the Kaiser or Hitler - and, resilient to public doubt and professional scorn, the 'legend' of the women survived into popular memory.

de Rond, Mark, Dark Justice: Inside the World of Paedophile Hunters. 224 pp. 2025:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <736-1279>
ISBN 978-1-009-45704-0 hard ¥5,720.- (税込) GB￡ 20.00

It is difficult to imagine a more heinous crime than the sexual abuse of children. Yet, terrifyingly, a new case of child sexual abuse is reported every seven minutes. In response to this crisis, self-appointed groups of citizens are fashioning themselves as 'paedophile hunters.' Operating outside the law, these groups use social media to bait and expose those seeking to engage children sexually, both on- and offline. Their work has been remarkably effective, but at what cost? Following four years of unprecedented access to the UK's most prolific team of paedophile hunters, Mark de Rond offers balanced and insightful answers to the perplexing question of why these groups persist in using extreme methods to hold predators to account in view of less harmful alternatives. In doing so, he invites us to consider the societal impacts of paedophile hunters on our laws and institutions, as well as societal cohesion and safety.

Ellis, Sonja J. / Riggs, Damien W. / Peel, Elizabeth, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology: An Introduction. 3rd ed. 395 pp. 2024:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <736-1285>
ISBN 978-1-009-33514-0 hard ¥32,890.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00
ISBN 978-1-009-33513-3 paper ¥12,866.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99

The third edition of this award-winning textbook provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the field of LGBTIQ+ psychology. Comprehensive in scope and international in outlook, it offers an integrated overview of key topical areas, from history and context, identities and fluidity, families and relationships, to health and wellbeing. This third edition includes updates across all chapters that provide a greater focus on diversity and utilize new terminology throughout to reflect changes in the field. It addresses recent developments in the field of trans studies, and explicitly references emerging work around pansexuality and asexuality. An entirely new chapter focuses on a diversity of topics receiving increased attention including LGBTIQ+ people in foster care, LGBTIQ+ refugees, disabled people accessing services, and trans and intersex people in sport. The fallout of increasing far-right extremism in Europe and America is also discussed. This groundbreaking textbook is an essential resource for undergraduate courses on sex, gender and sexuality in psychology and related disciplines, such as sociology, health studies, social work, education and counselling.

Greven, David, Men Beyond Desire: Male Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America. 2nd ed. 250 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-1289>
ISBN 978-3-031-75304-6 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book explores the construction of male sexuality in nineteenth-century American literature and overturns longstanding views. Far from desiring heterosexual sex and wishing to bond with other men through fraternity, the male protagonists of classic American literature mainly want to be left alone. Greven makes the claim that American men, eschewing both marriage and male friendship, strive to remain emotionally and sexually inviolate. Examining the work of traditional authors - Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Cooper, Irving, Stowe - Greven discovers consistently resistant portrayals of male characters who defend their individuality through a lockdown on sexuality. Objects of desire from both women and other men, the inviolate males discussed in this study disrupt established gendered and sexual categories, inspiring fresh analysis of the era and its literary depiction of American manhood. This second edition of Men Beyond Desire (2005) expands the analysis of male sexuality to include discussions of developments in the field of masculinity studies. It includes a new introduction that introduces the complementary figure of the "victim-monster" and revisits the work of Leslie Fiedler, and a new chapter that focuses on Melville's tale "Bartleby the Scrivener" (1856). Chapter 4 expands the analysis of the intersections among free love, health reform, and male sexuality in The Blithedale Romance (1852), and chapter 9 expands the discussion of Billy Budd, Sailor to address questions of race and the role of the Handsome Sailor.

Lalanne, Sophie (dir.), Une histoire des femmes en Europe (des grottes aux Lumieres): objets, images, textes. (Collection U) 567 p. 2024:9 (A. Colin, FR) <736-1295>
ISBN 978-2-200-63653-1 paper ¥9,180.- (税込) EUR 39.00

Simmons, Cecile, CTRL HATE DELETE: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It. 208 pp. 2025:3 (Policy Pr., UK) <736-1306>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7484-8 paper ¥2,856.- (税込) GB￡ 9.99

How did Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's divorce become the centre of the anti-#MeToo backlash? Why have so many teen boys fallen under the thrall of Andrew Tate, a failed reality show contestant? And why are a growing number of influencers like #tradwives dressing up like 1950s housewives and preaching total subservience to men? In the years since #MeToo - the largest social media facilitated feminist campaign in history - Roe v. Wade has been overturned in the United States, there have been attacks on reproductive rights in multiple countries and female political leaders have withdrawn from the world stage citing the level of abuse they get as a reason. CTRL, HATE, DELETE takes a deep dive into how a collection of misogynists and their allies have turned male supremacist ideology from a niche set of beliefs into a mainstream movement. With interviews from experts, influencers and activists, it outlines how to fight the rising tide of online misogyny and make online spaces more equal and inclusive.

Tellez, April, Dolores Huerta: A Life in American History. (Women Making History) 216 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1309>
ISBN 978-1-4408-7296-9 hard ¥14,300.- (税込) GB￡ 50.00

A comprehensive exploration of Dolores Huerta's contributions to U.S. labor history and her life's work of advocating for systematically disadvantaged and marginalized groups.An iconic figure in American civil rights and one of the most influential labor rights activists of the 20th century, Huerta overcame great odds to make enduring contributions to social justice and advocacy, particularly for farm workers and the Latino community. Organized chronologically, this volume offers the opportunity for readers to better understand Huerta's life. From her early beginnings in California's central valley, to her influential leadership on the United Farm Workers (UFW) union, to her work educating on women's issues and advocating for Latino representation in politics, readers will explore the many efforts that made Huerta's influence enduring. Beyond a biography, this book places Huerta center stage in the context of American history, looking closely at the Chicano civil rights movement in California; social restrictions, disenfranchisement, and various forms of segregation in 1950's and 1960's America; historical labor strikes and boycotts; key legislation and political figures active in labor rights, and more. Huerta is one of the great contributors to American history, labor history, women's history, and the history of activism, social justice, and human rights. Here, her story is told in a way that captures the full span of her life and achievements.

Williams, Sara, The Maternal Gaze in the Gothic. (Palgrave Gothic) 236 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-1312>
ISBN 978-3-031-70665-3 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This monograph is an original project which plots the trajectory of the maternal gaze as a convention in the Gothic. It offers new directions for Gothic studies by exposing and challenging a critical and cultural myopia towards the capabilities of maternal desire, and in doing so engages with a range of texts from the Romantic to contemporary literary and visual cultures to locate a tyrannical maternal gaze in the genre. Compelling a seismic shift in the perception of the genre as the embodiment of patriarchy and the sexually violent male gaze, this is a new and unexplored area of both the Gothic and criticism of the genre, which has historically privileged the Oedipal paternal tyrant/female victim dynamic established in the Romantic Gothics of Walpole and Radcliffe. The monograph fills significant gaps in the Gothic academic publishing market. It is the first overview of the maternal gaze in the Gothic, it offers in-depth studies of previously neglected authors and their works, and it fundamentally changes how we see the Gothic mother/figure and child, both as a single entity and discrete tropes. The Maternal Gaze in the Gothic examines how articulations of maternal visual tyrannies in the Gothic-including kidnapping; incarcerating; gaslighting, hurting and killing the child under the guises of protection-are ignored by both the Gothic critical heritage and also feminist gaze theory. This book is a must read for those interested in the Gothic and Feminism alike.

Wilson, Mardi, Everyday Coercion: Men's Routine Use of Sexual Coercion toward Women. 224 pp. 2025:1 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1313>
ISBN 978-1-350-42497-5 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Everyday Coercion explores men's routine use of sexual coercion toward women in 'everyday' social and dating interactions, and how such sexual coercion has been normalized within a landscape of heteronormativity, rape culture, and binarized gender roles.A groundswell of activism over the past decade has directed attention to the epidemic of sexual violence around the world. Women are seeking to make sense of why they are so commonly subject to sexism, misogyny and sexual violence, and why they and their behavior are often socially interrogated, instead of those causing the harm. With unapologetic curiosity, Wilson shines a light onto this contradiction by unpacking the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours we've been encouraged to see as 'normal'. Drawing on participant insights about coercion, masculinity, sex and consent, Everyday Coercion unpacks contemporary themes like unacknowledged rape, victim blame and performative naivety. Bringing together women's stories of sexual coercion, and men's insights around having enacted coercion, Wilson has a unique vantage point from which to expose and de-normalize sexual coercion.

Revelles-Benavente, Beatriz, Feminist Literature as Everyday Use: New Materialist Methodologies for Critical Thinking. 192 pp. 2025:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-100>
ISBN 978-1-350-42531-6 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

What can feminist literature actually do? How can it affect the world? Does it have the power to change the oppressive structures that it opposes? Drawing on three of the fundamental wellsprings of feminist theory - genealogies, methodologies, and politics - Feminist Literature in the Making argues that it can.A new, materialist perspective, brought to bear on figures like Woolf, Morrison and Atwood, demonstrates how feminist literature can provide a methodology for social transformation. Through techniques like diffractive reading, queering time, and using 'bits and pieces' to break through grand narratives, this book offers a wealth of opportunities to put its methods of literary critique into practice. In defiance of the edificial insistence of the Western canon, these practices of these methods reveal new ways of reading as a practice of continual textual construction, understanding how texts are created and then how to recreate them. With this concept, literary artifacts can become everyday artifacts - not only entanglements between theory, methodology and politics, but tools for feminist interventions and social transformation.

Salleh, Ariel, EnGender EcoSocialism! 224 pp. 2025:6 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-104>
ISBN 978-1-350-42941-3 hard ¥18,590.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-1-350-42942-0 paper ¥5,716.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

This second volume in Ariel Salleh's The Androcene and its Others trilogy brings women's labours in from the margins of ecosocialist thinking. With patriarchal capitalist coloniality the main driving force behind our planet's degradation, recognising the racialized and gendered 'meta-industrial labour class' is a vital strategic priority if ecofeminist thinking is to offer a vision of a more sustainable future. If we focus on production purely in terms of growth, we miss what Salleh calls the 'metabolic value' of living processes and with it the opportunity for political ecology to encompass life in all of its dimensions - biological, libidinal, ego-driven, moral and political.Cutting across existing Marxist ideas, EnGender EcoSocialism! is an ecofeminist conceptualisation of women's reproductive labour. The ecological challenges that face us demand that we break down the barriers between human and nature that have stood in our consciousness for millennia. This is a call to lay the ground for that breakthrough by healing the 'libidinal rift' caused when we ignore the value of unseen labour in our ecological processes. As it stands, this labour is captured by global capitalism and in turn subsidises it for free by regenerating its living resource base: the earth's population. With this book, Salleh illustrates the limits of mending the damage caused by industry and urbanisation without further understanding the immense importance of a combined ecosocialist, ecofeminist approach.

Morton Anthony, Hermia, Women in the St. Kitts Island Uprising: Afro-Kittitian Knowledge-Keepers Speak. 163 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-1041>
ISBN 978-3-031-75172-1 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book details the perspectives of women of African ancestry who witnessed a twentieth-century uprising in St. Kitts. They chronicle the story of how they and other women of African descent navigated the slavery afterlife on an island dominated by sugar plantations, institutions, and laws that reinforced enslavement 100 years after the Act to Abolish Slavery had been passed. The stories highlight the women's political consciousness, leadership and participation in the protracted liberation struggle to reclaim their humanity, and collaterally decenter the colonized version of the event that has dominated accounts of the historical moment. They reveal the agility of the strategies women utilized including religious rituals, arson, a network of children to communicate messages within and between villages, on occasion taking the frontlines of the protest, providing sanctuaries for protestors, and serving expertly as character witnesses and alibis in court trials of persons who were charged as rioters. Their first language - an oral, ancestral proto-language, yet unnamed, and facing extinction - is incorporated into the history to honour their memory. Their remarkable memories reveal a noticeable shift in understanding of the uprising, and the dynamics of the defining moment in Caribbean history. The book encourages us to think critically about the subjects of history and who tells the story.

Bekker, Sheree / Mumford, Stephen, Open Play: The Case for Feminist Sport. 176 pp. 2025:2 (Reaktion Books, UK) <736-1118>
ISBN 978-1-83639-053-4 hard ¥4,286.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99

Sheree Bekker and Stephen Mumford argue that the category of 'women's sport' is not the feminist win some would have you believe. Instead, the segregation of women in sport is just one of the many ways in which women are told to expect less from society. Women had to fight to be included in sport in the first place, and are now only included under far less favourable terms than those enjoyed by men. There are better ways to ensure safety and fairness than segregation by gender. And this matters deeply: ending gender segregation would encourage a more equitable distribution of resources, increase women's participation in sport and challenge outdated, sexist myths about women and their bodies.

Bennett, James E. / Johnson, Marguerite (eds.), Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction: Stories of Repentance and Defiance. (Library of Gender and Popular Culture) 312 pp. 2024:7 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-1140>
ISBN 978-1-350-28983-3 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

For over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have pushed the tenet that a person may be able to, and should, alter their sexual orientation. Their so-called treatments or therapies have taken various forms over the decades, ranging from medical (including psychiatric or psychological) rehabilitation approaches, to counselling, and religious healing.Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction provides an in-depth exploration of the disturbing phenomenon of gay conversion 'therapy' and its fictional and autobiographical representations across a broad range of films and books such as But I'm a Cheerleader! (1999), This is What Love in Action Looks Like (2011) and Boy Erased (2018). In doing so, the volume emphasizes the powerful role the arts and media play in communicating stories around conversion practices. Approaching the timely and urgent subject from an interdisciplinary perspective, contributors utilize film theory, queer theory, literary theory, mental health and social movement theory to discuss the medicalization and pathologizing of queer people, the power of institutions ranging from church, psychiatry and family (sometimes in alliance), and the real and fictional voices of survivors.

Coupe, Alexander, The Gender Politics of Contemporary Performance in Northern Ireland. (Contemporary Performance InterActions) 281 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-1145>
ISBN 978-3-031-75228-5 hard EUR 0.00

This book examines theatre and performance produced since the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in the context of growing discontent with the failure of the peace in Northern Ireland to deliver genuinely transformative forms of social justice. The economic expansion that attended the peace accord propelled the growth of the region's theatre and performance sector and assisted in increasing the representation of women and LGBTQ+ people across the arts. Despite this, much of the performance work produced since 1998 has illuminated the darker social consequences of Northern Ireland's embrace of a specifically neoliberal vision of a 'post-conflict' society. Existing scholarship has already highlighted the role of theatre and performance in drawing attention to the misogyny and homophobia that has underwritten political antagonism in the North since partition. Instead, this book offers a sustained examination of contemporary performance makers that have engaged specifically with the reconstruction of gender norms amidst the region's political and economic transformation. The story it tells is of an emerging current in theatre, performance art, and dance consisting of work concerned not only with uncovering the morbid symptoms of the neoliberal peace but also embodying those messy and everyday conditions of co-dependency, vulnerability and solidarity that both patriarchal nationalisms and androcentric individualism seek to deny.