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

Bogetic, Ksenija (ed.), Language, Gender and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe. (Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality) 371 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-792>
ISBN 978-3-031-84527-7 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This volume is the first book-length collection of research on language, gender and sexuality in the societies of central and eastern Europe. Spanning a range of languages and political contexts, the chapters shed light on the intense debates that connect language use, gender equality, sexuality, history and belonging in this region today, while advancing perspectives on semiotic resignification that complicate some western-dominated frameworks in the discipline. Focused on a space increasingly described as a hub of 'anti-gender' hostility - as we currently witness in the curtailing of abortion rights, removal of gender from curricula and institutionalisation of anti-LBGTQ rhetoric - the book also foregrounds the rich continuities of feminist theory and protest in post-socialist societies, and their import for rethinking transnational sociolinguistic perspectives on heteronormative patriarchy, 'anti-genderism', neoliberalism, imperialism and conflict. Showcasing a range of approaches, themes and angles of inquiry, the book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students researching the topics of gender and sexuality within linguistics, but also within other interdisciplinary areas of the humanities and social sciences.

政党政治のジェンダー化
Kenny, Meryl / Bjarnegard, Elin (eds.), Gendering Party Politics: Feminist Institutionalist Perspectives. (Studies in Feminist Institutionalism) 304 pp. 2025:11 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <749-793>
ISBN 978-0-19-779398-5 hard ¥27,442.- (税込) US$ 132.00
ISBN 978-0-19-779399-2 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Stauffer, Katelyn E., The Politics of Perception: How Beliefs About Women's Inclusion Shape Democratic Legitimacy in the US. 296 pp. 2025:12 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <749-799>
ISBN 978-0-19-781102-3 hard ¥27,442.- (税込) US$ 132.00
ISBN 978-0-19-781103-0 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 27.95

Mishra, Saurabh, Emotions, Science, and Gender, 1800-1960: The Case of Ornithology in India. 242 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-80>
ISBN 978-3-031-86760-6 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book presents a novel approach to the history of science by moving beyond the traditional focus on scientific authorities, institutions, and informants. It argues that histories of science cannot be limited to the study of 'science' alone, but must also consider the formation of scientific subjectivities (suffused with emotions), which were neither pre-formed nor fixed. Examining how individual scientific perspectives were formed within the context of non-settler colonies, the author focuses specifically on the case of ornithology in India. He highlights the role of gender, particularly femininity, and the work of 'women of science,' an area that has received limited attention in colonial histories of science. Simultaneously, the book explores how gendered categories of masculinity and femininity were implicated in these practices and reformulated in the process. This book also examines the intersection between science and emotion. For example, the author explores the influence of loneliness, grief, arrogance, and racial superiority in attracting people to science and shaping their works. Drawing on concepts from the history of emotions, such as 'emotional communities,' 'emotional clusters,' and 'emotional performances,' the book highlights the fluid nature of emotional experiences within scientific practices. This interdisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive understanding of how emotional, gendered, and scientific subjectivities were entangled within a complex colonial context.

ジェンダーと外交
Stephenson, Elise / Singh Rathore, Khushi (eds.), Gender and Diplomacy: Critical Junctures, Innovations and Future Research Directions. 288 pp. 2025:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-841>
ISBN 978-3-031-83063-1 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This edited collection aims to bring new contexts and research innovations to study the changing nature of gender in diplomacy. Whilst historically most diplomats were men, in the twenty-first century, the proportion of women (and others of diverse backgrounds) has increased markedly and in select cases, surpasses men. Digital diplomacy, glass cliffs, diplomatic gatekeeping, nation branding, queer and critical race studies and more have begun to be studied in the context of gender and diplomacy, raising new questions, in new contexts, and driving new innovations in diplomacy. How is diplomacy responding to these changes? How does gender, sexuality and race intersect to reproduce diplomatic relations? This edited collection unpacks the queering of diplomacy, the security/diplomacy nexus, gender and West/non-West distinctions in diplomacy, gender and foreign policy, and women in MFAs and foreign service.

Liu, Qian, Leftover Women in China: Understanding Legal Consciousness through Intergenerational Relationships. 245 pp. 2025:8 (U. California Pr., US) <749-928>
ISBN 978-0-520-42307-7 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-40574-5 paper ¥7,265.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Johannemann, Hendrik, Opposing Desires: The Contentious Politics of the South Korean Anti-LGBT Movement. (Social Movement and Protest 17) 474 S. 2025:3 (Transcript, GW) <749-941>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7706-5 paper ¥12,947.- (税込) EUR 55.00

In times of right-wing populists gaining traction worldwide, conservative Christians engage in both continuous and dynamic action forms to gain societal and political hegemony. Hendrik Johannemann?delves deeply into the contentious practices of the South Korean anti-LGBT movement, investigating its roots, framing strategies, transnational ties, and political endeavors. Sociologists, political scientists and practitioners alike will discover how this dynamic continuity runs like a thread through anti-LGBT politics in Korea, displaying not just another far-right success story, but unveiling also contradictions and internal conflicts.

Bhagavan, Manu, The Remarkable Madame Pandit: Champion of India, Citizen of the World. 600 pp. 2025:9 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <749-955>
ISBN 978-0-231-22246-4 hard ¥33,264.- (税込) US$ 160.00
ISBN 978-0-231-22247-1 paper ¥8,316.- (税込) US$ 40.00

A pioneering politician and diplomat, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990) was an Indian icon, admired worldwide for her brilliance and glamour. Eleanor Roosevelt called her "the most remarkable woman" she had ever met. Madame Pandit, as she was widely known, moved in elite global circles even as she worked to improve the lives of millions. She traded quips with Winston Churchill, worked alongside Albert Einstein, and was detained for the attempted assassination of Benito Mussolini. She even came out of retirement to campaign against her own niece, Indira Gandhi, to stop an authoritarian takeover and save Indian democracy.The Remarkable Madame Pandit is the definitive biography of India's greatest modern diplomat. Manu Bhagavan chronicles Pandit's life and times, from her upbringing in an illustrious family to her role in her country's fight for independence and through her globe-trotting career bridging East and West. Pandit was India's first woman cabinet minister, an ambassador to the United States and the Soviet Union, and the first woman elected president of the UN General Assembly. Her influence extended well beyond these formal roles: she became one of the most prominent international voices for peace while paving the way for women in many fields. Based on eight years of research using material in five languages from seven countries, this book tells Madame Pandit's gripping story in full-and in so doing, retells the history of India and the world in the twentieth century.

運動における女性たち－西ベルリンにおけるトルコからの移民の政治空間　1961～89年
Kimmerle, Elisabeth, Frauen in Bewegung: Politische Raeume von Migrantinnen aus der Tuerkei in West-Berlin 1961-1989. (Geschichte der Gegenwart 38) 450 S. 2025:9 (Wallstein Vlg., GW) <749-984>
ISBN 978-3-8353-5916-1 hard ¥9,180.- (税込) EUR 39.00

Wie Frauen aus der Tuerkei ihre politischen Handlungsspielraeume zwischen West-Berlin und der Tuerkei erweiterten ? eine neue Perspektive auf Migration, Geschlecht und politische Bewegungen. Migration hat die deutsche Gesellschaft tiefgreifend veraendert. Wenig Beachtung als politische Akteurinnen fanden bislang Frauen, die seit den 1960er Jahren auch aus der Tuerkei zur Arbeit nach Westdeutschland kamen. Dabei waren Migrantinnen oft treibende Kraefte sozialen und politischen Wandels. Ob Vereinbarkeit von Lohnarbeit und Familie, kommunales Wahlrecht oder eigenstaendiges Aufenthaltsrecht: Migrantinnen brachten Themen auf die politische Agenda, die geltende Konzepte von Arbeit, Geschlecht und Staatsbuergerschaft in Frage stellten. Elisabeth Kimmerle untersucht am Beispiel von West-Berlin, wie Migrantinnen aus der Tuerkei fuer ihre Rechte kaempften. Entlang sozialer Raeume wie der Fabrik, dem Frauenwohnheim, der Strasse und Frauenlaeden zeichnet sie den Wandel migrantischer Selbstorganisation zwischen 1961 und 1989 aus transnationaler und geschlechtergeschichtlicher Perspektive nach. Anhand zahlreicher Archivquellen und Interviews mit Zeitzeuginnen werden deren Erfahrungen und politische Raeume jenseits von Parteien und Gewerkschaften sichtbar. Diese intersektionale Perspektive auf Migration und Geschlecht bietet neue Einblicke in die Geschichte migrantischer Kaempfe und zeigt, wie das ≫Private≪ in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft zum Politischen wurde.

Glassman, Ronald M., The Great Global Transformation: Gender, Race, and Democracy in the Age of Capitalism. (Contributions to Political Science) 252 pp. 2025:7 (Springer, GW) <749-760>
ISBN 978-3-031-90565-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book explores Karl Polanyi's concept of labor, land, and money as "fictional commodities" created by the market. Capitalism transformed these elements, shifting labor from artisanal crafts to factory wage work, land from communal ownership to private property, and money from a medium of exchange to capital for profit. The book extends Polanyi's vision to modern transformations, analyzing the impact of automation, Artificial Intelligence, and technological advancements on society. It examines the great changes in gender, sexuality, race, and religion, highlighting the ongoing evolution of social and cultural norms. Additionally, the book analyzes the complex relationship between free market capitalism and democracy, offering insights into the balance of power and the future of democratic governance in a rapidly changing world. This book critically analyzes the forces shaping contemporary society. It will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers in political science, economics, and the social sciences, interested in a better understanding of the great global transformation.

Threadcraft, Shatema, The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian Democracy. 288 pp. 2025:10 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <749-773>
ISBN 978-0-19-775857-1 hard ¥20,582.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-775858-8 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 27.95

19世紀以降の人権、家族、国際主義
Moses, Julia (ed.), Human Rights, the Family, and Internationalism Since the Nineteenth Century. 336 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-519>
ISBN 978-3-031-85365-4 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book examines one of the key issues shaping global considerations of human rights today: the idea of the family as a protected category. Bringing together historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and historical sociologists, the book investigates how ideas about the family and sexuality intersected with thinking about human rights, for example, through new international law and international institutions; social movements targeting issues related to religion, gender, and sexuality; historical developments such as war and the collapse of empires; and, developments in the social sciences. It features case studies on regions around the globe, as well as on relevant international organisations and individuals who have been influential in this area. In doing so, the contributors to this collection interrogate the relationship between human rights related to the family, and broader debates about rights related to gender and sexuality.

Buxton, Rebecca / Ritholtz, Samuel, The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge. 229 pp. 2026:1 (U. California Pr., US) <749-544>
ISBN 978-0-520-39175-8 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-39176-5 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

The global refugee regime has shifted under our feet. Over the last forty years, the international system of asylum has expanded to include the queer and trans displaced. At least thirty-seven states accept LGBTIQ refugees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, with some countries providing specialized support. And yet, despite this expansion, there is growing backlash against refugee protection as well as the hard-earned rights of LGBTIQ people. While the refugee regime has expanded, the reality of global protection remains exclusionary.The Way Out displays the multifaceted character of displacement for queer and trans people around the world. In centering the personal narratives of LGBTIQ refugees, this book reveals the shortcomings of the existing refugee protection regime's capacity to provide sanctuary from the harms that drive displacement. Rebecca Buxton and Samuel Ritholtz's focus on these experiences offers a vibrant example of theory brought to life.

Smith, Jadwiga S. / Smith, W. S. / Sassine, M. A.(eds.), Women Phenomenologists Past and Present: The Human Being in the World: Subjectivism and Modalities of the Real and Art. (Analecta Husserliana 126) 362 pp. 2025:8 (Springer, GW) <749-55>
ISBN 978-3-031-80075-7 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This edited volume investigates a much-needed exploration of women phenomenologists, past and present, in particular, Hannah Arendt, Hedwig Conrad-Martius, Edith Stein, and Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka. The sections covered are devoted to the phenomenological exploration of autobiography, subjectivism, and posthumanism as dealing with modalities of the real and art (poetry and music, in particular). This volume includes, among others, a study of the autobiography of Husserl, a phenomenological analysis of an immigrant experience, a poetic autobiography, and a phenomenological recollection of emotions through artistic media. Chapters also explore the notions of empathy, certain aspects of mental illness and trauma, and the experience of patients. This book appeals to students and researchers working in applied phenomenology.

Winchester, James J., Eros, Pleasure, Friendship, and The Good Life. 174 pp. 2025:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-61>
ISBN 978-3-031-88152-7 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

The book invites its readers to explore the role erotic love, pleasure, and friendship play in crafting a good life. These topics are enduring themes that captures the heart of human existence, and have been the focus of many works of philosophy and literature. However, there remains scope for further examination. This book offers a compelling case to expand the exploration beyond the preponderance of white, male canonical figures that have dominated the field, in order to include an array of scholars that more accurately capture the diversity of humanity. It does so by drawing on Greek, Asian, Africana, Continental, and Feminist thinkers, and exploring a myriad of literary works to illustrate and interrogate the theories.

Walker, Allyn / Wodda, Aimee, Abolition and Queer Justice. 304 pp. 2025:12 (U. California Pr., US) <749-626>
ISBN 978-0-520-39908-2 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-39909-9 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

This book issues a powerful call to action: queer justice requires the abolition of the prison industrial complex. Bringing together historical, empirical, pedagogical, and personal essays that welcome readers into the complex and hopeful work of abolition, this collective project highlights a range of anticarceral resistance work. Intersectional and actionable by design, Abolition and Queer Justice features the voices of scholars and activists from across queer criminology and invites students, scholars, and activists to join together to advance truly transformative goals.

Maccio, Elaine M. / Ferguson, Kristin, LGBTQ+ Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Practice, Policy, and Research. 352 pp. 2025:11 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <749-282>
ISBN 978-0-231-22070-5 hard ¥30,145.- (税込) US$ 145.00
ISBN 978-0-231-22071-2 paper ¥7,484.- (税込) US$ 36.00

For years, 20 to 40 percent of the runaway and homeless youth (RHY) population have identified as LGBTQ+, a vastly disproportionate share relative to the general population. These youths experience lower rates of family reunification compared with their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts, and there are few LGBTQ+-affirming programs and services to which they can turn.This book offers a comprehensive review of best practices, current policies, and the latest research regarding LGBTQ+ runaway and homeless youth. Elaine M. Maccio and Kristin Ferguson describe the prevalence and demographics of LGBTQ+ youth in the context of the larger RHY population, sharing current understandings of sexual orientation and gender identity. Combining empirical data with vivid case vignettes, they delve into the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ RHY, considering a range of issues, including physical and mental health, risk and protective factors, and parents and families. Maccio and Ferguson identify available and ideal support mechanisms, providing a detailed look at practice, programs, policies, and advocacy. The book concludes with practical recommendations to improve well-being and promote positive outcomes.LGBTQ+ Runaway and Homeless Youth is the preeminent reference and resource for students, instructors, practitioners, service providers, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders who are invested in improving the lives of this vulnerable population.

Stone, Louise / Waldron, E. / Searle, R. et al. (eds.), Sexual Harassment between Doctors: Healing Medical Cultures Around the World. 2025:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <749-304>
ISBN 978-1-009-67302-0 hard ¥32,510.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00
ISBN 978-1-009-67306-8 paper ¥10,742.- (税込) GB￡ 38.00

Vijeyarasa, Ramona, Rewriting the Rules: Gender-Responsive Lawmaking for the Twenty-First Century. 236 pp. 2026:1 (U. California Pr., US) <749-476>
ISBN 978-0-520-42353-4 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-41296-5 paper ¥7,265.- (税込) US$ 34.95

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Rewriting the Rules considers what law would look like if it were written with women in mind. Examining both where the law stands today and the ground left to walk if it is to be truly equitable, Ramona Vijeyarasa takes readers on a global journey of gender-responsive lawmaking across seven legal domains: gender-based violence, shared parenting, corporate board representation, small-scale mining, budgeting, modern slavery, and artificial intelligence. A legislative tour of good and bad practice from every continent, this book affirms that law reform can make a gender-equal world possible.

宗教におけるクイア・トランス研究ハンドブック
Wilcox, Melissa M. (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Studies in Religion. 560 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-149>
ISBN 978-3-031-88255-5 hard ¥47,076.- (税込) EUR 199.99

This Handbook is a first-of-its-kind, high-quality reference resource guiding readers through the burgeoning fields of queer and trans studies in religion, and pointing them toward the newest directions these fields are taking or should take. The chapters cover both theoretical and methodological considerations, and also highlight the histories, perspectives, and ongoing activism of queer and trans people in a wide array of religious contexts. Written by a team of both established senior scholars and emerging scholars, all working on the leading edges of the field, and edited by a senior scholar who also authored the first-ever introduction to the field, this handbook aims to play a role in defining queer and trans studies in religion for years to come.

D.エルソン読本－ジェンダー、開発、マクロ経済政策
Elson, Diane, The Diane Elson Reader: Gender, Development and Macroeconomic Policy. 224 pp. 2025:9 (Agenda Pub., UK) <749-157>
ISBN 978-1-78821-855-9 paper ¥5,650.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

This volume brings together seminal papers and contributions from Diane Elson's extensive back catalogue, including key contributions from the pre-digital era that are now difficult to find. The collection reflects the author's enduring fascination with the interaction of gender, development and economics and the relevance of her thinking for tackling inequality and economic problems today.

Heggeness, Misty L., Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy. 239 pp. 2026:1 (U. California Pr., US) <749-159>
ISBN 978-0-520-40311-6 hard ¥5,602.- (税込) US$ 26.95

A feminist romp through pop culture that illuminates how women impact and shape the economy. Taylor Swift and Beyonce aren't just pop megastars. They are working women, whose astounding accomplishments defy patriarchal norms. And while not all women can be Rihanna or Dolly Parton or Reese Witherspoon, their successes help us understand the central role of everyday women in today's economy. Swiftynomics assesses the complex economic lives of American women. Drawing insights from pathbreakers like Taylor Swift, Misty Heggeness digs into the data revealing women's hidden contributions and aspirations-the unexamined value they create by following their own ambitions. She confronts misconceptions about the roles women play in today's economy by highlighting the abundance of productive activity occurring in their daily lives and acknowledging the barriers they still face. Lighthearted but substantive, Swiftynomics explores critical reforms like paying caregivers for work on behalf of their families and collecting statistical documentation of gendered labor that currently goes unrecognized. Heggeness also offers advice for women so they can thrive in an economy that was not built for them.

セクシュアリティの人口学第二国際ハンドブック
Baumle, Amanda K. / Oyarvide Tuthill, Zelma (eds.), Second International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality. (International Handbooks of Population 14) 436 pp. 2025:7 (Springer, GW) <749-248>
ISBN 978-3-031-87910-4 hard ¥42,368.- (税込) EUR 179.99

A decade after the publication of the first International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality, there have been fundamental shifts in how we measure sexual and gender identities and the breadth of available population-level sexuality data. The chapters in this second edition of this handbook provide guidance on methodological approaches involved in studying population sexuality, as well as insight into the ways that sexuality shapes key demographic outcomes. Chapters examine how we measure sexual identities and behaviors on surveys, sexuality changes across the life course, international perspectives on sexual behaviors and identities, and the ways that sexual identities shape families, labor market experiences, and health outcomes. Despite these developments, we still know relatively little about key demographic questions related to fertility and migration for sexual minorities, as well as about understudied topics of sexuality that fall outside of risk-focused analyses. In particular, much of our understanding of sexuality has been motivated by controlling the spread of sexually transmitted infections or adolescent pregnancies, rather than understanding motivations for sexual interactions, such as pleasure. Accordingly, although the research set forth in this book provides insight into existing knowledge of sexual behavior and of sexual minority populations, the chapters also point researchers and policymakers toward needed areas of research and data collection.

Cvorovic, Jelena, Unwanted Childbearing and Child Nutritional Status in the Western Balkan Roma Communities. 171 pp. 2025:5 (Springer, GW) <749-1111>
ISBN 978-3-031-91535-2 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book investigates the relationship between maternal investment, unwanted births, and child nutritional outcomes in five poor communities of the Western Balkan Roma. Based on an evolutionary approach, the book directly assesses variability in Roma mothers' parental care using data from UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys 5 and 6 for the Roma settlements in Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The book includes useful information about Roma communities in the Western Balkans and their history and sufferings in the region. It reviews this history against the data on unwanted childbearing globally and in low- and middle-income countries. It addresses concerns related to Roma people's integration into European society, despite their longstanding presence in Europe. The book analyses the existence of health differentials among Roma children themselves, suggesting that some children are especially vulnerable. Therefore, it critically assesses how multiple (levels of) vulnerabilities affect differential Roma parental investment in children. This book is a useful resource for researchers interested in Roma studies, children's well-being, wellbeing of marginal groups, social work and social justice.

Pavlidis, Adele / Fullagar, Simone / O'Brien, Wendy, Feminist Futures for Sport: Tracing the Affective Dynamics of Gender Equity in Sport Organizations. (New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures) 198 pp. 2025:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1113>
ISBN 978-3-031-83618-3 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book examines the historical present as a turning point for women who are moving into traditional masculine cultures of team contact sports. The authors investigate how shifting gender dynamics are reshaping sports practices, organisations, and representations. They ask: What happens when women's sporting bodies enter spaces that have historically excluded them? How is this change embodied, experienced, and navigated by athletes, stakeholders, and organizations within the broader sports ecosystem? And how does resistance to gender equality manifest in different forms? Exploring how the challenge of gender inequity materialises through the relations and actions that are transforming sport organisations in complex ways, the book suggests that change must be translated in time and space, recognising the global and local forces that shape the sociomateriality of sport practices, organisations and assemblages. The pursuit of gender equity in sport as a political, economic and cultural phenomenon, raises key questions about how 'value', 'markets', 'space' and 'time' materialise through gendered formations. In this way the authors articulate a feminist future of sport for the present.

フェミニスト、クイア、トランスの語り研究ハンドブック
Nuenning, Vera / Assmann, Corinna (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies. 604 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1166>
ISBN 978-3-031-75863-8 hard ¥54,138.- (税込) EUR 229.99

The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection between narrative theory and feminist, queer and trans* theory. Bringing together eminent and emerging scholars from a range of disciplines, it foregrounds connections between new views on gender and recent developments in narratology. The first section outlines key concepts for the study of narrative and gender and features theory-oriented chapters on what it means for the study of narrative to go beyond gender binaries. The middle sections cover some of the currently most influential fields of narratology and literary theory: cognitive and eco-narratology, postcolonial studies, as well as concepts that are central to both narrative and gender studies, such as affect and performativity. The last section explores the meaning of gender in various genres and media formats, from science fiction and trans* autobiographies to film, TV and social media. This field-changing volume shows how the proliferation of new ways to think about gender identity and sexuality demands a strong reconsideration of narratological methodologies. Chapter 23 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Shojaei, Raha, Veiled Voices in Postrevolutionary Iranian Cinema: Women's Vocal Presence and Rethinking Acousmatic Sound. 160 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1175>
ISBN 978-3-031-92272-5 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book examines the vocal presence of women in postrevolutionary Iranian cinema. The research explores the concept of the veiled voice, which conceals the bodily aspects of the voice and suppresses its discursive elements. Studying the "veiling" of women's voices in New Iranian Cinema, how they relate to authoritative voices, and their limitations in cinematic spaces, the book addresses the detachment of women's voices from their bodies in some films. The book argues that this detachment is often used as a feminist strategy to bypass constraints on female portrayal on camera. The book dissects how these voices are often marginalized within the cinematic space, either structurally, narratively, or due to patriarchal adherence. It also discusses the concept of the acousmatic voice, particularly in the context of Iranian cinema, where the female voice-off is used as a spatial veil, contributing to the marginalization of women. Although Michael Chion's concept of the acousmetre is based on classic Hollywood cinema, this book shows that the mere presence of an off-screen voice does not ensure a predictable impact in the filmic world. In New Iranian Cinema, influenced by factors like modesty rules, the off-screen voice untethered to a body can serve as a presentational strategy rather than just a cinematic narrational device. The book also investigates the unveiling of the female voice as a subject of aesthetic admiration and desire within the cinematic realm, navigating censorship through religious and cinematic elements and explores how cinematic spaces manipulate the presence and embodiment of the unveiled voice to avoid revealing its true source. The book is also informed by the author's experience as the first woman sound designer working in the Iranian film industry.

Spiers, Aurore, Archiving the Past: Women's Film History in France, 1927-1978. (Feminist Media Histories) 218 pp. 2026:1 (U. California Pr., US) <749-1177>
ISBN 978-0-520-40080-1 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-40082-5 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Archiving the Past uncovers the story of the women in France who, from the 1920s to the 1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinema's history: as archivists charged with collecting films and other materials, as witnesses tasked with remembering their own film careers, and as activists committed to recovering women's contributions to film history. Reflecting on how gender politics informs the production of film history, Aurore Spiers recasts the film archive as a site of women's agency, modeling strategies for inclusivity, recuperation, and liberation within feminist film historiography.

Ramos, Nic John, Health as Property: Racial Capitalism and Sexual Liberalism in Los Angeles. (American Crossroads) 366 pp. 2025:12 (U. California Pr., US) <749-1230>
ISBN 978-0-520-40412-0 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-40413-7 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Health as Property shows how responses to racism can be predatory, harmful, and dangerous to poor people of color. Nic Ramos examines a Black-led academic medical center known as King-Drew that was built in response to the 1965 Watts Uprising. Forged by the political willingness of white voters to experiment with anti-poverty programs in poor neighborhoods of color, the health system's multiple missions represented the freedom dreams of civil rights, Black Power, welfare rights, and consumer rights activists in the 1960s and 1970s. However, during Los Angeles's rise as a global city in the 1970s and 1980s, white voters' desire to realize these dreams was curtailed by renewed narratives of health rooted in racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic ideas about poor people of color. Instead of working to combat the forces of racial and sexual capitalism underlying health inequality, a diverse group of liberal progressive leaders inverted the healthcare aims of King-Drew. Health as Property demonstrates how healthcare policy in America is both labor and real estate policy, and as such preserves health as the property of a select few.

Biermann, Frank, Von Armut und Aufstieg: Die Geschichte einer Familie ueber vier Jahrhunderte. 400 S. 2025:10 (Wallstein Vlg., GW) <749-1245>
ISBN 978-3-8353-5886-7 hard ¥8,474.- (税込) EUR 36.00

Erzaehlt wird die bewegende Geschichte einer Familie von Bauern, Hirten und Dorfhandwerkern - die Geschichte einer laengst vergangenen Welt. Frank Biermann widmet sich jenen Menschen, die die Geschichtsbuecher oft vergessen - den Ackerknechten, Schmieden, Leinewebern, Schuhmachern, Schafhirten und Salinenarbeitern. Die ausfuehrlich dargestellten Lebensgeschichten dieser ≫kleinen Leute≪ entfuehren in die laengst vergangene Welt des alten Europas zwischen 1560 und 1945. Die einzelnen Episoden stuetzen sich dabei nicht nur auf eine genaue historische Recherche, sondern sind auch lebendig und mitreissend erzaehlt: So folgen die Leserinnen und Leser dem Leben des Schuhmachers Friedrich, der Tag fuer Tag mit harter Arbeit um sein Fortkommen ringt, erfahren vom Leid der kleinen Schaefertochter Anna, die im Siebenjaehrigen Krieg als Vollwaise ihre Geschwister retten muss, und tauchen ein in das tragische Leben des Dorfhirten Heinrich, eines einfachen Infanteristen in der Schlacht von Waterloo, dessen Schicksal beruehrt. Es sind Geschichten von Armut und Aufstieg, von persoenlichem Streben und gesellschaftlichen Konflikten, die einen fesselnden Einblick in unsere Vergangenheit bieten.

Duemcke, Felix / Falz, Flemming / Schanetzky, Tim (Hrsg.), Krise der Kritik?: Gegner des Kapitalismus im neoliberalen Zeitalter. (Beitraege zur Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts 32) 352 S. 2025:9 (Wallstein Vlg., GW) <749-1249>
ISBN 978-3-8353-5920-8 hard ¥8,945.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Ein neuer Zugang zur Geschichte des Neoliberalismus: Gab es eine Krise der Kapitalismuskritik in den beiden Jahrzehnten um 1989/90? Markt vor Staat - so lautete das Mantra seit den siebziger Jahren. Gab der Neoliberalismus die besten Antworten auf die Herausforderungen der Zeit? Oder setzte er sich wegen des Lobbyismus seiner Verfechter durch? In diesem Band kehrt sich die Blickrichtung um: Statt die Erfolgsgeschichte der neoliberalen Ideenwelt nachzuzeichnen, stehen deren potenzielle Gegner im Mittelpunkt. Mit dem Wandel der Kapitalismuskritik nehmen die hier versammelten Beitraege auch jene leisen Rueckzuege in den Blick, die in ihrer Summe als Abkehr von universellen Macht- und Strukturfragen erscheinen. Nach der Krise der Kritik zu fragen, umreisst die achtziger und neunziger Jahre als Uebergangsphase. Aeltere Struktur-, Macht- und Verteilungsfragen traten in den Hintergrund, waehrend mit dem Aufstieg der Neuen Sozialen Bewegungen auch Identitaeten und der Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz immer wichtiger wurden. Im politischen Umbruch von 1989/90 verstanden sich viele im Westen als Sieger eines Systemwettstreits, aber auch die Linke sah ein Zeitalter ohne Utopie heraufziehen. Erst die Globalisierungskritik verhalf kapitalismuskritischen Positionen dann wieder zu neuer Zugkraft.

Elm, Susanna, The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity. (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) 364 pp. 2025:11 (U. California Pr., US) <749-1250>
ISBN 978-0-520-42567-5 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-41334-4 paper ¥7,265.- (税込) US$ 34.95

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In this book, Susanna Elm radically changes our understanding of imperial rule in the later Roman Empire. As she shows, the so-called eastern decadence of the Emperor Theodosius and his successors was in fact a calculated revolution in masculinity and the representation of imperial power. Here, the emperor's hard yet soft, mature yet youthfully gorgeous beauty was central. Because the Theodosian emperors were divine-gods one could see-so was their beauty: their manliness was the face and body of God. The emperors' gorgeousness, their sparkling regalia, how they wished their bodies to be seen by their elite subjects-who authored the texts on which Elm's analysis is based-were as important as laws, taxes, and armies. Their vir-ness strategically deployed male same-sex erotic desire to enhance the unity of the realm in times of tension, incorporate the signifying potency of child emperors, and create a flexible yet stable model of Christian sovereignty.

Er, Yanbing, Feminism Enchanted. 268 pp. 2025:9 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <749-1252>
ISBN 978-0-231-21320-2 hard ¥29,106.- (税込) US$ 140.00
ISBN 978-0-231-21321-9 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00

The feminist movement has long been guided by the promise of progress for women: politically, economically, and in personal life. But we live in a time when history appears to be moving backward into a more reactionary past. How might feminist thought make sense of this plight without returning to the liberal, Western framework of progressive reason?Yanbing Er argues that the key to this predicament lies in the capacity of the literary imagination to invigorate feminist critical practice. She reveals how a literary mode of enchantment fundamentally transforms feminist theory and praxis, imagining new and surprising possibilities that had once been foreclosed by dominant paradigms of progress. Enchantment illuminates forms of existence that have been lost, erased, or obscured, allowing us to encounter both feminism and the world anew. Er finds incantatory power in the works of writers such as Rivers Solomon, Akwaeke Emezi, Ruth Ozeki, and Alexis Wright, who disrupt hegemonic ways of thinking by summoning otherwise unimaginable ways of being. Their works collectively present an immersive and expansive feminist imaginary that makes space for marginalized histories, narratives, and lifeworlds.Elegantly written and boldly argued, Feminism Enchanted shows how poetic language conjures alternative futures for feminist thought.

Fried, Marlene Gerber / Ross, Loretta J., Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance. (Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century) 376 pp. 2025:9 (U. California Pr., US) <749-1253>
ISBN 978-0-520-42113-4 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-42114-1 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 27.95

A bold call to action and guide for building an inclusive and intersectional reproductive justice movement. Overturning Roe unleashed a wave of urgent threats to abortion and bodily autonomy, fueled by overt white supremacy, racial and anti-immigrant hatred, and support for traditional gender roles and sexual identities. But the resistance is fierce, led by a new generation of activists of color dedicated to building an inclusive movement. In Abortion and Reproductive Justice, widely recognized movement leaders Marlene Gerber Fried and Loretta J. Ross provide a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework that centers those most vulnerable. The book emphasizes that the right to have and raise children is as important for reproductive choice as the right not to. This critical approach-originating in Black feminism-provides grounding for radical abortion advocacy. Calling on us to join in, the book highlights abortion stories from individuals and organizations who are putting this analysis into action on the front lines, in the United States and beyond. By linking abortion rights to broader social justice initiatives, including Black Lives Matter, immigrant and refugee rights, disability justice, and LGBTQ+ rights, the authors expand the conversation at a critical moment.

Haring, Nicole, Intergenerational Stories of Gender and Education: Identity Formation in Austria's Educational System. (Gender Studies) 252 S. 2025:2 (Transcript, GW) <749-1255>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7493-4 paper ¥10,593.- (税込) EUR 45.00

The relation between education and gender identity formation is a contested terrain: Located between reproducing society’s status-quo and inhabiting the potential to resist this reproduction and making room for alternative being, education constitutes an ambivalent nexus. Nicole Haring investigates how gender norms with their intersections are negotiated in Austria’s educational system. She presents results from a participatory intergenerational storytelling workshop as co-creation of knowledge, amplifiying the similarities and differences between generations of educators with regard to the interplay of education and gender.

Hopkins, Lisa, Bess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes: Cultural Legacies of Captivity. (Queenship and Power) 179 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1258>
ISBN 978-3-031-89355-1 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book examines the cultural legacies of the fifteen years that Mary Queen of Scots spent as a prisoner in the household of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury. It proposes four main areas of influence: first, that although Mary never visited Hardwick New Hall, the experience of keeping Mary captive affected the way that Bess conceived and furnished the house; second, that Mary's insistence on having copious meals ceremonially served to her can be traced in the recipe and remedy books of two of Bess's granddaughters; third, that Mary's status as royal prisoner is echoed in the life of a third granddaughter, Lady Arbella Stuart; and fourth, that the necessity of defending Cavendish-Talbot residences from attack informed the way that Bess's son Charles Cavendish built Bolsover Castle and coloured the way that two of Bess's great-granddaughters described their experiences during the English Civil War in a jointly authored play.

Koul, Rekha / Gupta, Renu / Tandon, Bharti et al. (eds.), Women and Empowerment: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 180 pp. 2025:4 (Springer, GW) <749-1262>
ISBN 978-981-9627-58-5 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

Mason, Carol, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary. (Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century 14) 304 pp. 2025:8 (U. California Pr., US) <749-1266>
ISBN 978-0-520-39703-3 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-39704-0 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

How white nationalism and authoritarian populism have taken hold in America under the guise of opposing abortion. Antiabortion stories, images, and policies have primed Americans to embrace attitudes and politics once deemed extreme. Abroad, US antiabortion tactics, personnel, and funds have contributed to a global rise of the Right. From the Clinics to the Capitol is a scholar's story of why and how abortion foes join other militants in waging war against the federal government. Reflecting on her thirty years of analyzing the intersections of race, reproduction, and right-wing movements, Carol Mason examines primary antiabortion sources that influenced political currents of the last fifty years. From Cold War conspiracism and apocalyptic fundamentalism to anti-statist terrorism, Tea Party populism, and MAGA insurrection, opposing abortion has come to imperil democracy worldwide.

Morland, Iain, Intersex: A Manifesto Against Medicalization. 248 pp. 2025:11 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <749-1268>
ISBN 978-0-231-22176-4 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-231-22177-1 paper ¥5,613.- (税込) US$ 27.00

When children are born with sex attributes that do not fit expectations about male and female anatomy, it is standard medical practice to make their bodies look as "normal" as possible. Doctors seek to reduce or remove intersex characteristics through early childhood surgery-cutting down clitorises, remaking penises, and even performing sterilizations. For decades, intersex medicine has sparked outrage from patient groups, lawmakers, intergovernmental organizations, and scholars. It has been condemned for causing trauma, scars, nerve damage, and the loss of bodily autonomy. Yet it continues.Iain Morland, an intersex scholar and advocate-and a former patient-explores why medicalization is so embedded in contemporary society and how to challenge it. He provides breakthrough accounts of the traumatic effects of surgery, the consequences for attachments between children and parents, and the paradoxes of the pursuit of normality. Weaving together theoretical analysis with autobiographical insights, Morland grapples with the complexity of dismantling intersex medicine. Accessibly written and passionately argued, this book exposes the contradictions of the medical management of intersex. With a bold mix of critical theory, psychology, queer theory, and philosophy, it provides fresh insights for scholars of intersex, gender, sexuality, and science, as well as for activists and their allies.

Harvey, Susan Ashbrook, Ministries of Song: Women's Voices in Ancient Syriac Christianity. 376 pp. 2025:12 (U. California Pr., US) <749-127>
ISBN 978-0-520-42268-1 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-41237-8 paper ¥7,265.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Ministries of Song is a tour-de-force study of the power of women's ritual singing in late antique Syriac Christianity. Beyond the familiar roles of female saints and nobles, Syriac churches cultivated a flourishing but often-overlooked tradition of women's sacred song. Their music comes alive as Susan Ashbrook Harvey uncovers the ways these now-nameless women performed a boldly sung teaching ministry and invited congregations to respond aloud. By exploring their ritual agency, Harvey shows how these choirs helped to shape the formative ethical and moral lives of their congregations and communities. Women's voices both real and imagined enriched the ritual and devotional lives of Syriac Christians daily and weekly, on ecclesial and civic special occasions, in sorrow or joy with authoritative theological significance and social and political resonance. Arguing for the importance of liturgy as social history, Harvey shows us how and why women's voices mattered for ancient Syriac Christianity and why they matter still.

Pease, Bob, Destabilising Manhood and Masculinity: Unbecoming Men in a Violent Gender Order. 132 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1272>
ISBN 978-3-031-91476-8 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book addresses the debate within feminism and critical studies of men and masculinities on whether men should be encouraged to develop alternative masculinities, or whether they should be challenged to renounce masculinity altogether. It argues that men have to move beyond the illusion of masculinity to address their habitual ways of relating that reinforce dominance and oppression and instead foster subjectivities that are multiple and fluid. Tracing the nature of the problem associated with men, masculinity and gender, Pease examines the implications of feminist engagements with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari to explore the possibilities of destabilising and moving beyond manhood and masculinity. The book will be of interest to scholars in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work and Environmental and Gender Studies, especially as they relate to critical studies of men and masculinities.

アンヌ・ド・フランスとその家族　1325～1522年
Rohr, Zita Eva, Anne de France and Her Family (1325-1522): Genealogies of Premodern Gendered Power and Influence. (Queenship and Power) 425 pp. 2025:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-1274>
ISBN 978-3-031-84860-5 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book demonstrates that premodern elite and royal women were critical to the geopolitical success of late medieval territorial monarchies, the progenitors of early modern states. It aims to communicate the 'un-exceptionality' of female political influence in medieval and early modern Europe. Manifesting sophisticated and informed leadership in times of challenge and transformation, women such as Anne de France, her matrilineal line, and the elite women and girls in her orbit were key to early modern government, politics and diplomacy. Through a longue duree case study, this book examines generations of a premodern matriline culminating in Anne, beginning with Elisabetta di Carinzia and her daughter, Elionor de Sicilia, continuing with Elionor's daughters-in-law, moving into the territories of the insular and peninsular kingdoms of Naples, into France with Elionor's granddaughter, Yolande d'Aragon, and into England with Yolande's granddaughter, Marguerite d'Anjou, to influence and underwrite powerful and influential territorial monarchies. Together, these women, and the others discussed in this study, form an important part of Anne de France's matrilineal heritage, providing her with a historical template of lived political experience on which to construct her own gendered political theory and practice.

Schwarzmaier, Sophie, Transnationale Expertenkulturen und Geschlechterordnungen: Jozefa Joteyko zwischen Belgien und Polen 1908-1928. (Moderne europaeische Geschichte 25) 328 S. 2025:7 (Wallstein Vlg., GW) <749-1275>
ISBN 978-3-8353-5937-6 hard ¥8,945.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Eine Pionierin der modernen Wissenschaft zwischen West und Ost, zwischen Labor und Oeffentlichkeit. Als eine der ersten Frauen machte sich die 1866 bei Kyjiw geborene Jozefa Joteyko einen Namen in der Physiologie, der Psychologie und der Paedologie. Sie forschte, lehrte, schrieb und publizierte innerhalb wie ausserhalb der Universitaet - stiess an Grenzen und ueberschritt diese. Ihr Wirken in Bruessel vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg setzte sie ab 1919 in Warschau fort, der Hauptstadt des neuen polnischen Nationalstaates. Als ambitionierte Frau in einer Maennerdomaene stellte Joteyko Vorstellungen und Praktiken darueber infrage, wer Wissenschaft als Beruf ausueben darf und wie Geschlechterdifferenzen wissenschaftlich zu bestimmen sind. Als Herausgeberin und Wissenschaftsorganisatorin nutzte sie internationale Zeitschriften und Institutionen sowie ein transnationales Netzwerk zwischen West- und Ostmitteleuropa. Als beratende Expertin setzte sie sich zugleich fuer gesellschaftliche Nationalisierungsprozesse ein, etwa mit ihren Plaenen zum Aufbau einer ≫polnischen Schule≪. Sophie Schwarzmaier stellt Jozefa Joteyko erstmals einem breiteren Publikum vor und beleuchtet dabei die Verflechtungen europaeischer Wissenschaftskulturen im ersten Viertel des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Lee, AHyun, Protestant Clergy Sexual Misconduct and Intercultural Pastoral Care: Invisible Mask. 332 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-132>
ISBN 978-3-031-89198-4 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This volume examines the often-overlooked crisis of sexual misconduct within Korean Protestant churches, exploring how militarized culture, hierarchical power, and institutional silence contribute to the abuse of congregants-especially those in vulnerable situations. Through a blend of sociocultural, theological, and psychological analysis, the book goes beyond individual acts of transgression to reveal the systemic forces that perpetuate clergy sexual misconduct. By investigating the historical, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of abuse, the book offers a framework for reframing survivor-centered care and rethinking pastoral theology. It concludes with a call for transformative change in religious practice, urging greater transparency and more compassionate faith communities. Essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners, this book provides critical insights into addressing sexual abuse within church settings and fostering ethical ministry.

古代末期におけるジェンダー暴力
Barry, Jennifer, Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination. 242 pp. 2025:9 (U. California Pr., US) <749-108>
ISBN 978-0-520-42351-0 hard ¥19,750.- (税込) US$ 95.00

Gender Violence in Late Antiquity confronts the violent ideological frameworks underpinning the early Christian imagination, arguing that gender-based violence is not peripheral but is fundamental to understanding early Christian history. By analyzing hagiographical and doctrinal writings, Jennifer Barry reveals how male authors used portrayals of feminized suffering to shape ideals of sanctity and power, exploiting themes of domestic abuse, martyrdom, and sexualized violence to reinforce their visions of piety. The study first traces the roots of gendered violence within the Greco-Roman and early Christian imagination, and then explores the disturbing role of male fantasies and dreams in hagiographical traditions. Barry draws on womanist scholarship and engages with trauma studies and feminist horror theory in order to challenge traditional readings of Christian texts, offering new perspectives for understanding how narratives of violence continue to shape contemporary interpretations of gender and power.

Chattopadhyay, Shrimoyee, Non-Conforming Women in Neoliberal Cities: Re-thinking Empowerment in Contemporary Diaspora Fiction and Film. 192 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-876>
ISBN 978-1-041-03326-4 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-03881-8 paper ¥11,304.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book investigates the complex role space and movement play in the representation of South Asian diasporic communities in contemporary diaspora literature and films, the question of female empowerment in neoliberal Western cities, and the impact of trauma on female identities. It highlights the literary and cinematic portrayal of South Asian people's migration to the UK and the US after the Second World War and discusses how the identities of the female characters are transformed in neoliberal cities. Focusing on South Asian women writers and directors, who are first- and second-generation immigrants in the West, the volume analyses how their works depict female empowerment in both British and American settings.The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, film studies, diaspora studies, gender studies and South Asian studies.

Skrimsjoe, Veronica, The Vinyl Revival, Gender, and Collecting Aesthetics. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series) 160 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-911>
ISBN 978-1-032-51046-0 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

The book considers record collecting and vinyl consumption in the 21st century and in the context of the vinyl revival. The book highlights gender, and how gender disparity is expressed in vinyl communities.Veronica Skrimsjoe considers vinyl consumerism and collecting and how the collector identifies themselves within the socio-political environment of the Global North, with a particular focus on gender. The book includes considerations of Record Store Day, DIY and DI-together cultures, as well as the historic context needed to evaluate record collecting in the twenty-first century.The work is aimed at both an academic and a general readership, and as such strikes a more informal tone. Personal experiences are emphasised throughout because vinyl consumers are not a homogenous group, and it is only via personal experiences that we can understand the complexity of consumption. The personal also helps make the content more relatable, which is crucial as old stereotypes helped distance the collector for the everyday consumer. Readers will benefit from a different perspective on record collecting and consumptions as the book highlights active, creative consumption, and provides an in-depth, innovative analysis of how gender inequality is constructed within this context.

Sliwinska, Basia (ed.), Contemporary Transnational Feminist Visual Activism and Gender-Based Violence. 272 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-912>
ISBN 978-1-032-79709-0 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-79949-0 paper ¥11,304.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book illuminates arts activist interventions that raise consciousness and advocacy for women's right to a life free from violence.In a context where Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has continued to intensify across the globe, the international range of essays focus on violations of bodily integrity and autonomy, reproductive, domestic and sexual violence, femicide and feminicide. Comparing and interrogating arts activist strategies and visual methods, the book also explores tactics employed by arts activists attentive to effects and lived experiences of GBV, and imagining potential solutions founded in feminist thinking to change behaviours and raise awareness generating systemic change. The case studies of feminist transnational contemporary arts activism include examples from Austria, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Mexico and the United States. Arts engaged with include textile work, crafts-making, performance art, clay work, protest art, and documentary art, indicating the breadth and richness of the work of feminist political artists. At a time when, according to the UN Women's estimates, almost one in three women have been subjected to violence, it is critical to understand how feminist politics catalyses social, cultural and political changes.This book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, women's studies, gender studies, and visual culture.

Murphy, Timothy F., Paid Sexual Encounters among Men: A Study in Ethics and Law. (Routledge Research in Applied Ethics) 246 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-92>
ISBN 978-1-032-94640-5 hard ¥40,991.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book analyzes the ethics of men buying and selling sex to one another. It gathers in one place key ethical and legal issues that bear on the justification for the criminalization of male prostitution.At present, prostitution-the solicitation or offer of paid sexual encounters-is criminalized in virtually the entire United States. Male prostitution is poorly studied across academic disciplines, and this book represents the first sustained ethical analysis of the topic. First, it shows that paid sexual encounters among men belong on a spectrum of transactional sexual relationships, and that many of its features are not distinctive in a way that justifies condemnation. It shows as well that the sexuality involved-men having sex with men-does not involve relationships that are immoral in a way that might justify criminalization. The book also demonstrates that men buying and selling sexual encounters can consent in morally meaningful ways, without reinforcing status inequality, Finally, the book reviews key constitutional law cases to show that a certain interpretation of the relationship between the law and morality justifies decriminalization of male prostitution.Paid Sexual Encounters among Men will appeal to scholars and graduate students working in applied ethics, the philosophy of sex and gender, sociology, and law.

Putzi, Jennifer (ed.), The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin: A Critical Edition. 304 pp. 2025:10 (U. North Carolina Pr., US) <748-989>
ISBN 978-1-4696-9001-8 hard ¥20,582.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-1-4696-9002-5 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95

In 1867, Frances Anne Rollin, a Black writer and teacher from South Carolina, traveled to Boston to seek a publisher for her biography of famed Black abolitionist, writer, and Civil War veteran Martin R. Delany-the first full-length biography written by an African American. Beginning in January 1868, Rollin kept a diary while in Boston documenting her progression on Delany's biography, negotiations with publishers, visits from friends, attendance at lectures and readings, and her marriage to William J. Whipper, a Black politician and jurist. Rollin's diary is one of the earliest known diaries by a Southern Black woman. In this critical edition Jennifer Putzi offers the first complete transcription and annotation of Rollin's diary, along with a robust introduction providing important biographical, historical, cultural, and literary contexts for readers. Rollin's diary provides one of the fullest pictures of an African American woman as an author, activist, and well-connected and politically involved individual during the Reconstruction era-filling a gap in the literature and scholarly analysis of such preserved works by nineteenth-century African American women.