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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

アメリカの家族史の新方向
Potter, Sarah (ed.), New Directions in United States Family History. (New Directions in History) 196 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1294>
ISBN 978-1-032-54259-1 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-54050-4 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book provides students with a brief, accessible introduction to new scholarship in US family history, from the colonial era to the present.Designed for classroom use, chapters address issues of religion, politics, and the shifting relationship between the family and the state. They offer a nuanced look at how scholars are engaging with family history in the first quarter of the twenty-first century: the sources they use, the questions they ask, the themes they consider, and the new perspectives they bring to this work. Each chapter provides a richly contextualized snapshot of a variety of families in various times and places with particular emphasis on the perspectives of African American, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American, poor, working-class, and queer families. Taken together, these reveal many new directions in the field of family history, illuminating key aspects of the development in American families from a variety of viewpoints.Demonstrating the ongoing political significance of the family across time and place in US history, as well as the continued resilience and resourcefulness of families, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of gender, sexuality, marriage, childhood, feminism, imperialism, religion, and politics in the Unites States.

Safaee, Yazdan, Women of the Empire: Life and Labor in the Achaemenid Persepolis Archives. (Ancient Iran Series 20) 390 pp. 2026:5 (Brill, NE) <765-1297>
ISBN 978-90-04-75837-7 hard ¥45,067.- (税込) EUR 170.00

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the status and roles of women within the socio-economic framework of the Achaemenid Empire. Drawing primarily on the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives, it foregrounds the documentary evidence as a lens through which the lives, labor, and agency of women-both within royal institutions and beyond-can be critically assessed. Women of the Empire explores a range of thematic issues across its chapters, highlighting the diverse contexts in which women appear in administrative records and reconstructing their participation in the imperial economy.

Stafford, Grace, Visualising Women in Late Antiquity. (Oxford Studies in Byzantium) 368 pp. 2026:8 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <765-1299>
ISBN 978-0-19-898379-8 hard ¥32,146.- (税込) GB￡ 104.00

Visualising Women in Late Antiquity examines depictions of contemporary women in the late antique Mediterranean as a rich source for social history. Most histories of women in this period focus on the copious surviving textual sources, the majority of which were written by churchmen. Yet it is also widely acknowledged that such sources can be as problematic as they are fascinating. This book proposes the question: instead of a history focused on textual depictions of women, what might a history centred around visual depictions look like? It seeks to examine how women experienced the numerous changes that shaped Late Antiquity as a transitional period between the classical and medieval words, while also showing that women's experiences were an inextricable part of wider social, religious, and economic histories. Over the course of this groundbreaking book, Grace Stafford considers what visual representation can tell us about four interrelated axes of change, each chosen for its importance and prevalence in visual culture: bathing, adornment, and the ceremonialisation of elite life; learning, education, and intellectual culture; family and the life-course; and public benefaction and patronage. Throughout, Stafford brings together a wide range of images from across the Mediterranean, from mosaics, wall-paintings, and textiles, to ivory, silverware, and graffiti. The analysis of this visual and material culture both corroborates and challenges well-known developments in gender history and traditional text-based narratives, while also revealing new aspects of women's experiences.

Taggart, Daniel / Stubley, Joanne (eds.), Talking about Non-recent Child Sexual Abuse: Survivor, Clinician and Researcher perspectives. 346 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1301>
ISBN 978-1-032-67030-0 hard ¥46,365.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00
ISBN 978-1-032-67029-4 paper ¥7,724.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

This book addresses the issue of non-recent child sex abuse and its long-term impact on adult survivors from a broadly psychodynamic perspective.Non-recent CSA is not a subject that can or should be confined to the clinical arena. It has legal, welfare and profound social implications, with its impact broadening out from the survivor to the family to the community and into wider society. The politics of power and oppression are intertwined with the experience and may be unconsciously repeated into adult experiences, often worsened by the interplay of intersectionality and the withdrawal of public services and support for people with complex mental health problems. This book has been developed to support survivors, families, practitioners and the wider public break the social taboo around the topic of child sexual abuse. It unites a broad range of voices to encourage better community support and improve social services to support those impacted. With an ethical commitment to the field, this book will appeal to clinicians working in mental health but will also hold interest to those in other fields such as the social sciences, as well as the interested public, and CSA survivors in particular.

Wescott, Stephanie / Roberts, Steven, Schooling Misogyny: Exposing and Eliminating the Influence of the Manosphere in Education Settings. 128 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1304>
ISBN 978-1-041-04871-8 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-04870-1 paper ¥7,724.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

This book confronts an escalating crisis unfolding in Australian schools: the influence of manosphere-aggravated misogyny and the everyday gendered violences it produces. Drawing on interviews and testimonies from over 130 teachers, it examines the legacy of the profound harms caused by Andrew Tate, and the ways that other manosphere groups and ideologies are shaping boys' attitudes and behaviour towards women in schools.The book argues that manosphere ideologies, amplified by powerful platform algorithms and galvanised by wider political shifts towards far-right populism and grievance-based politics, are contributing to misogynist radicalisation, increasingly surfacing in classrooms in boys' hostility toward gender equality, profound sexist behaviours, and strengthened commitments to the idea of 'male supremacy'. Part One maps this terrain, centering teachers' accounts that show how misogynistic narratives take hold, how they reanimate long-standing patterns of sexism in schools, and how institutions themselves often minimise or dismiss women educators' experiences. Part Two turns to solutions, offering practical, research-informed guidance for teachers, leaders and policymakers seeking to build safer school environments and enable effective violence prevention work to take place. It provides strategies for whole-school change along with complementary pedagogical tools, while grappling with the structural barriers that hinder progress towards just outcomes.Accessible yet deeply grounded in data and theoretical analysis, Schooling Misogyny is both a diagnosis and a call to action-an essential resource for anyone committed to addressing and preventing gender-based violence and creating more transformative educational futures.

Zimmermann, Anja, The Breast: A Cultural and Political History. Tr. by N. Barfoot. 262 pp. 2026:5 (Polity Pr., UK) <765-1306>
ISBN 978-1-5095-6782-9 hard ¥6,752.- (税込) US$ 29.95

While sometimes described as a secondary sex characteristic, the female breast is of primary interest. It nourishes but also seduces, it is considered sacred or depraved - depending on the era, culture, context and perspective. The way breasts are seen, shown or concealed has been the subject of debate and scandal for centuries. Breasts, in other words, are by no means 'private parts': on the contrary, they're a subject of great public interest. The breast is the organ through which some of the central cultural and political conflicts of Western societies have been conducted, now and in the past. But the power of the breast does not lie in any 'natural' force. It lies in the cultural characteristics that we attribute to it and that make it a symbol of femininity, naturalness, motherliness or sexuality.Zimmermann takes the reader on an extended tour of how the breast and its symbolism are politically constructed. She examines this ambiguous and versatile body part from various perspectives but always with a political question in mind. This is a book about art and pornography, fashion and gender norms, the ideal of motherhood and heteronormativity, body positivity and self-determination, sexism and protest. She shows that the dialectic between revealing and concealing, visibility and invisibility, played out discursively in different fields, is a key to understanding the social, cultural and political significance of the breast. Her book delves into the past, seeking to explain the origins of a conflict that has surfaced again and again in different times and places and is still with us today.

Pasche Guignard, Florence / Engelmajer, P. et al. (eds.), Beyond Mother Goddesses: Mothers, Motherhood and Mothering at the Intersection with Religions. 146 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-102>
ISBN 978-1-032-82097-2 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Beyond Mother Goddesses introduces key scholars in the study of mothers, maternal figures and motherhood at the intersection with religion and spirituality, as well as new paths for research.It features interviews with key scholars in religious studies and closely related disciplines, and offers a reflexive stance on theory and methodology. The scholars whose interviews are gathered in this volume study different traditions including Greco-Roman religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and contemporary cultures, and time periods from Antiquity and Ancient India to contemporary cultures. Although they also represent different disciplines and draw on different methodologies, they all examine the intersection of mothers, motherhood and mothering with religion and spirituality.With its introduction and its conclusion, which together provide a detailed description of the state of the field and new avenues for research, this volume offers a thorough examination of the emerging subfield of study on mothers, motherhood, mothering and religion.

革命－フランスからニカラグアまでのジェンダー化された経験と脚本
Rizzo, Tracey / Garcia Guevara, Aldo, Revolutionaries: Gendered Experiences and Scripts from France to Nicaragua. (Gendering World History) 168 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1045>
ISBN 978-0-367-61688-5 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-0-367-61687-8 paper ¥12,978.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Revolutionaries traces the gendered experiences of revolution from the 18th century Atlantic Revolutions through the late 20th century.With an explanatory framework that focuses on the evolution of revolutionary 'scripts,' Revolutionaries synthesizes the latest micro-historical scholarship on gender and revolution into a survey of two centuries of world history. Because revolutionaries are the most self-aware of historical actors, they adapted the phrases, such as 'all men are created equal' and followed the phases - mobilization through victory and consolidation - across one revolution after another. For example, when Nicaraguans commemorated the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989--and their Revolution--by paying homage to "Liberty Leading the People" on a postage stamp, they precisely evoked this modern global revolutionary 'script,' one they had improved upon. While scholars have identified these phrases and stages, and compared revolutions across time and space, few have focused on gender. Although patriarchy was renovated over and over, when 'great men' consolidated power, revolutionaries also rose up again and again, with new tools, determined to widen political and economic rights for women and other excluded groups. Revolutionaries interrogates the great man script that leaves masculinity underexplored while sharing the stories of extraordinary and ordinary women and men and their gendered dreams.With vignettes, different global examples for each theme, and illustrations and photographs, this is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to find out about the gendered implications of revolutions.

Schrijvers, Lieke L., Conversion, Gender, Race: A Comparative Study of Women Becoming Jewish, Christian, and Muslim in the Netherlands. (Gendering the Study of Religion in the Social Sciences) 208 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-107>
ISBN 978-1-032-65649-6 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands. In a unique comparative approach, it is based on ethnographic research in Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities. What does it mean to join a religious community as a woman in a largely secularized country? How does gender impact processes of religious conversion? How can we understand processes of racialization of converts who join a minority group? The book highlights how the formation of a religious self is shaped by gender and vice versa at the level of religious community, families and individual embodiments. It considers the apparent paradox in women's conversion: When secular women join religious groups associated with gender conservatism, they are often perceived as lacking agency, or using their conversion primarily for external reasons (such as marriage). Underneath this assumption is a strong idea that 'secularity' offers women their freedom, whilst 'traditional religions' would limit women's emancipation and freedom. Drawing on insights from gender studies and religious studies, the author critically reflects on concepts and theories about women's religiosity, conversion, and the role of gender and sexuality in the construction of a religion/secular binary. The study offers fresh and nuanced insight into the similarities between religious groups, which are usually examined individually. At the same time, it recognizes that the social context and difference in social position of the three groups studied have a deep impact on the process of conversion. The book includes analysis of how new Jewish and Muslim women deal with the experience of becoming a (racialized) minority in the Netherlands, as well as how the comparison with the experiences of Christian women reflect on Christian privilege.

性、ジェンダー・アイデンティティ、スポーツ
Devine, Cathy (ed.), Sex, Gender Identity and Sport. 358 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1141>
ISBN 978-1-032-94022-9 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-90123-7 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport, and considers the consequent implications for sport policy.It argues that biological sex is essential to an understanding of female athletes and sport participants, including the sex gap in sports performance, the history of female exclusion from sport, and the importance of the female sport category in relation to equal human rights, competitive opportunities, and fairness for girls and women. The book features the work of leading international scholars and practitioners working in a variety of disciplines, including sport history, sport medicine, sport philosophy, sport physiology, sport policy, sport sociology, and equality, discrimination and human rights law. It examines the history of sex and gender in sport, and introduces the fundamental anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the female athlete, as well as the science of testosterone suppression, supplementation, and disorders/differences of sex development (DSD). It also explores the theoretical debates around sex, gender identity and trans athletes in sport, including categorisation by sex, and considers their significance in terms of international and domestic sport policy, discrimination, fair competition, and human rights.Centring the female athlete as the majority stakeholder in decisions regarding eligibility for the female category, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in women's sport, social issues in sport, sport science, sport policy or gender studies.

Taylor, Katie, Gridiron Invasion: The Hidden History of Women's Football. (Sport & Popular Culture) 302 pp. 2026:7 (U. Tennessee Pr., US) <765-1150>
ISBN 979-88-952709-7-4 hard ¥7,880.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Women have long participated in the game of American football. From informal, secret games, to educators' use of touch football for female students, to attempts at professional leagues, women's experiences in the sport have continuously evolved throughout the gridiron game's history. In Gridiron Invasion, author Katie Taylor traces the hidden history of women and girls playing football, revealing that their progress has not been straightforward. At times, their breakthroughs are hard won and then lost mere years later. Contextualizing women's participation within changes in society and the norms to which girls and women were expected to adhere, this book covers the lives of the pioneering players that contravened expectations. By scouring decades of newspaper reports and other primary sources, Taylor reveals that while there was occasional outrage at women's football, far more often the public accepted the sport. Coverage differed based on the type of outlet. Local newspapers and reports from syndicated material were usually supportive of the participants, whereas articles in national magazines frequently contained stereotypes or expressed indignation. Few books delve into the long history of women's football before the first official leagues were developed in the 1960s, making Gridiron Invasion an invaluable account. In presenting this largely unrecorded narrative, Taylor shows that women have been playing the sport for almost as long as men, and she hopes the book will further normalize women's participation today.

Claassen, Cheryl, Women, Fertility, and North American Archaeology. 438 pp. 2026:6 (U. Tennessee Pr., US) <765-1248>
ISBN 979-88-952709-6-7 paper ¥9,007.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Women, Fertility, and North American Archaeology brings together more than three decades of Cheryl Claassen's groundbreaking work on gender and archaeology. Featuring articles originally published between 1989 and 2023, the volume makes available the full scope of Claassen's work related to Archaic and Woodland-era women in the Southeastern United States, women working as archaeologists, and the development of a gendered archaeological inquiry. Organized in two parts, the collection begins with essays on the emergence of gender as an archaeological category and on the role of women in a field once dominated by masculine perspectives. The second half of the volume turns to archaeological explorations of women in prehistory, including women's labor, fertility, and ritual practices, and how these facets of life were linked to and influenced by the landscapes and resources of the time. With introductions to each section that discuss the genesis of ideas and provide additional context for each paper, Claassen situates her work within the broader history of the discipline. Illustrated with thirty images and maps and including previously difficult-to-find articles, this volume is an essential resource for archaeologists, students of anthropology, and scholars of gender and women's studies.