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

Cisar Brown, Lucy, Revisiting "The Civilizing Process": Early Modern Witchcraft, Gender and Religion. (Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias) 215 pp. 2026:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-83>
ISBN 978-3-032-14452-2 hard ¥34,459.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book addresses the long-standing theoretical gap regarding the concepts of gender and religion within Norbert Elias's The Civilizing Process. In doing so, it not only revisits the evidence used by Elias in his original work but also introduces an alternative lens through which to view this long-term change: the rise and fall of witchcraft prosecutions. Through a comparative and detailed study of witchcraft prosecutions in England and Scotland, and their presentation within the public sphere, Lucy Cisar Brown develops a greater understanding of long-term transformations in the early modern period. The first consideration of this book is the centrality of religion to both medieval individuals and societal structures and their long-term transformation across the early modern period. The second consideration is whether the transformative processes of sociogenesis and psychogenesis can be applied in the same way to women as to the wider patriarchal society. In many respects these figurations are interdependent, both with each other and with the development of modern society, requiring a reassessment of the theoretical assumptions presented within The Civilizing Process. While detailed and comprehensive in many aspects of social development, the limitations of Eliasian social theory informs the fundamental character of this figurational analysis of early modern society.

Jimenez, Raevin, Gather Your Ancestors: Gender, Language, and Belonging in Southeast Africa. (Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture) 300 pp. 2026:8 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US) <766-867>
ISBN 978-0-299-35800-6 hard ¥20,282.- (税込) US$ 89.95

Southeasternmost Africa is home to a large variety of speech communities, including Nguni, East Bantu, Khoi, and San-the legacy of a long and complicated history of migration, interaction, assimilation, and disaggregation between many peoples. With detailed, careful analysis, Raevin Jimenez guides readers through a thousand years of human movement, cultural interaction, and social development in this region. Taking a historical linguistics approach to Nguni, she sheds new light on this history by focusing on Nguni speakers' use of gendered practices-including initiation, marriage, and avoidant speech known as hlonipha-to blend multilingual and culturally diverse communities.Use of gendered institutions inaugurated variable social spaces that could either elide or accommodate difference, and thus enabled a multiplicity of community types. Contrary to previous assumptions about the roles of men and women in precolonial southeasternmost Africa, Jimenez shows that gender impacted life and social interactions across a large variety of important domains and became a way of forming, negotiating, and maintaining community. These developments still impact and remain visible in Southeastern African communities today, and understanding them is vital to understanding the region's long history and current society.

Patsika, Tinovimba / Naidoo, Kammila / Mutekwe, P. (eds.), Unveiling Identities: Navigating the Spectrum of LGBTQ+ Experiences in Southern Africa. (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society) 368 pp. 2026:6 (Emerald, UK) <766-871>
ISBN 978-1-83708-085-4 hard ¥25,932.- (税込) US$ 115.00

Every member of the LGBTQ+ community has faced unique challenges when exploring their sexual identity, but for those in Southern African states, finding acceptance is often extremely difficult. Of the 61 United Nations member states that criminalize same-sex relations, more than half are African states. Influenced by different notions of culture, tradition and/or religion, the continued discrimination faced by the community has created an absence of research on Southern African narratives, until now. Unveiling Identities bridges the gap between academic discourse and the lived experiences of the LGBTQ+ community, carefully researched and presented by scholars from across disciplines. The result is a startlingly honest account of the obstacles LGBTQ+ individuals must navigate in this specific geographic and cultural context. With chapters ranging from the legal landscape, the intersection of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the continued impact of activism and advocacy, editors Patsika, Naidoo, and Mutekwe curate a vivid exploration of the reasoning behind views of homosexuality amongst the African populous, driven by rigorous research. This collective narrative is much needed in reducing the difference in focus on Southern Africa and the Global South more broadly in this space. The chapters offer a fresh perspective on the subject, but also a positive message of potential for the future. For those interested in African sexuality studies, Unveiling Identities is a title fuelled by enduring hope.

インセルを研究する－批判的フェミニストの介入
Lucy, Stu / Heritage, Frazer / Sugiura, Lisa, Researching Incels: A Critical Feminist Intervention. (Emerald Points) 152 pp. 2026:5 (Emerald, UK) <766-986>
ISBN 978-1-80686-648-9 hard ¥13,530.- (税込) US$ 60.00

As the world wakes up to the incel problem following Netflix's Adolescence, many examples of research into incels over the past decade have been poorly conducted. Researching Incels is a crucial intervention into problematic incel research - calling for a new framework for rigorous, responsible research to inform policy on the incel crisis. A critical overview on poor research examples using the primary case study of a report commissioned by the UK Government's Commission for Countering Extremism on predicting harm among involuntary celibates, the authors outline incel research that is methodologically flawed, unreliable, and normalizes misogyny. Focusing primarily on two critical flaws of researching incels - limited conceptualization leading to poor methodology; and positionality; they write from a feminist positioned critical analysis to offer a blueprint for the future of robust incel research in response to these limitations. This rebuttal is situated at the forefront of current polarizing debates developing within the incel community - emphasizing that incel research must address from a feminist perspective the underlying structural processes and ideologies that give authority and motivation to communities such as incels. A "how to" guide for future research, Researching Incels also provides guidance for research, practice and policy on how to approach and assess existing work, with explicit caution where research is characterized by the limitations outlined here. Breaking new ground as the first broad commentary on researching incels, this is an essential roadmap for "Season Two" of incel research.

断片における女性－ローマ共和政のもう一つの歴史
Clark, Jessica H., Women in Fragments: Alternative Histories of the Roman Republic. 236 pp. 2026:8 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US)
ISBN 978-0-299-35780-1 hard ¥22,537.- (税込) US$ 99.95

How have we gained knowledge about women in the ancient Roman Republic? Roman historians were uniformly male, as were most historians of ancient Rome until quite recently. In the historiography handed down to us by Enlightenment-era scholars, women generally played marginal and often sexualized roles, relegated to the footnotes by historians who assumed the Roman Republic to be fully androcentric. The evidence, however, suggests otherwise. In this detailed and insightful volume, Jessica H. Clark returns to the source material to gain insight into how Roman men understood the lives, roles, and contributions of the women they included in their histories of the Roman Republic. By reexamining the puzzle pieces of ancient literature, Clark proposes that the earliest Roman historians represented women in complex ways, revealing their appreciation of women's communities and women's engagement in the project of the Republic-in contrast to the attitudes assumed by scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She attributes those scholars' assumptions to the social and political circumstances of their own times and indicates how these assumptions continue to inform our own perceptions of Roman women-and therefore Roman society more generally. This study ultimately uncovers not only the women of the Roman Republic but also how modern preconceptions have distorted their image and the stories we tell about ancient Rome.

Marras, Martina, Feminist Contractarianism: Jean Hampton's Normative Proposal. (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy) 77 pp. 2026:4 (Springer, GW) <766-63>
ISBN 978-3-032-17000-2 paper ¥11,926.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This text inquires as to the possibility of developing a theory that is both contractarian and feminist in light of the philosophy of Jean Hampton. It reveals how Hampton's thought begins with this focus and leads to the formulation of a highly original normative proposal. Marras shows that by establishing a dialogue between seemingly distant positions, Hampton's theory-certainly not aligned with mainstream perspectives-emerges as a unique contribution to gender studies, and carries a strong innovative charge capable of revitalizing feminist philosophy. Marras reconstructs the theoretical framework of Hampton and situates her work within the broader debates of research on gender equity and private justice. This book appeals to students and researchers working on feminism and political philosophy.

Galego, Diego, Queering Public Policy: A Disruptive Yet Inclusive Framework for Policymaking. (Palgrave Pivot) 168 pp. 2026:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-714>
ISBN 978-3-032-16714-9 hard ¥10,600.- (税込) EUR 39.99

For years, LGBTQ+ policies worldwide have been crafted based on heteronormative views, needs, and practices. However, this has gradually changed over the last two decades as LGBTQ+ individuals have become key players in the development of gender-based policies. This important and timely book examines these political and social changes, evaluates how actors have successfully integrated LGBTQ+ needs into the mainstream policy agenda, and provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the policymaking processes from an LGBTQ+ perspective. Drawing on data from Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and the USA, it presents a systematic framework for understanding "queering public policy" as a policy process. The final chapter offers a roadmap for scholars interested in exploring this evolving field further. This book will appeal to anyone interested in public policy, public administration, and queer studies.

世界政治におけるジェンダー・ハンドブック　第2版
Tepe, Daniela (ed.), Handbook on Gender in World Politics. 2nd ed. (International Handbooks on Gender) 600 pp. 2026:7 (E. Elgar, UK) <766-776>
ISBN 978-1-80392-376-5 hard ¥77,275.- (税込) GB￡ 250.00

This thoroughly revised second edition of the Handbook on Gender in World Politics builds on established areas of research while introducing important new fields of inquiry. Reflecting significant developments in global politics since the first edition, it extends the Handbook's original strengths-its breadth, depth and disciplinary diversity-and continues to showcase leading scholarship on gender in world politics. Featuring leading experts writing from varied perspectives, this Handbook focuses on women as a category of analysis, examining overarching concepts of masculinities, sexualities, LGBT rights and transgender identities. Chapters explore issues of statecraft, abortion rights and human rights, with new contributions discussing the #MeToo movement, the gendered fault lines exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the emerging challenges posed by AI. This Handbook also includes literature reviews and bibliographies, providing readers with a gateway to further their research. This updated and revised second edition of the Handbook on Gender in World Politics is an indispensable reference point for students and scholars of gender studies, international relations and gender in world politics. It will also greatly benefit practitioners and policymakers working in gender equality looking to pave the way for new regulations.

ジェンダー、暴力、法研究ハンドブック
Godden-Rasul, Nikki / Kula, Sidonia L. (eds.), Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law. (Research Handbooks in Law and Gender) 512 pp. 2026:7 (E. Elgar, UK) <766-443>
ISBN 978-1-0353-1939-8 hard ¥71,093.- (税込) GB￡ 230.00

This Research Handbook rigorously explores how law responds to gender and violence, how law (re)produces gender and violence, and how law is gendered and violent. It analyses various legal systems, institutions and areas of law at the local, national, regional and global level. The collection conceptualizes gender, violence and law broadly, enabling expert authors to devise comprehensive strategies against individual aggression, structural violence and intersecting oppressions impacting women and other marginalised groups. Example case studies include sexual violence in conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, feminist legal activism and the undercover policing scandal in the UK, and masculinity, race and violence in post-colonial Italy. Presenting a wide range of perspectives and international voices from scholars, activists and legal professionals, this Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field and provides avenues for future research, such as digital activism and challenging coloniality and academic extractivism in feminist studies. The Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law is a valuable resource for scholars and students of law, gender studies, sociology, politics, international relations, and media and cultural studies. Activists and legal professionals will also benefit from its insights into key legal and policy debates, and methods of addressing gendered violence.

Guizardi, Menara (ed.), How to Suppress the Careers of Female Social Scientists - Volume 2: An Anti-Manual from Argentina. 270 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <766-52>
ISBN 978-3-032-16351-6 hard ¥37,110.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book is the second of a series of five volumes that analyze and denounce the gender-based inequalities and violence faced by Latin American female social scientists in academic settings. This volume is dedicated to Argentina and offers a rigorous feminist ethnographic analysis of these issues in Argentinean universities. Drawing on qualitative interviews and systematic reviews, the book examines how structural and relational mechanisms-such as androcentrism, symbolic violence, and meritocracy bias-shape women's trajectories across undergraduate and graduate education, labor market insertion, and professional performance. Organized into three parts, the chapters provide: A contextual overview of gender policies, historical trends, and statistical data on women's participation in Argentinean universities.In-depth narratives of family backgrounds, educational choices, and formative experiences, highlighting the intersection of gender mandates and class expectations.Analyses of workplace dynamics, including precarious employment, motherhood discrimination, and sexual harassment and abuse, revealing how institutional cultures perpetuate inequality despite women's numerical majority in academia. By situating the Argentinean case within Latin American and global debates on gender equity, How to Suppress the Careers of Female Social Scientists - Volume 2: An Anti-Manual from Argentina contributes to feminist scholarship on higher education and scientific careers. It combines methodological rigor with critical reflection, offering insights for researchers, policymakers, and institutions seeking to address systemic inequities in academic environments.

Muller, Jil (ed.), Food, Plants, Remedies and Healing Practices: Women's Ideas in the History of Medicine. (Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences 27) 379 pp. 2026:5 (Springer, GW) <766-56>
ISBN 978-3-032-17765-0 hard ¥37,110.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book examines the contributions of women to the history of philosophy and medicine, as well as the traditional medical knowledge that has been employed in households. Women have played integral roles in the history of medicine, often serving as healers, caretakers, midwives and guardians of traditional knowledge surrounding food, plants, remedies, and healing practices. However, women's writings are often overlooked or marginalized in mainstream narratives because they did not write in the scientific language of Latin, and because their writings were not in the conventional form of a published book. The work, therefore, considers a diverse range of women, from Hildegard von Bingen and Oliva Sabuco to Maria Deraismes in the 19th century, midwives in Germany and numerous other women in European households. It demonstrates the significant influence of female knowledge and practices in the field of medicine, remedies, chemistry and healing practices. The chapters predominantly reflect on plants, food and practical remedies used and tested by women. Those engaged in research or teaching on the history of philosophy and medicine will find this collection invaluable, as it offers insights into a domain that has been relatively unexplored and lacks a substantial corpus of documented evidence.

ジェンダーと政治百科事典
Lefkofridi, Zoe (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics. (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences) 490 pp. 2026:4 (E. Elgar, UK) <766-6>
ISBN 978-1-0353-2260-2 hard ¥68,002.- (税込) GB￡ 220.00

This illuminating Encyclopedia provides crucial insight into the intersection of gender and power, highlighting the transformative growth of gender and politics as a developing field. Despite historical marginalization and ongoing backlash, this Encyclopedia re-centres gender as a fundamental analytical category in political science.Bridging the fields of gender studies and political science, contributors examine how gendered hierarchies shape political institutions, decision-making and access to resources. They present global, interdisciplinary and intersectional perspectives on key themes such as feminisms, intersectionality, political behaviour, conflict and media. Guided by inclusivity and authorial agency, the Encyclopedia sheds light on gaps in the literature, critiques prevailing theories and charts future research directions. Scholars and students of political science, gender studies and the social sciences more broadly will benefit from this comprehensive and accessible resource. It is also beneficial for practitioners and policymakers looking to enact gender-sensitive policies and practices.Key Features:Includes over 80 compelling entriesWritten by scholars from across the globeChallenges traditional approaches to the disciplineServes as both a reference work and a conceptual resource

クイアのエイジング研究アジェンダ
Santos, Ana Cristina (ed.), A Research Agenda for Queer Ageing. (Elgar Research Agendas) 192 pp. 2026:6 (E. Elgar, UK) <766-274>
ISBN 978-1-0353-3708-8 hard ¥29,364.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This insightful Research Agenda examines sexual and gender diversity among older people. Expert authors explore how social attitudes, laws, activism and social policies contribute both directly and indirectly to ageist prejudice, particularly against the LGBTQI+ population.Adopting interdisciplinary, mixed-methods approaches, with a focus on lived experiences and the voices of older people across the globe, the book engages with key topics including access to healthcare, activism, community-building, politics and sex. Throughout embodied memories, the daily management of intimate life and avenues for further research are highlighted. Chapters demonstrate a wide range of needs, but also outstanding strategies of resistance, survival, joy and pride across the life course. They stir the reader's scholarly, political and social imagination, fostering innovative ways to rethink ageing in the foreseeable future.A Research Agenda for Queer Ageing is a valuable resource for scholars and students of gender and queer studies, ageing, gerontology, psychology, human geography, sociology, anthropology and social work. It is also beneficial to policymakers interested in improving their understanding and inclusion of LGBTQI+ people.

Brecht, Stacy / Loarne-Lemaire, Severine Le (eds.), Phenomenology of Women's Entrepreneurship Across International Contexts: A Post-Structural Feminist Perspective. 232 pp. 2026:6 (Emerald, UK) <766-291>
ISBN 978-1-83708-393-0 hard ¥25,932.- (税込) US$ 115.00

Entrepreneurship often brings to mind innovation, ambition, and strategic acumen, but it is also a field dominated by gendered narratives and masculine associations. Women entrepreneurs worldwide are breaking down these barriers, redefining entrepreneurial success, and developing strategies that reflect their unique experiences within gendered landscapes. Their journeys provide a valuable counterpoint to traditional stories of entrepreneurship, shifting the focus toward resilience, resourcefulness, and positive contributions that women bring to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This edited collection presents an in-depth examination of how women entrepreneurs across diverse global contexts navigate, challenge, and redefine the gendered dynamics of entrepreneurship. Drawing on a range of case studies and interviews from around the world, this volume is rooted in post-structural feminist theory and interpretative phenomenology to delve into the social constructions of gender and the subjective experiences of women entrepreneurs. Backed by the Women and Economic Renewal Research Chair from the triple-accredited business school, Grenoble Ecole de Management, in Grenoble, France, Los Angeles-based Azusa Pacific University School of Business and Management in the United States, and an extensive international research network, the collection captures the voices of women who use local institutions, cultural practices, and their networks to succeed in sectors as varied as business, technology, and social enterprise. From Africa, United States, Pakistan, France, Japan, India and China, these narratives collectively enrich the global conversation on women's entrepreneurship. Ideal for scholars, policymakers, and students of entrepreneurship and gender studies, this work offers a fresh perspective on the strategies and successes of women entrepreneurs, inspiring new avenues for research and practical approaches for supporting women in business worldwide.

Fletcher, Luke / Pichler, Shaun (eds.), LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Work: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. (Inclusive Management and Diverse Thinking) 270 pp. 2026:6 (E. Elgar, UK) <766-300>
ISBN 978-1-0353-3679-1 hard ¥32,455.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00

This illuminating book critically examines the landscape of research surrounding how LGBTQ+ employees can thrive at work and in their careers. Contributing authors provide an overview of the varied ways in which LGBTQ+ identities are researched within organizational, occupational and cultural contexts.Chapters explore areas of research and practice that shape how LGBTQ+ people experience their work, including human rights, labour market dynamics, work-life dynamics and the power of personal narratives. Scholars present insights from various disciplines including the humanities, economics, sociology, management and psychology. Global case studies spanning Africa, Asia and South America analyse topics such as heteronormativity, intersectionality, colonial legacies and homocapitalism. The book looks to the future of research on LGBTQ+ working lives, assessing the challenges facing inclusion in the workplace, as well as highlighting movements promoting equality across the globe.This timely book is a valuable resource for scholars and students of LGBTQ+ related topics, particularly work and employment, alongside critical management studies, organisational management and business and management. Practitioners in Human Resources, social policy, consultancy and training courses that focus on improving LGBTQ+ inclusion will also benefit greatly from this book.

Dubin, Adam D. / Lyonga, Frida / Garrido, Rui (eds.), Queering African Law: Identity, Inclusion and Rights Protection for LGBTQ+ People Across Africa. (Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies) 373 pp. 2026:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-422>
ISBN 978-3-032-09771-2 hard ¥39,761.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book builds on the scholarship by contributing a critical analysis of the shortfalls of LGBTQ+ laws in Africa and the areas of progress and possible paths forward. It outlines the state of LGBTQ+ rights across Africa and discusses the notion of queering African law. It explores regional approaches towards the protection of LGBTQ+ rights within Africa and the important role of activism in challenging anti LGBTQ+ laws notably through litigation, their successes, challenges and limitations. It discusses the tensions between cultural, historical and other factors that on one hand challenge progress but which on the other hand may also be avenues for advancing rights. In line with the argument of queer theory as relevant in Africa, the chapters draw on queer legal theory which allows for critical analysis that aims to advance "a reformation of legal discourse" on LGBTQ+ rights. This focus is timely given the introduction of harsher anti-homosexuality laws in some African countries. Through multdisciplinary contributions, it offers readers a nuanced analysis of the challenges towards truly queering African law and the possibilities for doing so.

Rezaei, Afsane, Vernacular Religion in the Iranian Diaspora: Women and Islam in Tehrangeles. 144 pp. 2026:6 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US) <766-148>
ISBN 978-0-299-35740-5 hard ¥20,282.- (税込) US$ 89.95

With nearly half a million Iranian Americans living in and around Los Angeles, Southern California is home to more Iranians than anywhere outside Iran. Although many community members identify as secular, stereotypes characterize Iranian Americans, like other populations from Muslim-majority countries, as pejoratively religious and culturally suspect. For Iranian American women who do practice Islam, navigating their religious, ethnic, and political identities, on both personal and communal levels, is thus complex, fraught, and poorly understood by both majority communities and scholarship. Folklorist Afsane Rezaei applies theories of vernacular religion to Iranian American Muslim women living in Southern California, exploring how they negotiate their religious identities in this particularly delicate diasporic context, how they engage with external imaginaries in their practices and narratives, and how they develop a sense of agency over their religious identification. For many, Islamic religiosity in the diaspora is an integrated and embodied aspect of folklife, closely tied to the sense of self, social networks, and communal identity, and is negotiated and reimagined in everyday, improvised, and sometimes contradictory ways. Rezaei's careful ethnography reaches beyond the binary of piety and resistance and offers new and nuanced understandings of Iranian American lived religion.

女性の経済的エンパワメントと国家
Breitkreuz, Rhonda / Baird, Marian (eds.), Women's Economic Empowerment and the State: A Critical Human Ecological Approach. 208 pp. 2026:5 (E. Elgar, UK) <766-185>
ISBN 978-1-80392-116-7 hard ¥29,364.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

This timely book examines the global trend of women's economic empowerment as a critical pathway to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: gender equality. Expert authors integrate feminist, intersectional and critical human ecological perspectives to explore the role of the state in enabling and disabling women's economic empowerment. Querying the concept of economic empowerment, contributing authors analyze the social, policy and economic environments which shape women's social and economic wellbeing. Drawing on research by international scholars, chapters explore how the macro environment interacts with sites of inequality to influence women's economic wellbeing across diverse international settings in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, India, and Ireland. Ultimately, the book identifies three macro environments that advance financial liberation: recognizing and valuing care work, creating opportunities for decent and stable employment and challenging patriarchal gender norms. This book is a crucial resource for scholars and students of gender studies, social policy, politics and public policy, development studies and sociology. Its insights into various aspects of women's economic empowerment, including paid and unpaid work, economic migration, and maternalism, also makes this prime reading for NGOs and national and regional governments interested in executing SDG 5.

Ujlaki, Anna, A Feminist Exploration of Migration: A Critical Cosmopolitan Care Approach. (International Political Theory / Palgrave Pivot) 149 pp. 2026:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-1085>
ISBN 978-3-031-86851-1 hard ¥10,600.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book provides a twofold critique of mainstream political theory, drawing on feminisms to develop a more comprehensive understanding of migration. Grounded in both a critical cosmopolitan approach and the ethics and politics of care, the book shows what a feminist approach to migration would look like. The author focuses on migrants' perspectives and places ideas around dispossession and exclusion at the centre of the argument. The book is a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners who seek to understand the relationship between migration and gendered human experiences.

移民、ジェンダー、セクシュアリティへの交差アプローチ・ハンドブック
Yurdakul, Goekce / Beaman, Jean / Muegge, L. et al. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Intersectional Approaches to Migration, Gender, and Sexuality. (Oxford Handbooks) 536 pp. 2026:10 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <766-1086>
ISBN 978-0-19-777541-7 hard ¥46,904.- (税込) US$ 208.00

小アグリッピナ－ローマ初期の帝国における危険な女性
Boatwright, Mary T., Agrippina the Younger: A Dangerous Woman in Rome's Early Empire. (Women in Antiquity) 248 pp. 2026:8 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <766-1089>
ISBN 978-0-19-094582-4 hard ¥23,677.- (税込) US$ 105.00
ISBN 978-0-19-785715-1 paper ¥6,076.- (税込) US$ 26.95

Firmly based on ancient literature and material evidence, this illustrated biography assesses the life of Agrippina the Younger (15-59 CE). Agrippina was declared "unique" by Tacitus, ancient Rome's most insightful political historian, both for her own political standing and as the daughter of a triumphing general and the sister, wife, and mother of emperors--respectively, Caligula (r. 37-41), Claudius (r. 41-54), and Nero (r. 54-68). Tacitus and other ancient historians depict her with horrified fascination as they vividly chart her growing presence through tumultuous vicissitudes, ending with her murder by her son Nero in 59. Documentary evidence corroborates Agrippina as extraordinary. Among other "firsts," she is the first woman to be portrayed and identified on coins while alive; the first woman whose name is given to a veteran colony; and she appeared in more numerous statuary installations than known for earlier women. Agrippina's life sheds light on Rome's evolution into a monarchy dominated by her family; it also illuminates the endurance of Rome's ancestral patriarchy, showing the tight limits of power even for imperial women. Assessment of her reception up to the twentieth century highlights the importance of Tacitus for our understanding of this remarkable political creature. Neither damning nor glorifying Agrippina, this biography sensitively relies on ancient evidence to tell her story.

Fellows, Will / Branson, Helen P., Gay Bar: The Fabulous, True Story of a Daring Woman and Her Boys in the 1950s. 192 pp. 2026:5 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US) <766-1095>
ISBN 978-0-299-24854-3 paper ¥4,497.- (税込) US$ 19.95

Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s-America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found among homosexual men. Enjoying their companionship and deploring their plight, she gave her gay friends a place to socialize. Though at the time California statutes prohibited homosexuals from gathering in bars, Helen's place was relaxed, suave, and remarkably safe from police raids and other anti-homosexual hazards. In 1957 she published her extraordinary memoir Gay Bar, the first book by a heterosexual to depict the lives of homosexuals with admiration, respect, and love.In this new edition of Gay Bar, Will Fellows interweaves Branson's chapters with historical perspective provided through his own insightful commentary and excerpts gleaned from letters and essays appearing in gay publications of the period. Also included is the original introduction to the book by maverick 1950s psychiatrist Blanche Baker. The eclectic selection of voices gives the flavor of American life in that extraordinary age of anxiety, revealing how gay men saw themselves and their circumstances, and how others perceived them.

Geidel, Molly, Theory of the Counterinsurgent Girl. (Elements in Feminism and Contemporary Critical Theory) 75 pp. 2026:6 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <766-1098>
ISBN 978-1-009-52183-3 hard ¥17,000.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-52178-9 paper ¥5,563.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

This element theorizes the emergence of the girl as the ideal subject of Western imperialist power. In 1983, Gayatri Spivak denounced imperialism as a practice of 'white men saving brown women from brown men.' Since then, scholars and popular critics have adopted this understanding of imperialist gender politics. During the global war on terrorism, and in keeping with the neoliberal emphasis on individual resilience and agency, the development and military establishment shifted its practices and rhetoric in response to the popularization of Spivak's critique. Focusing on this key historical shift, 'Theory of the Counterinsurgent Girl' argues that hegemonic Western cultural and military strategies have moved away from 'saving' women to 'empowering' girls. This element traces the rise to dominance of the figure of the agential girl, analyzing how she has been incorporated into decision-making, securitizing, and policing operations as both a surveillance tool and a social justice goal.

Gibbs, Chad S. A., Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance. (George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas) 232 pp. 2026:4 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US) <766-1099>
ISBN 978-0-299-35600-2 hard ¥18,027.- (税込) US$ 79.95

On August 2, 1943, prisoners at the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, located in occupied Poland, launched an uprising against their captors, during which hundreds successfully escaped while guards killed as many in the process. In this groundbreaking work, Chad S.A. Gibbs draws upon recently discovered sources and novel research methods to fundamentally reassess Jewish resistance at Treblinka-both before and during the revolt. Using the testimonies of revolt survivors, prior escapees, those who passed through the camp, and a handful of bystander witnesses and former SS guards, Gibbs sheds new light on the events of August 2 as well as many prior acts of resistance. Critical to these new interpretations of the revolt are the actions of women prisoners, who here assume a central place in this story for the first time.

Malley, Melissa E. / Gibbons, Judith L. et al. (eds.), Global Perspectives on Gender. (International Psychology) 352 pp. 2026:6 (Emerald, UK) <766-1105>
ISBN 978-1-80686-694-6 hard ¥29,315.- (税込) US$ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-80686-696-0 paper ¥11,271.- (税込) US$ 49.99

Global Perspectives on Gender offers a multidisciplinary exploration of gender as a global, dynamic, and deeply embedded social construct. Coming 30 years after the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, this book examines the construction of gender roles and related influences, including culture, history, religion, and structural inequality. The first section introduces key theoretical frameworks, using the biopsychosocial model, and addresses global patterns for women, men, and gender diverse individuals. The second section analyzes gender within major societal domains, including violence, health, religion, and climate change, highlighting how gender inequities are reinforced or challenged across institutions. The third section presents region-specific case studies from India to Oceania, exploring how colonization, modernization, policy, and local traditions impact gender ideals and experiences. Additional topics addressed throughout the book include gender-based violence, intersectionality, the enduring impact of colonialism, the role of technology, and building resilience in marginalized communities. Global Perspectives on Gender concludes by posing the question: Will gender become so fluid that it becomes increasingly irrelevant? Readers of all backgrounds, from scholars to students to practitioners, are invited to analyze present constructs to advance gender equity worldwide.

Shriver, Rebecca, A Feminine Federation: The Interwar Campaign for Peace and European Integration. 300 pp. 2026:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <766-1111>
ISBN 978-1-009-78170-1 hard ¥29,364.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00
ISBN 978-1-009-78172-5 paper ¥9,891.- (税込) GB￡ 32.00

In this fascinating history of European federalism during the 1920s and 1930s, Rebecca Shriver uncovers a surprising grassroots phenomenon. Moving beyond the familiar story of elite male intellectuals, she reveals how women and feminist activists in the Pan-European Union, the New Europe Group, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom shaped new visions for a united Europe. These organizations imagined a continental federation that prioritized cooperation, reconciliation, and individualism-qualities they associated with women's leadership. By reframing the failures of the nation-state as products of 'man-made' systems, they offered alternatives grounded in gendered ideas of peace. Drawing on rich archival research, this study challenges conventional narratives of European integration and demonstrates the central role of women in its intellectual foundations. Both timely and provocative, it speaks to enduring debates on democracy, polarization, and international cooperation that continue to resonate today.

インセルの考え方
Smith, David S., The Incel Mindset: Entering and Exiting Inceldom. 289 pp. 2026:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-1112>
ISBN 978-3-032-16384-4 hard ¥31,808.- (税込) EUR 119.99

The Incel Mindset: Entering and Exiting Inceldom delivers the first book-length qualitative analysis of incel communities, addressing a fast-evolving and under-researched area at the intersection of gender, technology, and radicalisation. Drawing on extensive interviews with former incels and systematic analysis of online forums, David S. Smith examines how cognitive distortions, group psychology, structural inequalities, hegemonic masculinity, and digital cultures shape men's experiences of romantic exclusion. The book situates inceldom within the broader manosphere, interrogating the appeal of red and black pill ideologies, the role of dating apps and algorithmic cultures, and the psychosocial dynamics that sustain these communities. Through detailed case studies and theoretical synthesis, Smith explores how incel spaces provide belonging while reinforcing fatalistic worldviews-and, in some cases, pathways to violence. Crucially, the book identifies mechanisms of disengagement and identity reconstruction, offering insights for prevention and intervention. Combining conceptual depth with empirical richness, The Incel Mindset is essential for scholars and advanced students in psychology, sociology, gender studies, criminology, and digital culture, as well as practitioners addressing online extremism and male mental health.

Sotelo Aguirre, Hilda Yaneth, Critical Organic Writing as Feminist Praxis: Weaving Voices, Decolonizing Knowledge. 191 pp. 2026:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-1113>
ISBN 978-3-032-17702-5 hard ¥29,157.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book introduces readers to Critical Organic Writing (COW), or ECO in Spanish, a feminist decolonial methodology that reimagines writing as a pulse of memory, embodiment, and shared world-making. Rather than accepting writing as neutral description, COW/ECO positions it as a relational act in which writer, reader, and past speak through each other, weaving resonances across geographies and generations. Grounded in borderland epistemologies and intersectional critique, COW/ECO affirms vulnerability and affect as generative sites of knowledge and challenges traditions that silence voices shaped by race, gender, migration, and class. Writing thus becomes a form of ethical witnessing and reparative justice, a field where marginalized stories return with renewed cosmological force. This book offers trauma-informed prompts that awaken memory without violation, generative exercises that braid imagination with testimony, and dialogic writing guidelines that resist extractive authorship. Its tools emerge from community projects and pedagogical experiments that honor multilingual expression, embodied critique, and collaborative meaning-making. Responding to a pressing need for alternative writing methods that empower marginalized voices, it will be of interest to academics, students, and educators engaged in feminist theory, critical race studies, and decolonial studies.

Turesky, Elizabeth Fisher / Nemeroff, Carol J., Women Leaders in Higher Education: An Integrative Leadership Development Model. (Palgrave Studies in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Business) 550 pp. 2026:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-1116>
ISBN 978-3-032-13523-0 hard ¥37,110.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book examines the developed leadership perspectives and capacities of 24 women presidents in the northeastern United States from the lenses of organizational behavior and psychology. Building Madsen's groundbreaking work (2008), it highlights how these women overcame challenges and biases to reach the presidency. Based on this analysis, the authors present the Women's Integrative Leadership Development (WILD) model, which integrates and contextualizes the trajectories, relationships, personal characteristics, and leadership skills of the interviewees within an ever-evolving societal landscape. Ultimately, this book distills the shared elements of successful women leaders, offering a valuable resource for those interested in management, career development, HRD, HRM, and organizational behavior, particularly as there are few validated models of leadership development tailored specifically for women.

Torchiani, Francesco, The Unspeakable Vice: The Catholic Church and Homosexuality in the Twentieth Century. (George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas) 216 pp. 2026:4 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US) <766-112>
ISBN 978-0-299-35680-4 hard ¥20,282.- (税込) US$ 89.95

As gay men and lesbian women increasingly gained recognition and acceptance in twentieth-century literature and film, and subsequently in social and political movements, the Catholic Church reacted by subtly moving away from its overt condemnation of homosexuality as an urgent moral problem and toward tacitly shunning homosexuality as an "unspeakable vice." In this revealing history, Francesco Torchiani reconstructs the Catholic Church's shifting attitudes toward homosexuality during this period by drawing on a vast array of internal documents and external accounts. This monograph expands the scholarship on the relationship between Catholicism and homosexuality in terms of both method and content, ultimately concluding that the Catholic Church continues to wholeheartedly condemn homosexuality despite making genuine efforts to reflect on and understand its social and cultural impact. The Unspeakable Vice therefore sheds new light on and places into historical perspective the questions the Catholic Church continues to reckon with regarding its role in contemporary society.

Bolzendahl, Catherine / Coffe, Hilde, Different and Unequal?: Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies. (Elements in Gender and Politics) 75 pp. 2026:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <765-790>
ISBN 978-1-009-59870-5 hard ¥17,000.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-40005-3 paper ¥5,563.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

Examining participation across diverse activities, individual-level explanations, patterns over time, and cross-national differences, this Element analyses gender patterns in participation. It considers a diverse range of activities over ten rounds (2002-2020) of the European Social Survey (ESS) across twenty-six European democracies. It finds strong evidence for a gender differentiation model of political participation - women participate as much or more than men in many areas, such as signing petitions, boycotting, and voting. In contrast, men contact politicians and work for parties more than women. Yet, if women held the same level of political interest as men, differences would shrink, with women demonstrating and posting online as much as men. Gender differences do not vary over time, but context matters, and women in European democracies with greater national levels of gender equality participate significantly more than in less gender-equal nations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

P.セイン著　女性の解放－イギリスにおける参政権から緊縮までの女性の不平等
Thane, Pat, Women's Liberation: Gender Inequality from Suffrage to Austerity. 276 pp. 2026:4 (Polity Pr., UK) <765-801>
ISBN 978-1-5095-6658-7 hard ¥15,772.- (税込) US$ 69.95
ISBN 978-1-5095-6659-4 paper ¥6,527.- (税込) US$ 28.95

As the populist right gains political legitimacy and the backlash against feminist movements grows, pay and health inequalities are worsening, and misogyny has taken on new insidious digital forms, gender equality is as contested and uncertain as it has ever been. How did we get here? And why, despite over a century of protest, has more progress not been made?In this book, acclaimed historian Pat Thane offers a clear-eyed introduction to the key forces that have driven as well as limited the pursuit of gender equality in Britain over the last century. From the fight for enfranchisement to the election of Margaret Thatcher, the rise of New Labour and the impact of austerity, she reveals that gender inequalities have always intersected with inequalities of class, income, disability and ethnicity. With examples spanning education, employment, political representation, health and sexual violence, she explores how and why such profound inequalities have survived and pervaded every area of our lives.Women's Liberation addresses the fundamental question at the heart of this long fight for change: is gender inequality a mainstay of our social, economic and political fabric or is a more hopeful future possible? This lucid and accessible book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding contemporary debates about gender in Britain, as well as twentieth-century social and political history.

Medwinter, Sancha Doxilly et al. (eds.), Diasporic Womanist Sociology: Introducing Hope and Solidarity through Non-Western and Global South Communities and Diasporas. 256 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-876>
ISBN 978-1-032-46472-5 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-46470-1 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Introducing and engaging with womanist frameworks to center the lives of Global South women who live under colonial oppressions, this collection centers the consciousness, spirituality, philosophy, wisdom, community institutions, and ecologies found in a variety of Global South regions and diasporas.Diasporic Womanist Sociology offers a decolonial approach to critical research, interpretive frameworks, pedagogy, mentorship, activism, and building academia-community collectives of solidarity, presenting womanism as a practical framework for personal and professional development for sociologists and scholars in other fields. With contributors from South Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and North America, this book draws on tenets of womanism to shape their practice and engagement with students, scholars, and activists, especially those of the Global South and its diasporas.This volume makes critical contributions to fields ranging from Gender and Women Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, and Decolonial and Postcolonial Theory, and can be assigned to undergraduate and graduate students to explore the foundational work of Black Feminism and gender non-conforming people of color and an inclusive framework of identity, spirituality, and pursuit of social justice.

Steele, Paul D., Civil and Criminal Justice Responses to the Sexual Victimization of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Contexts, Decisions, and Outcomes. (Interpersonal Violence) 400 pp. 2026:8 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <765-603>
ISBN 978-0-19-027563-1 hard ¥31,570.- (税込) US$ 140.00

Zavacka, Marina, A Woman Political Prisoner in Fascist Slovakia: Unlearning Democracy. (Routledge Studies in Modern European History) 180 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-614>
ISBN 978-1-041-19984-7 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Maria Jansakova's 1939 memoir offers a rare, deeply personal account of political repression in wartime Slovakia.Detailing her imprisonment in the Ilava detention camp, she records the harsh physical and psychological conditions of daily life - from solitary confinement in mouldy cells to interrogation routines. Her attentive portrayals of fellow prisoners bridge their civilian identities with their suffering under a pro-Nazi regime, highlighting the broader mechanisms of democratic erosion. After her release, she remained under strict surveillance, isolated in her home. Writing became her coping strategy - the only way to "talk it out."Published in 1946, the memoir soon faded into obscurity as Jansakova again faced pressure from an undemocratic regime, this time the communist one. Rediscovered only in 2018, it now reaches a wider audience, accompanied by a concise, research-driven introduction that situates this overlooked testimony within broader WWII histories.

党派の徳－18世紀の女性の政治思想における包摂の政治
Bol, Geertje J., Partisan Virtue: The Politics of Inclusion in Eighteenth-Century Women's Political Thought. 192 pp. 2026:7 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <765-748>
ISBN 978-0-19-898934-9 hard ¥27,200.- (税込) GB￡ 88.00

Historians of political thought interested in partisanship have long privileged the perspective of male canonical thinkers. Scholars have turned to Thucydides and Plato for insights on stasis, Aristotle on civic friendship, Niccolo Machiavelli on tumults, David Hume and Edmund Burke on political parties, and The Federalist on faction. Even political theorists who are primarily concerned with contemporary theories of partisanship often turn to these "usual suspects" to strengthen their otherwise largely non-historical arguments. Yet this narrow focus on canonical men has led scholars to neglect an important if counterintuitive perspective on partisanship which we find in the political thought of eighteenth-century women, for whom partisanship offered an unexpected but essential means to political inclusion. Partisan Virtue focuses on two such women political thinkers from opposite ends of the political spectrum: the Tory conservative and early feminist Mary Astell and the historian and radical republican Catharine Macaulay. Their identity as women and partisans placed them on the margins of politics--neither fully excluded nor included. As women, they were not allowed to hold public office or cast votes. Yet they were nonetheless partisans who belonged to a political group and intervened in the principal debates of their time. This marginal position enabled Astell and Macaulay to appreciate both the benefits of partisanship as a mechanism of political inclusion for those formally excluded from politics--a mechanism their male contemporaries ignored--and the dangers of the political virtues these men advocated to bridle partisanship. The book argues that the approach to political ethics that emerges from Astell and Macaulay's works should be of continuing interest to contemporary political theorists. Not only does it speak more satisfactorily to current political concerns about polarisation and echo chambers, but theirs is a far more inclusive kind of partisanship than the one offered by their male contemporaries and present-day scholars. It does not ask of people on the margins to get rid of their anger, indignation, or righteousness, before becoming partisans. Instead, Astell and Macaulay embrace these features, and recognise that partisanship, when done right, is precisely the vehicle for the political inclusion of those on the margins.

Cahn, Naomi / Kohn, Nina A., Aging While Female: The Untold Story of Growing Older, Gender, and Law in America. 272 pp. 2027:1 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <765-305>
ISBN 978-0-19-760134-1 hard ¥7,889.- (税込) US$ 34.99

近世世界における食品の生産とジェンダー
Calaresu, Melissa / Manzanares Mileo, Marta (eds.), Food Production and Gender across the Early Modern World. (Food Culture, Food History before 1900) 242 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-311>
ISBN 978-90-485-5941-1 hard ¥43,274.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00

This collection of nine essays presents new research exploring the significance and forms of labour involved in food production across the early modern world from c. 1500 to 1800.Ranging from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean basin and from the Pacific and Atlantic worlds, the volume opens up new directions in research on various activities which have received little attention such as preserving, grinding, curing, and frying. These essays uncover historical actors engaged in the processing of different foodstuffs, whose embodied knowledge and work are often obscured in the historical record, and rendered even less accessible when performed by women.By interpreting genre paintings, revisiting well-known documents, and engaging in hands-on reconstruction research, the essays provide a more nuanced and fuller understanding of food production in and out of the kitchen, and advance long-standing historiographical debates on gender, food, and work in meaningful ways.

Rubery, Jill / Sanchez-Mira, Nuria / Insarauto, V. (eds.), Women in Turbulent Times: Crises, Transitions and Challenges for Gender Equality. (Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics) 376 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-196>
ISBN 978-1-032-86585-0 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-86583-6 paper ¥13,597.- (税込) GB￡ 43.99

The last two decades have been marked by economic and social turmoil - from the global financial crash and the austerity turn to the Covid-19 pandemic, followed by cost-of-living crises, geopolitical conflicts and heightened political divisions. This succession of crises has destabilised economic and political systems and risks undermining the hard-won, albeit slow, progress towards gender equality in contemporary societies. At the same time, the way we live and work is being challenged by rapidly developing AI and digital technologies, the imperative to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions, and unresolved pressures to transform care systems to support women's sustained participation in waged work. Against this backdrop, this volume offers a long-term perspective on turbulence, grounded on comparative and country evidence from Europe, the USA, Australia, and the Global South. The chapters trace how acute shocks, chronic crises and systemic transformations reverberate through labour markets, households and state policies, reshaping gender inequalities and vulnerabilities and their intersections. The concluding discussion argues that turmoil is evolving into a polycrisis -an entanglement of economic, social, and ecological disruptions- while exposing a critical but neglected dimension of turbulence: the crisis of social reproduction and women's pivotal role in managing the tensions between production and the social reproduction spheres. By introducing a gender perspective into the polycrisis debate, this volume speaks to scholars in socioeconomics and gender studies; policy experts and advisors on gender equality; and activists, educators and the general public seeking to understand and address the challenges to gender equality in turbulent times.

Luna, Zakiya / Pirtle, Whitney / Kelekay, Jasmine (eds.), Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis. 2nd ed. (Sociology Re-Wired) 362 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1262>
ISBN 978-1-041-01614-4 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-01612-0 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This new edition of Black Feminist Sociology offers revised and updated chapters on the history, contours, and prospects of the Black feminist tradition in sociology. This volume offers new writings by established and emerging scholars working in a Black feminist tradition that provide important attention to transnational Black feminist perspectives, Black feminist sociological abolition, and Black feminist sociology in connection to other women of color feminisms. As well, this new edition incorporates further pedagogical enhancements, such as an instructor's appendix that includes examples that map how to use the text in the classroom, questions to consider, and links to digital resources. The book overall centers Black feminist sociology (BFS) within the sociology canon and widens it to feature Black feminist sociologists both outside the US and the academy. Inspired by a BFS lens, the chapters are critical, personal, political and oriented toward social justice. Key themes include the origins of BFS, expositions of BFS orientations to research that extend disciplinary norms, and contradictions of the pleasures and costs of such an approach both academically and personally. Authors explore their own sociological legacy of intellectual development to raise critical questions of intellectual thought and self-reflexivity.The book highlights the dynamism of BFS so future generations of scholars can expand upon and beyond the book's key themes. This new edition will be an essential and valuable resource for students and instructors in introductory and intermediate courses in sociology, social theory, race and ethnic studies, Black studies, feminist and womanist studies, and cultural studies.

McNeal, Reanae, Afro-Indigenous Women's Survivance. (Subversive Histories, Feminist Futures) 168 pp. 2026:7 (Routledge, UK) <765-1263>
ISBN 978-1-032-05029-4 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-05028-7 paper ¥12,978.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Afro-Indigenous Women's Survivance explores the rhetorics of survivance of Afro-Indigenous women and their activism. Delving into the way they have historically survived and resisted, it reveals how they navigate interlocking oppression.It also demonstrates the complexities of their identity formations due to the onslaught of discrimination and as an integral part of their survivance. Using case studies, this book features Afro-Indigenous activists across social locations while revealing the themes that underscore their implementation of their rhetorics of survivance. Thus, underscoring the valuable contributions Afro-Indigenous women make to healing colonial, historical, racial, and gendered racial traumas by telling their stories, sharing their wisdom systems, preserving women ancestors, and implementing activist projects. This book argues that Afro-Indigenous women sustain and preserve a larger category of Indigeneity that intertwines their Black and Native heritage.Afro-Indigenous Women's Survivance is deal for scholars and students in Indigenous studies, African American studies, gender studies, and decolonial theory, this text invites activists, educators, and researchers to engage deeply with Afro-Indigenous women's stories as transformative acts of resistance and recovery.

Barr, Jessica, Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death. 288 pp. 2026:2 (U. Notre Dame Pr., US) <765-1275>
ISBN 978-0-268-21094-6 hard ¥14,657.- (税込) US$ 65.00

Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death investigates the tension between death as necessary for bringing about union with God and as the end of life on earth.For medieval Christians, only death could offer complete union with God. For medieval women in particular, death was figured as a desirable end to their embodied lives; at least, this is the story told by the clergymen who typically wrote their biographies. Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death questions this assumption and studies visionary narratives, treatises, and spiritual reflections by and about medieval Christian women from the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries to reveal how these women understood their own deaths and how their depictions conformed to or departed from the stories told about them.Rather than focusing on externalities like rituals, revenants, or miracles, Jessica Barr instead tackles the desire for death from the inside, seeking to elucidate the ways in which medieval people anticipated or experienced biological death on a personal level. In narrating their spiritual lives within the framework of deeply held Christian beliefs, these medieval women mystics illustrate how theology and experience converge-and, not infrequently, diverge.

Bartley, Paula, Trailblazers: The First Women Elected to Government. 305 pp. 2026:5 (Polity Pr., UK) <765-1276>
ISBN 978-1-5095-6797-3 hard ¥6,752.- (税込) US$ 29.95

In 1907, a lesbian feminist vegetarian stepped into male history. She was one of nineteen Finnish politicians, the first women in the world to be elected to the ruling body of any country. These women sparked a chain reaction that would ignite across the globe. More - many, many more - were to follow.Trailblazers is the story of some of the most extraordinary women - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - who trailblazed their way into a privileged male-only space: electoral representation. From aristocratic revolutionaries to women from the poorest backgrounds, these trailblazers risked everything to claim space in the corridors of power. Some faced arrest, exile, torture, even death. But nearly all of them had one thing in common: they defied the rules, challenged male authority and demanded a voice, not just for themselves but for the women in their country.Trailblazers is not a neat tale of steady progress but a white-knuckle ride with some of the world's most extraordinary women. It is a raw chronicle of resistance and rebellion, of setbacks and victories covering a century of global conflict, liberation movements and political transformations. Through vivid storytelling, this meticulously researched book honours the women who laid the groundwork for the leaders of today.A compelling read for anyone who wants to understand the roots of women's political power, and who love daring, and sometimes flawed, heroines, untold stories and real-world inspiration. This is more than a history book - it is a celebration of courage, a reminder of how far we have come, a call to action and a tribute to those who dared to demand their rights.

Bowker, Anne / Mantler, Janet / Bider, Emma et al., We Need to Talk About Menopause: Real Stories from Women's Lived Experiences. 164 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1279>
ISBN 978-1-041-10356-1 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-10271-7 paper ¥6,178.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

We Need to Talk about Menopause uses engaging storytelling and sharp analysis to explore the lived experiences of women going through menopause, breaking the silence around a topic that is often considered taboo. Written by a team of psychologists and anthropologists, it aims to provide support, understanding, and visibility for women navigating this major life transition and to reframe menopause as a time of transformation rather than deficiency.Through the stories of 60 different women, the book explores the physical and emotional toll of menopause, the impacts it can have on work and personal lives, and how these women navigated relationships, aging, and body image in a world that often stigmatizes this transition. The book shares personal stories about intrusive symptoms, feelings of isolation, and the struggle to talk openly about menopause. It encourages women and their families to start honest conversations, learn from each other, and recognize menopause as a unique and transformative experienceIt is valuable reading for those going through the menopause transition, their partners and families as well as medical professionals to hear the stories that don't often make it to their consultations. Amplifying these voices fosters a collective understanding of menopause as a natural, multifaceted experience.The authors have created a dedicated website to complement this book, offering a wealth of resources and support for women navigating menopause. Visit https://carleton.ca/conversations-about-menopause/ to explore additional insights, tools, and guidance.

クイア・トランス研究から学ぶ－入門
Catalano, D. Chase J. / Baldwin, Andrea N. et al. (eds.), Learning from Queer and Trans Studies: An Introduction. 232 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1282>
ISBN 978-1-032-87348-0 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-86863-9 paper ¥12,978.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Learning from Queer and Trans Studies introduces readers to key topics in queer and trans studies and employs a queer and trans pedagogy through its non-linear structure that makes connections across disciplines, topics, fields of study, time, and place.Employing a thematic structure and innovatively introducing readers to trans and queer histories, language, geographies, theories, communities, bodies, and politics, the book centres queer and trans lives, and uses "queer" and "trans" as methodologies for understanding the social world. As well as addressing established topics within the field, the text encourages critical analysis of personal, institutional, and structural dynamics that influence social, economic, education, medical, and political realities.Addressing trans and queer topics from intersectional, global, and transdisciplinary perspectives, Learning from Queer and Trans Studies: An Introduction is an important text for all those studying Gender Studies, Sociology, Politics, Literature, and many other subjects.

Fasoli, Fabio / Carnaghi, Andrea (eds.), Exploring Identity, Diversity and Stigma in LGBTQ+ Lives: Social Psychological Perspectives. (European Monographs in Social Psychology) 260 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1285>
ISBN 978-1-032-94077-9 hard ¥46,365.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00
ISBN 978-1-032-94076-2 paper ¥11,433.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99

This cutting-edge book provides a comprehensive overview of up-to-date research in the field of social psychology of gender identity and sexual orientation. The book is unique in considering perspectives from both dominant and marginalised groups. It illustrates how LGBTQ+ individuals conceptualise gender identity and sexual orientation and their intersections with other social categories. At the same time, the book examines how the dominant group (heterosexual cisgender individuals) form impressions and interact with LGBTQ+ people and how these people navigate social norms, expectations, and stigma.Across the different chapters, the book examines the experiences of stigma in different life stages and contexts and maps out the different ways in which stigma manifests and impacts the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals. The book also addresses strategies to reduce stigma and will provide solid and contemporary evidence-based knowledge to pave the way for a more inclusive future.Offering a way to better understand similarities and differences in gender and sexual minorities' experiences from a social psychological perspective, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of gender and sexualities, social psychology, sociology. It will also appeal to EDI consultants looking for research-informed resources, health professionals and anyone interested in knowing more about LGBTQ topics.

Fuller, Kay (ed.), Reimagining Feminist Leadership Praxis in Higher Education: Theories, Values and Politics. 172 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1286>
ISBN 978-1-032-83212-8 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-83209-8 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Re-imagining Feminist Leadership Praxis in Higher Education takes an approach that is grounded in feminist principles and practices.This book highlights inclusivity, equity, empathy, collaboration and actively confronts and dismantles entrenched hierarchical power structures that reinforce gender inequality and other oppressions. Its carefully curated chapters explore the progressive theories, principles, and politics guiding leadership within higher education. Direct voices of feminist leaders emerge through critical, self-reflective engagement with their equity-driven leadership practices, while scholars of feminist leadership contribute by employing the framework of transformative leadership praxis to interpret and explain their empirical research.A must-read for anyone interested in how feminists do leadership, rather than how many women do leadership, this key title breaks new ground in the field of women, gender and feminism in educational leadership and amplifies examples of professional activism that will embolden feminist leadership within higher education.

Lehmann, Hilary J. C. / Plastow, Christine (eds.), Gender, Status, and Space in Athenian Oratory and Society. 336 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1287>
ISBN 978-1-032-49308-4 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Intellectual shifts in the late 20th century led to profound change in the questions that could be asked about the ancient world; the chapters in this volume are inspired by the way these shifts have affected scholars' attitude towards and use of Athenian oratory in the study of social history.Readers will encounter some of the most up-to-date directions of enquiry in the social historical study of the Athenian orators. Case studies from across the corpus of the orators explore themes in gender, status, and space as well as their intersections. The contributors to this volume, primarily early career researchers representing a range of nationalities and academic positions, combine philological and social-historical methodologies with disciplinarily diverse contemporary theoretical frameworks, including spatial analysis, queer theory, and disability theory.Gender, Status, and Space in Athenian Oratory and Society is intended for students and scholars of the Athenian orators and of Athenian social history, and is designed to be accessible to readers without extensive knowledge of ancient Greek.

マリー・テレーズ・シャルロット
Mensch, Matthieu, Marie-Therese Charlotte of France: Daughter of Marie-Antoinette and Almost Queen. (Lives of Royal Women) 416 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1291>
ISBN 978-1-032-75484-0 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-75486-4 paper ¥12,978.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

This book provides a comprehensive account of the long-neglected but fascinating figure Marie-Therese Charlotte (1778-1851), the only surviving daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Duchesse d'Angouleme, then Dauphine and de jure Queen of France.Using a vast array of iconographic sources as proof that the princess was far from unknown to her contemporaries, Mensch explores the evolution of Marie-Therese Charlotte's image, arguing that although her life was marked by many exiles, she occupied and redefined the role of queen during the Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830). A de facto queen during the reign of her uncles, Louis XVIII and Charles X, she truly became one in exile. The last avatar of an Ancien Regime society that had disappeared, she continued to represent a certain idea of monarchy at the heart of a Europe in the throes of revolutions. Her life raises questions about queenship in France and the role, place and definition of women in the royal family after more than twenty years marked by the Revolution and the Empire.This volume stands as valuable resource for students and scholars of French history, the long nineteenth century, the Napoleonic period, and queenship and court studies. For general readers, the book presents a unique opportunity to discover a little-known historical figure.

中世中欧における女性の地位と社会的役割
Mozejko, Beata / Pieniadz, A. / Binias-Szkopek, M. (eds.), Status and Social Roles of Women in Central Europe in the Middle Ages. (Studies in Medieval History and Culture) 262 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1292>
ISBN 978-1-032-80380-7 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book presents a comprehensive overview of women's activities in various spheres of life in medieval Poland and its neighbouring countries, seeking to move beyond the commonly accepted perspective of queens and higher nobility from the social elite to rural women, townswomen and poor noblewomen.The authors provide the broadest possible overview of these women's activities, encompassing their domestic, religious, economic, and cultural lives. Women are presented as active characters, not merely as objects of male actions. The limits of this activity were set by a system of norms and values and the resulting power relations within and outside the family. A fundamental problem in the study of women in the Middle Ages is the limited number and type of surviving sources, as well as their chronological and geographical distribution. Their voices are barely audible and almost always mediated. Despite these difficulties, the source material from the medieval period proves abundant enough to allow the contributors to take a broad look at the fate of women and their roles in many aspects and perspectives.This volume will appeal to students and scholars alike interested in the history of women and their significance in medieval society.