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Javier Samper Vendrell, “The Seduction of Youth: Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic” (U Toronto Press, 2020)
Javier Samper Vendrell
The Seduction of Youth
Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic
University of Toronto Press, 2020

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society June 3, 2020 Michael E. O’Sullivan

The Weimar Republic is well-known for its gay rights movement and recent scholarship has demonstrated some of its contradictory elements. In his recent book entitled The Seduction of Youth: Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic (University of Toronto Press, 2020), Javier Samper Vendrell writes the first study to focus on... Read More
Tanya Harmer, “Beatriz Allende: A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America” (UNC Press, 2020)
Tanya Harmer
Beatriz Allende
A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America
University of North Carolina Press, 2020

New Books in BiographyNew Books in Caribbean StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network June 3, 2020 Rachel Grace Newman

Tanya Harmer’s new biography, Beatriz Allende: A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), explores how a young Chilean woman pursued her political commitments and navigated patriarchal strictures as a militant leftist. The daughter of Salvador Allende, Beatriz Allende was born in 1942 and... Read More
Breanne Fahs, “Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution” (Verso, 2020)
Breanne Fahs
Burn It Down
Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution
Verso, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network June 3, 2020 Rebekah Buchanan

Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution (Verso, 2020), Breanne Fahs has curated a comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos from the nineteenth century to today. Fahs collected over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, calling on feminists to act, be defiant and show their rage. This thought-provoking and timely collection... Read More
Amy Harris, “Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England: Share and Share Alike” (Manchester UP, 2016)
Amy Harris
Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England
Share and Share Alike
Manchester University Press, 2016

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network June 2, 2020 Christina Gessler

Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England: Share and Share Alike (Manchester University Press, 2016), by Amy Harris, examines the impact sisters and brothers had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters, diaries, probate disputes, court transcripts, prescriptive literature and portraiture, Harris argues that although parents’ wills... Read More
Mary-Kate Lizotte, “Gender Differences in Public Opinion: Values and Political Consequences” (Temple UP, 2020)
Mary-Kate Lizotte
Gender Differences in Public Opinion
Values and Political Consequences
Temple University Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network June 1, 2020 Lilly Goren

Political Scientist Mary-Kate Lizotte’s new book, Gender Differences in Public Opinion: Values and Political Consequences (Temple University Press, 2020) helps us to understand the concept of the gender gap in American politics and how this gap looks across a host of different policy areas. Lizotte examines four different policy umbrellas: the... Read More
Pamela S. Nadell, “America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today” (Norton, 2019)
Pamela S. Nadell
America’s Jewish Women
A History from Colonial Times to Today
W. W. Norton & Company, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network June 1, 2020 Ronnie Grinberg

Ronnie Grinberg speaks with Pamela S. Nadell, the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History and director of Jewish studies at American University. Her books include America’s Jewish Women, winner of the Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year Award from the Jewish Book Council, and Women Who Would... Read More
Anthony Valerio, “Semmelweis: The Women’s Doctor” (Zantedeschi Books, 2019)
Anthony Valerio
Semmelweis
The Women's Doctor
Zantedeschi, 2019

New Books in BiographyNew Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network June 1, 2020 Mark Klobas

Though his advice has saved the lives of millions of people, the name Ignaz Semmelweis is not one commonly known today. In his book Anthony Valerio’s Semmelweis: The Women’s Doctor (Zantedeschi Books, 2019). Valerio details the many struggles Semmelweis faced in winning acceptance for his advice on antiseptic procedures. The... Read More
Björn Krondorfer, “The Holocaust and Masculinities: Critical Inquiries into the Presence and Absence of Men” (SUNY Press, 2020)
Björn Krondorfer
The Holocaust and Masculinities
Critical Inquiries into the Presence and Absence of Men
SUNY Press, 2020

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Genocide StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network May 26, 2020 Yakir Englander

In recent decades, scholarship has turned to the role of gender in the Holocaust, but rarely has it critically investigated the experiences of men as gendered beings. Beyond the clear observation that most perpetrators of murder were male, men were also victims, survivors, bystanders, beneficiaries, accomplices, and enablers; they negotiated... Read More

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