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

Shi, Xia, Concubines in Public: The Rise of the Social Wife in Republican China. 228 pp. 2026:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <762-788>
ISBN 978-1-009-72430-2 hard ¥24,376.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00
ISBN 978-1-009-72429-6 paper ¥7,617.- (税込) GB￡ 25.00

Moving beyond familiar narratives of abolition, Xia Shi introduces the contentious public presence of concubines in Republican China. Drawing on a rich variety of historical sources, Shi highlights the shifting social and educational backgrounds of concubines, showing how some served as public companions of elite men in China and on the international stage from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Shi also demonstrates how concubines' membership in progressive women's institutions was fiercely contested by China's early feminists, keen to liberate women from oppression, but uneasy with associating with women with such degraded social status. Bringing the largely forgotten stories of these women's lives to light, Shi argues for recognition of the pioneering roles concubines played as social wives, their impact on the development of gender politics, and on the changing relationship between the domestic and public for women during a transformative period of modern Chinese history.

Grassi, Umberto, What God Kept for Himself: Atheism, Sodomy, and Radical Dissent in Renaissance Italy. (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History) 240 pp. 2026:2 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <762-82>
ISBN 978-0-674-30286-0 hard ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00

A revelatory account of sexual nonconformity and radical religious dissent in Renaissance Italy, drawing on never-before-studied Inquisition trials.Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, a series of highly controversial Inquisition trials took place throughout the Italian peninsula. The defendants were all accused of the same heresy: claiming that Adam and Eve's original sin had been committing sodomy, a "celestial" pleasure reserved for God alone. Such claims were not merely subversive sexual innuendo. Rather, they were the most radical expressions of a much broader critique-one that not only targeted repressive sexual taboos but also denounced the corruption of the Church, questioned the authority of the pope, and suggested that organized religion itself was a hoax designed to maintain elite power.As Umberto Grassi shows, these dissenters' beliefs about sexual freedom came to play a crucial role in the development of skeptical and atheistic positions. Many of the accused argued that, by violating God's exclusive right to engage in sodomy, Adam and Eve dared to make themselves like gods. This view, which led to charges of atheism, radicalized a more widely held belief that the ruling classes banned sodomy to prevent the masses from enjoying it. In turn, such heresies fueled indictments of Christian morality as an all-too-human invention, whose purpose was to reinforce a social order in which the ruling classes controlled both sexuality and religious truth.Tracing a radical tradition of thought on trial, What God Kept for Himself establishes the firm relationship between sexual nonconformity and religious dissent in the early modern Mediterranean world.

トランスジェンダーのアスリートとスポーツの将来
Roscher, Ellie / Baeth, Anna, Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports. 304 pp. 2026:3 (The New Pr., US) <762-937>
ISBN 978-1-62097-978-5 hard ¥6,728.- (税込) US$ 29.99

A timely, illuminating plan for how trans and cis athletes can both fairly play sports Foreword by Chris MosierFair Game offers an insightful, timely examination of the ongoing battle for equality in athletics. As LGBTQ athletes break barriers in the Olympics, transgender athletes still face harsh restrictions in many areas. With twenty-four states passing anti-trans sports legislation in the last two years, nearly half of Americans live under laws that restrict or ban transgender individuals from participating in sports. Fair Game explores why taking the next step and increasing the acceptance of trans athletes is important not only for everyone with an Olympic dream but also everyone whose kids just want to join the town soccer league. Fair Game explores the role of sports in the lives of transgender youth and adults, offering a comprehensive, nuanced, and multivoiced picture of the transgender athletic experience. Through a woven collection of the narratives from a marginalized population, Fair Game examines the patterns of fear and gender stereotypes that undergird anti-trans legislation and offers helpful historical and political context about sex segregation in sports and how bodies (including trans bodies) work in sports. Timely, accessible, inspiring, and rigorous, Fair Game presents a sports landscape beyond our current conceptions, a world changed by unrestricted and joyful movement in sports.

Willis, Hyla / Aristarkhova, Irina et al. (eds.), Night Sweats: Cyberfeminist Practices. (Palgrave BioArt) 13 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-975>
ISBN 978-3-032-06954-2 hard ¥10,512.- (税込) EUR 39.99

Night Sweats: Cyberfeminist Practices intervenes in this moment of rapid biotechnological development and international political turmoil with thought-provoking, creative, and justice-oriented essays on art and life: opting out of the sludge and consent theatre presented by standard "terms and conditions"; creating plant-assisted reproductive technologies (pARTs) such as indecision trees; practicing compassionate inquiry; and becoming a cyborg-elder. Refusing the authoritarian turn and backlash against reproductive, LGBTQIA+, and racial justice movements, its authors and contributors-artists, writers, scholars, designers, activists, and educators-draw on the twenty-five years of cyberfeminist art work from the subRosa art collective, as well as Black, postcolonial, and environmental feminisms. The overall motto of the book is "we will save ourselves," with examples taken from critical and revisionist histories of alchemy, the automation of writing systems, and reproductive mutual aid. In doing so, the authors develop new analyses of (cyber)feminist contributions to bioart, tactical media, gender, women's, and sexuality studies, media studies and communication, technoscience studies and STS, durational art, and performance studies.

Estrada, Gabriel S., Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions. (Latinx Pop Culture) 272 pp. 2026:3 (U. Arizona Pr., US) <762-978>
ISBN 978-0-8165-5640-3 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00

The seven Indigenous directions-east, south, west, north, up, down, and center-provide a map of understanding gender in media history. In Queer Indigenous Cinemas, scholarGabriel S. Estrada offers an analysis of queer Indigenous media from the Americas, the Pacific, and the Caribbean. This groundbreaking work uses Indigenous directional space and sovereign mapping methods to uncover the emotional, spiritual, and cultural dimensions of queer Indigenous lives. The book's seven chapters-each one of the directions-look closely at media such as cinema and streaming videos that draw on Indigenous concepts from diverse nations such as DinE, Caxcan, Kanaka Maoli, and Nehiyawak. Estrada discusses how the cinema brings into focus the ways that many Indigenous genders do not conform with the male/female binary, genders and sexualities that may or may not overlap with contemporary constructions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and two-spirit (LGBTQI2 ) identities. Highlighting the struggles and resistances of two-spirit peoples, Estrada's analysis engages with films that represent the diverse and sovereign identities of queer Indigenous peoples. Estrada provides a framework for understanding how queer Indigenous media producers confront colonial trauma and reclaims space for the spiritual and bodily sovereignty of LGBTQI2 peoples.

Hernandez Castillo, R. Aida, Digging for Hope: A Feminist Ethnography in the Land of Mass Graves. 400 pp. 2026:4 (U. Arizona Pr., US) <762-997>
ISBN 978-0-8165-5649-6 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00
ISBN 978-0-8165-5648-9 paper ¥8,302.- (税込) US$ 37.00

In the shadow of Mexico's ongoing human rights crisis, Digging for Hope offers a powerful feminist ethnography of resistance, care, and collective memory. Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, R. Aida Hernandez Castillo documents the courageous work of women-led search collectives who, in the face of extreme violence, search for their disappeared loved ones. Through physical and spiritual practices such as exhumation, mourning, and poetic remembrance, these women reclaim dignity for the dead and challenge a society that has normalized disappearance. At the heart of this book is a profound exploration of what HernAndez Castillo calls a "pedagogy of love"-a political and ethical framework rooted in care, solidarity, and the refusal to forget. These women are not only searching for bodies; they are building emotional communities, crafting new languages of justice, and offering a reimagining of what it means to resist violence. Their practices, often overlooked by traditional scholarship, restore humanity and dignify the disappeared. Digging for Hope is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the gendered dimensions of violence and the grassroots movements that rise in response. With clarity and compassion, HernAndez Castillo brings readers into the intimate spaces of grief and resistance, offering a model for feminist ethnography that is both rigorous and deeply humane.

Mistacco, Vicki, Louise de Keralio: Enlightenment Intellectual. 448 pp. 2026:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK)
ISBN 978-0-19-898831-1 hard ¥36,259.- (税込) GB￡ 119.00

In this first book-length study of prolific polymath Louise de Keralio (1756-1822), Vicki Mistacco offers a comprehensive reading of her entire body of writing and a new understanding of Keralio as an Enlightenment intellectual and a modern feminist thinker. Mistacco adopts a fresh approach to Keralio's published and unpublished writing, undertaking close textual analysis informed by feminist literary criticism and French feminist theory, and carefully reconstructing the historical and cultural context, in order to challenge the critical commonplace that Keralio is a puzzling "sexist republican." She cautions against a piecemeal approach focused almost exclusively on Keralio's writings during the French Revolution. Reading literarily rather than literally, she argues against imposing modern definitions of feminist activism on Keralio and for considering instead the anti-patriarchal, anti-hierarchical, and anti-exclusionary paradigm at the core of her thinking, a both/and rather than either/or paradigm, which Keralio comes to envisage as a maternal one, reflected in the recurring motif of crossing boundaries. Through sustained analysis of works that have hitherto received only scant attention, Keralio's translations of John Carr's travelogues and her late novels (1808-1810), Mistacco sheds light on Keralio's use of "double-voiced discourse" to uphold her feminist ideals while ostensibly endorsing gender norms. The three parts of the book, "Women's Writing: Negotiating a Space," "Philosophizing in the Margins," and "The Missing Mother," trace the evolution in Keralio's thinking about the importance of including a matrimoine or maternal legacy in cultural patrimony, whether it be the contributions of French women writers to national identity and French genius (Collection des meilleurs ouvrages francais composes par des femmes), or those of Queen Elizabeth to the history of European sovereignty (Histoire d'Elisabeth, reine d'Angleterre), or her own annotations to her translations, or in her late novels the testimony of women to arrive at historical truth. Mistacco shows how the idea of maternal legacy evolves into that of maternal Enlightenment, arguing that Keralio elevates the maternal to the level of philosophy and theorizes a new social contract based on an ethics of care. Including unpublished and archival texts, this book offers an important contribution to the history of women intellectuals of the Enlightenment.

Ammassari, Sofia, Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right. 272 pp. 2026:7 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <762-681>
ISBN 978-0-19-898359-0 hard ¥31,688.- (税込) GB￡ 104.00

Populist radical right (PRR) parties have long been characterised as 'men's parties' due to the overrepresentation of men within their ranks. Yet, not only are PRR parties attracting more women voters than ever, but they are also electing more women MPs than ever. To explain these trends, Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right shifts attention to an overlooked step of the political recruitment ladder, the party grassroots, and investigates women's involvement as PRR party members. The book looks both at the 'supply-side' of membership, assessing whether women and men differ in their motivations for joining, motivations for staying, and activism; and the 'demand-side', exploring if PRR parties adopt distinct recruitment and retention strategies for women and men. It focuses on three PRR parties which have had profound influence on the politics and societies of their countries: the Bharatiya Janata Party in India, the League in Italy, and the Sweden Democrats. Drawing on a vast collection of original qualitative and quantitative data - including interviews with over 100 party members and officials from the three parties, alongside membership surveys of thousands of League and Sweden Democrats members - the book reveals that PRR parties can hardly still be considered 'men's parties'. Arguing that women PRR grassroots members play a central role in the organisational development, electoral expansion, and growing normalisation of the populist radical right, this volume sheds light on one of the defining political phenomena of our century.

Murray, Lesley / Moriarty, Jess / Villagran, P. S. et al., Storying the Immobilities of Gender Violence in the UK and Mexico. 191 pp. 2026:2 (Multilingual Matters, UK) <762-525>
ISBN 978-1-78892-854-0 hard ¥30,454.- (税込) GB￡ 99.95
ISBN 978-1-78892-907-3 paper ¥9,125.- (税込) GB￡ 29.95

Offers an arts-based, storying, textual and visual lens on gender-based violence in the UK and Mexico. This book is a unique image-based bilingual (English and Spanish) book of textual and visual narratives of gender-based violence (GBV) in the UK and Mexico, framed with a critical commentary that sets these stories in the context of GBV in both countries. Visual and textual stories convey the 'felt' experience of GBV, engaging readers and audiences in the apparently mundane as well as the shocking. Such stories help contest the prominence of crime statistics in evidencing GBV, statistics which often distort experience and reflect and maintain exclusionary policies and practices, particularly for minoritised communities. The transnational project on which this book is based invited artists and creative writers from diverse backgrounds in the UK and Mexico to respond to lived accounts of GBV in comic stories, short stories, poems, 3D installations, fine art photography, painting and film. This book brings together these visual and textual stories and sets out a series of readings and analyses that seek to further knowledge on GBV in different cultural contexts. This book is open access under a CC BY licence.

Blagden, Nicholas / Winder, B. / Hocken, K. et al. (eds.), Sexual Crime and Community Reintegration. (Sexual Crime) 188 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-518>
ISBN 978-3-032-06033-4 hard ¥34,173.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book captures the experience of transitioning from prison to the community, the tensions between risk management, public protection and enabling flourishing in those that have been released from prison. It explores what is required for successful community re-entry for men with sexual convictions, examines barriers as men (re)integrate and the ways in which men can be assisted with desistance. Combining empirical chapters, theoretical reviews, service-user voices and a consideration of the latest approach to community reintegration, this book will be relevant to psychologists, criminologists, social workers, practitioners and students. It highlights experiences of transition from prison to the community, the barriers and challenges to (re)integration, but also how we can move forward, how we can help men live meaningful pro-social lives and in doing so fulfil the goal of reducing sexual (re) victimisation.

Hummer, Jill Abraham, Laura Bush: Texas Roots, Global Impact. (Modern First Ladies) 288 pp. 2025:9 (U. Pr. Kansas, US) <762-697>
ISBN 978-0-7006-4061-4 hard ¥7,850.- (税込) US$ 34.99

A complete, nuanced study of Laura Bush's work as first lady, which blended the traditional feminine expectations of the role with the political agenda and global advocacy of the modern office. Jill Abraham Hummer, a leading expert on first ladies, adds to the highly acclaimed Modern First Ladies series. Born in Midland, Texas, Laura Lane Welch was reared in the mold of the traditional Southern woman, with its expectations of decorum and propriety. Raised with a love of books, she graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in education. Her life veered from the traditional path when, as a young woman, she taught elementary school in Texas during the process of desegregation, earned a master's degree in library science from the University of Texas, and worked as a community and school librarian. In 1977, at age thirty-one, she married George W. Bush and entered his family's world of politics. As a political wife, Laura brought her values and her concern for literacy and learning to the Texas Governor's Mansion and the White House - and to the world stage. In the latest contribution to the Modern First Ladies series, Jill Abraham Hummer provides a complete and balanced assessment of Laura Bush's work as first lady. Laura Bush's legacy has been the source of debate. Some have portrayed her as a staid, complacent, perfect wife, lacking a will and agenda of her own. Others argue she was a brave and fierce advocate, using her platform in unprecedented ways to champion her own priorities. In this book, Hummer explores how Laura Bush artfully fused the modern and traditional elements of the position, broadening her appeal and upending expectations of what first ladies can do. By chronicling Bush's activities as first lady in real time, Hummer shows how Bush grew from a reticent political wife with a limited portfolio into a global advocate in her own right. Laura Bush's time as first lady was not one-dimensional or static, and her growth was not necessarily linear. Hummer further argues that Laura Bush can best be understood as an emissary for George W. Bush's compassionate conservative policy agenda and efforts to spread freedom and democracy around the globe. Laura Bush's work was not inconsistent with her husband's efforts, but she also emerged as an independent advocate on several issues. In this regard, she modeled the modern interpretation of the first lady's role. Hummer also chronicles Laura Bush's style and innovations in social entertaining, restoring and redecorating the White House, and promoting American arts and culture. In these respects, Laura Bush simultaneously advanced the first lady's traditional responsibilities and sought to bring dignity to the White House.

女性、平和、安全保障のアジェンダに対する反発
Bjoerkdahl, Annika / Lorentzen, J. / Skjelsbaek, I. (eds.), Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Contesting Gender Norms. (Norm Research in International Relations) 184 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-740>
ISBN 978-3-032-10852-4 hard ¥13,141.- (税込) EUR 49.99

In recent years, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has faced mounting resistance from regressive political forces seeking to undermine its hard-won normative gains. This Open Access book offers a timely and rigorous examination of this global backlash, providing both theoretical innovation and empirical depth.Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, the volume introduces a novel analytical framework that weaves together the concepts of backlash, counter-practices, and counter-discourses. It pioneers a deeper conceptual understanding of backlash-an often under-theorized phenomenon in feminist scholarship-and explores how resistance to gender norms is mobilized, manifested, and sustained across diverse contexts.Through richly detailed case studies from around the world, the book reveals how backlash operates at multiple levels, from subtle discursive shifts to overt political maneuvers. It interrogates how these dynamics stall, reshape, or reverse the WPS agenda, exposing the fragility of normative progress in international peace and security governance.Essential reading for scholars, peacebuilders, and advocates committed to advancing gender justice in global security, this volume not only diagnoses the threats facing the WPS agenda but also underscores the urgent need for sustained scholarly and policy engagement to protect and advance feminist achievements in global security.

Paoloni, Paola (ed.), Art, Culture and Made in Italy: Gender Perspectives in the Contemporary World. (SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration) 381 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-298>
ISBN 978-3-032-12527-9 hard ¥44,689.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This book explores the multifaceted role of gender in contemporary society, focusing on its influence across art and cultural expression, entrepreneurial practices, and sustainability strategies. Based on contributions presented at the 10th Ipazia Workshop, the volume examines how art and culture serve as powerful tools for social inclusion, how gender dynamics shape innovation and entrepreneurship within the "Made in Italy" industries, and how emerging sustainability policies reflect a growing commitment to gender equality. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the book investigates both conceptual frameworks and empirical evidence, addressing the challenges and opportunities that gender issues present in creative, economic, and reporting practices. The content is organized into three main sections: gender and inclusion in art and culture; gender dynamics in entrepreneurship and innovation; and gender equality in sustainability and disclosure. This volume is intended for academics, researchers, and graduate students in gender studies, cultural studies, sustainability, and business innovation. It also appeals to policymakers, entrepreneurs, and cultural professionals seeking to understand the intersection of gender with creativity, economic development, and sustainable practices.

Deriu, Fiorenza, Regressions in Gender Equality, Women's Human Rights, and Empowerment: The Other Side of the Coin. 344 pp. 2026:1 (Springer, GW) <762-465>
ISBN 978-3-032-09962-4 hard ¥13,141.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open-access book highlights recent setbacks that threaten women's human rights and positions achieved through feminist activism and commitment in academia and civil society. Almost three decades after the Beijing Conference and the Platform for Action, this book draws the attention of the international community to the dangerous steps backward, pushbacks, and omissions that continue to characterize the political choices of national governments worldwide. The author, an expert in the field, argues for more stringent intervention to urge governments to implement the plans in the Beijing Platform for Action. The book does not assert the supremacy of one part of the world over another. Instead, it takes a thematic approach and evaluates all aspects of the Beijing Platform for Action. The book adopts an intersectional approach, and considers age, marital status, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability, immigration status, gender identity and expression, etc., in identifying multiple levels of discrimination. It, further, does not confine itself to a critical analysis of the current or already realized setbacks, but instead highlights regulatory gaps that continue to undermine the impact of the Beijing Platform for Action, limiting women's empowerment and agency, and overshadowing their voice. Therefore, it significantly adds to the literature on women's studies by identifying policy areas for intervention. Through this book, aimed at gender and women's studies scholars, policy-makers, activists, and personnel from government organizations and NGOs working with women, the systematic and structured analysis of the current setbacks in gender equality can provide valuable support for education, and enrich the scientific debate on how to make the Beijing Platform for Action a reality.

Condello, Angela / Wagner, Anne (eds.), Gender Stereotypes: Case Studies, Policies and Theoretical Approaches. (Gender, Justice and Legal Feminism 2) 411 pp. 2025:4 (Springer, GW) <762-413>
ISBN 978-3-031-63904-3 hard ¥52,576.- (税込) EUR 199.99

Sandy, Larissa / Nes-Iadicola, Petrea / Matthews, Daisy, Reconceptualizing Exiting and Career Development in Sex Work: Work Like Any Other. (Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies) 148 pp. 2026:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-211>
ISBN 978-3-032-10076-4 paper ¥10,512.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book explores 'exiting' programs for sex workers, which are behavioural change interventions that support people to stop selling sex. This book examines questions about how we should conceptualise and respond to 'exiting' and, by centring sex workers' voices, it provides evidence of the impact of these programs. It examines sex work 'exiting', not as something sex workers need to stop doing, but as part of sex work careers. Drawing on interviews and a global program review to establish best practice, this book challenges the idea of sex work as something a person is 'in' or 'out' of. It also explores sex workers' resistance to this area of programming to highlight the power and politics of 'exiting'. Using a labour framing and seeing sex work as career, this book repositions 'exiting' as career development and sheds new light on everyday working circumstances, popular discourses, policies and programs and grassroots struggles for change. As a co-collaboration incorporating knowledge from researchers and lived experience experts, this book is a unique addition that challenges the dominant abolitionist, anti-sex work framings and is of interest to academics, policy makers, sex worker support organisations and non-government organisations globally.

Dulhunty, Annabel / Bessell, Sharon (eds.), Gender and Development: Perspectives from Australia and the Pacific. (Gender, Development and Social Change) 330 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-140>
ISBN 978-981-9548-41-5 hard ¥36,802.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This edited book critically examines if and how Gender and Development can address the contemporary challenges of the 21st century, focusing on the perspectives of scholars and practitioners from Australia and the Pacific. While Gender and Development has been highly influential, it is not without criticism. Gender and Development has been critiqued for giving insufficient attention to intersectionality and the racial and colonial dimensions of 'development', as well as issues of sexuality and sexual diversity. This book ties together current theory and specific case studies, to showcase how Gender and Development has been practiced in the region and how it can be further developed and improved. With the core principles of Gender and Development remaining salient for today, this book provides unique insights as to how Gender and Development can be revitalised for scholars of development studies, gender studies, sociology, political science, geography, law and public policy.

ジェンダーの主流化と開発
Gupta, Sangita Dutta / Manjula, M. (eds.), Gender Mainstreaming and Development. (Emerald Studies in Sustainable Business Development) 268 pp. 2026:4 (Emerald, UK) <762-143>
ISBN 978-1-80686-256-6 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00

The United Nations Agenda 2030 recognizes gender equality as a fundamental human right, with SDG 5 dedicated solely to this crucial issue. Achieving gender equality and empowering women is essential for the success of all Sustainable Development Goals. Gender Mainstreaming and Development delves into the integral role of gender sensitivity in policy and program design, highlighting the importance of transforming discriminatory social institutions across political, economic, legal, and social spheres. This comprehensive volume brings together gender mainstreaming experiences from diverse sectors and regions, aiming to develop a shared understanding of current approaches and challenges. By adopting a nuanced analytical approach, it seeks to provide valuable insights and design a blueprint for truly inclusive and transformative gender mainstreaming policy and practice. Essential reading for academic researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students in economics, development, and gender studies, this book offers a fresh perspective on gender and development issues.

Manjula, M. / Gupta, Sangita Dutta (eds.), Gender and Inclusive Development. (Emerald Studies in Sustainable Business Development) 244 pp. 2026:5 (Emerald, UK) <762-135>
ISBN 978-1-80686-566-6 hard ¥25,806.- (税込) US$ 115.00

Gender and Inclusive Development offers a timely and comprehensive exploration of gender mainstreaming across diverse sectors, domains, and regions. Drawing on global experiences and grounded in the framework of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals-particularly SDG 5-this volume critically examines the evolution of gender equality strategies from Women in Development (WID) to Gender and Development (GAD). It highlights the transformative potential of gender-sensitive policy design and implementation, emphasising the need to dismantle discriminatory institutions and foster inclusive participation in political, economic, and social spheres. Through interdisciplinary contributions, the book engages with pressing questions around gender roles, decision-making, and inequality in development contexts. It presents empirical and theoretical insights that unpack the complexities of gender mainstreaming, offering a nuanced analytical lens to understand its challenges and opportunities. With a focus on real-world impact, the volume aims to inform policy, practice, and academic discourse, providing a blueprint for inclusive and transformative gender mainstreaming that can accelerate progress toward global gender parity.

Benesch, Sarah, Pronatalism: Discourses and Counterdiscourses. (Critical Language and Literacy Studies) 161 pp. 2025:7 (Multilingual Matters, UK) <762-1054>
ISBN 978-1-80041-698-7 hard ¥27,407.- (税込) GB￡ 89.95

This book addresses a topic that until recently had been underexplored: women who voluntarily forgo having and raising children. Grounded in a discourse approach, it examines reproductive decision-making in the context of pronatalist discourses, such as 'maternal instinct', 'biological clock' and 'having it all', that encourage procreation in some while discouraging it in others. To contextualize pronatalism sociohistorically, the book also examines the relationship between pro- and anti-natalist discourses that emerged during the 20th-century eugenics movement in the United States, especially its promotion of white middle-class women's procreation while discouraging, or preventing, poor immigrant women and women of color from reproducing. Other topics include online communities devoted to childfreedom, 20th- and 21st-century women authors who wrote about their decision not to procreate, responses of academic women in the field of applied linguistics to questions about their childlessness, and a personal narrative of the author's childlessness. The author calls for solidarity between mothers and 'nothers' (her term for childless women) to defy the policing of women's bodies worldwide.

Chinkondenji, Pempho, Drop-out, Push-out, or Walk-out?: (Re)imagining Education for Young Mothers and Pregnant Adolescents. (International Perspectives on Educational Policy, Research and Practice) 216 pp. 2026:4 (Emerald, UK) <762-1057>
ISBN 978-1-80686-052-4 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) US$ 105.00
ISBN 978-1-80686-054-8 paper ¥12,117.- (税込) US$ 54.00

Drop-out, Push-out, or Walk-out?: (Re)imagining Education for Young Mothers and Pregnant Adolescents delves into the pressing issues of social justice and equity for pregnant learners and school-aged mothers within international contexts. Based on an award-winning dissertation, this book centers on the experiences of pregnant learners and student mothers in southern Malawi, situating in-school pregnancy as a global phenomenon affecting both the 'Global North' and the 'Global South.' Despite re-admission and continuation policies, many young mothers still drop out of primary and secondary schools after pregnancy. Existing research confirms that school climates are often hostile and intolerant towards pregnant learners and student mothers. This book challenges the assumption that these young women are simply dropping out, arguing instead that they are being pushed out by structural forces within schools and society. To address the existential threats to schooling post-pregnancy and reimagine inclusive, continuation-oriented education for pregnant learners and student mothers, this book amplifies the voices of mothering and pregnant adolescents. Employing a novel methodological approach rooted in Ubuntu, the book challenges conventional paradigms about who belongs in schooling spaces and what education looks like for pregnant and mothering students. It also provides insights into the socio-economic, historical, cultural, and political contexts for schooling and pregnancy, as well as its global implications for women's and girls' education. Key arguments include Systemic "push-out": The departure of pregnant and mothering students is both institutionally influenced and a personal decision due to structural inequalitiesInside-outside schooling supports: Support for schooling post-pregnancy goes beyond the curriculum, drawing connections between home-based and school-based support systemsSouthern-based indigenous knowledges: The book centers on young women's stories, showcasing non-normative ways of navigating schooling post-pregnancy by offering the "Critical Afro-Feminist Education" (CAFE) framework as a unique form of theorizing through African indigenous perspectivesContinuation-oriented alternative education: Challenging normative approaches to education and utilizing communal structures for alternative education options, such as night schools, to create transformative spacesReconstructing studenthood and belongingness: Redefining what it means to be a student and challenging deficit constructions of student motherhood. Drop-out, Push-out, or Walk-out?: (Re)imagining Education for Young Mothers and Pregnant Adolescents is a significant contribution to the field of comparative and international education, offering new knowledge and practical recommendations for researchers, educators, policymakers, and advocates supporting pregnant and mothering students.

Gannon, Susanne / Robinson, Kerry H. / Adams, Prue et al., Student and Teacher Experiences of Gender Equity in Australian Secondary Schools: Gender Matters. (Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education) 189 pp. 2026:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-1062>
ISBN 978-3-032-10778-7 hard ¥36,802.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book examines how young people and those who work with them think, feel, experience and represent gender in Australian secondary schools. In the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, the authors engaged with culturally diverse recent school leavers across all sectors of schooling, in focus groups, interviews and a series of arts-based workshops. The findings provide important evidence of the need for a more sustained and coherent commitment from all levels of government as well as within schools to pursuing gender justice if young people are to flourish and exit their schooling equipped to participate in a democratic, inclusive and equitable society. The book will appeal to students and academics who are interested in teacher education and the sociology of gender, as well as teachers and policymakers who are keen to better understand the complexities and necessities of pursuing gender justice in schools.

Lindisfarne, Nancy / Neale, Jonathan, The Sexual Politics of Capitalism: A Global History, 1980-2025. 320 pp. 2026:10 (The New Pr., US) <762-1068>
ISBN 978-1-62097-979-2 hard ¥7,850.- (税込) US$ 34.99

A vast and fascinating chronicle of how gender and sexuality have been used to divide people around the world over the last fifty years "New movements are alive and moving in the world. Human beings in struggle are creating new feminisms, changing sexualities, and defying genocide. Hope stalks the heart. We have written this book for these new movements." -from the introduction The Sexual Politics of Capitalism offers a groundbreaking examination of how the global elite has used gender, sexuality, and violence to maintain control. Anthropologist Nancy Lindisfarne and writer Jonathan Neale trace the devastating effects of these tactics, showing how issues of gender and sexuality have been weaponized, especially since the 1980s, to make inequality appear inevitable, keeping the powerful in power and the marginalized fighting for survival. Spanning the globe, Lindisfarne and Neale explore the lived experiences of those on the front lines of this struggle. From mass incarceration in the United States to the resilience of queer communities in China, from Black women's battles for AIDS medication in South Africa to the fight against toxic masculinity in world leaders like Putin, Modi, Trump, and Netanyahu, this book provides a sweeping yet deeply personal account of resistance. The authors draw connections between diverse movements-union women in Nicaragua, farmers' widows in India, and bar workers in Vietnam-showing how global forces of capitalism exploit gender and sexuality to maintain power. At the same time, The Sexual Politics of Capitalism shines a light on the ongoing revolts against sexual harassment, rape, and reproductive injustice, as well as the fight for trans rights in the United States. With meticulous research and a passionate call for change, The Sexual Politics of Capitalism is more than a history-it is a manifesto for liberation. The authors invite readers to feel the grief and rage sparked by decades of oppression but also the solidarity and hope inspired by the global movements rising up in response. This radical work challenges us to confront the intimate and structural forces shaping our world and to join the fight for a more just and equitable future.

Mehta, Shalina / Monga, Manjit / Sandhu, Harinder M. (eds.), Gendered Marginalities: Exploring Culture and Global Disparities. 415 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-1070>
ISBN 978-981-9515-56-1 hard ¥39,431.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book offers a comprehensive view of global gender dynamics. The volume constructs gender as a nuanced reality that exists at every level of social interaction and creates social and institutional hierarchies. It explores the deep-seated prejudices, and stereotypes that shape gendered discourse. It brings together experiences and narratives from different domains and countries to comprehend broader social, economic, ritual and political forces that contribute to the perseverance of dated normative constructs and consequent gender marginalization. It explores how gendered gaze runs through literature, arts, corporates, governments, organizational management, gender pay gap, health care and health management, environment and climate change and ritual spaces. It scrutinizes eroding legitimacy of traditional women friendly institutions like matriliny and declining relevance of open prisons for women. The book also elucidates marginalization of women in mental health institutions and old age homes. It brings together diverse perspectives and experiences to map the global challenges and explore interventions like gender budgeting and policy changes. It examines intervention strategies undertaken by local voluntary organizations to mainstream third gender and marginalized sections of women. Contributors to the volume are eminent academics, administrators and activists from South Africa, Australia and India with decades of experience and contributions to gender issues. Foreword to the volume is written by eminent Gender Expert Prof. Carol Kulik, Bradely distinguished professor, University of South Australia. This book has a rich repository of global data, empirical narratives, theoretical inputs and analytical insights that provide exhaustive resource for students, researchers, policy developers, educationists, activists, professionals, and practitioners of gender studies, public policy and governance. Given the quantum of data, it serves as an important textbook not only for gender studies but also for CSR activities of various corporates and global welfare organizations. This book can also serve as a guiding light for C suites across industries as they evolve beyond tick in the box "gender balance" initiatives.

Ruden, Sarah, Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About Women. 240 pp. 2026:3 (Liveright, US) <762-1076>
ISBN 978-1-324-07590-5 hard ¥6,279.- (税込) US$ 27.99

The dangerous belief that granting women reproductive freedom poses a threat to "traditional" values is a myth that has long prospered in American politics, playing an especially vicious role in the development of totalitarianism in the West. How did such damaging ideas arise? In Reproductive Wrongs, acclaimed translator and cultural historian Sarah Ruden exposes how ideologies that oppress women and families in the service of power took hold. Ruden traces a sweeping history through her trenchant analysis of seven pieces of literature that, she argues, marked key inflection points across two thousand years. From propagandistic poetry written by Ovid in the early Roman Empire to the biography of an evangelical American "abortion survivor", Ruden lays bare how doctrines of control over women were invented and propagated. Scathing and vital, Reproductive Wrongs unearths the evolution of a right-wing radicalism that endures to this day.

Wikoff, Haley / Mayo, Terence / Smith, C. N. (eds.), Beyond the Spectrum: Navigating the Mental Health Landscape of LGBTQ+ Youths. (Education Equity and Justice Series) 188 pp. 2026:5 (Emerald, UK) <762-1079>
ISBN 978-1-80686-034-0 hard ¥28,050.- (税込) US$ 125.00

Beyond the Spectrum: Navigating the Mental Health Landscape of LGBTQ+ Youths delves into the multifaceted experiences of LGBTQ+ youths, unraveling the intricate interplay between mental health and identity within this diverse community. As societal attitudes shift, and acceptance grows, this book provides a comprehensive and empathetic exploration of the unique mental health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youths. This book encompasses an in-depth examination of the intersectionality within the LGBTQ+ spectrum, acknowledging that mental health struggles are shaped by various factors, including sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and socioeconomic status. Through personal narratives, scholarly insights, and mental health professionals' perspectives, the book aims to shed light on the diverse stories and struggles faced by LGBTQ+ youths, recognizing both resilience and vulnerability. Beyond the Spectrum also seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue around LGBTQ+ mental health, fostering understanding, compassion, and actionable insights for mental health professionals, educators, parents, and the LGBTQ+ community at large. By navigating the complex and often overlooked mental health landscape of LGBTQ+ youths, this book aims to empower individuals, challenge stereotypes, and advocate for a more inclusive and affirming mental health paradigm.

Gopo, Patrice (ed.), We Deserve to Heal: Black Women on the Perils and Promises of Friendship with White Women. 224 pp. 2026:2 (U. Pr. Kentucky, US) <762-1021>
ISBN 978-1-9859-0349-4 hard ¥5,597.- (税込) US$ 24.95