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Shadaab Rahemtullah, “Qur’an of the Oppressed: Liberation Theology and Gender Justice in Islam” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Shadaab Rahemtullah
Qur'an of the Oppressed
Liberation Theology and Gender Justice in Islam
Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network April 10, 2020 Shehnaz Haqqani

Shadaab Rahemtullah‘s book Qur’an of the Oppressed: Liberation Theology and Gender Justice in Islam (Oxford University Press, 2017) offers a compelling comparative analysis of the works of four Muslim scholars of Islam – Asghar Ali Engineer, Farid Esack, Amina Wadud, and Asma Barlas. The book serves as an excellent introduction... Read More
Cassia Roth, “A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil” (Stanford UP, 2020)
Cassia Roth
A Miscarriage of Justice
Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil
Stanford University Press, 2020

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network April 10, 2020 Patricia Martins Marcos

While the negotiation of ideals of nationhood and citizenship have traditionally fallen under the purview of landmark court decisions, state reforms, and the political exigencies of statesmen, Cassia Roth‘s new book A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil (Stanford University Press, 2020) chooses to... Read More
Amy Koerber, “From Hysteria to Hormones: A Rhetorical History” (Penn State UP, 2018)
Amy Koerber
From Hysteria to Hormones
A Rhetorical History
Penn State University Press, 2018

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society April 7, 2020 Lee Pierce

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. Amy Koerber (she/hers), Professor at Texas Tech University, on the groundbreaking book From Hysteria to Hormones: A Rhetorical History (Penn State University Press, 2018). Filled with fresh takes on classical rhetorical theories, From Hysteria is an... Read More
J. S. Hirsch and S. Khan, “Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus” (Norton, 2020)
J. S. Hirsch and S. Khan
Sexual Citizens
A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in AnthropologyNew Books in EducationNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network April 6, 2020 Krystina Millar

The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual assault such a common... Read More
Kimberly A. Hamlin, “Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener” (Norton, 2020)
Kimberly A. Hamlin
Free Thinker
Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society April 1, 2020 Lilly J. Goren

Kimberly A. Hamlin is an award-winning historian and associate professor in American studies at Miami University of Ohio. Her book Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener (W. W. Norton, 2020) offers a fascinating biography of a little-known suffrage leader. Gardner began life as Alice... Read More
V. Hudson, D. Bowen, P. Nielsen, “The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide” (Columbia UP, 2020)
Valerie M. Hudson, Donna Lee Bowen, and Perpetua Lynne Nielsen
The First Political Order
How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide
Columbia University Press, 2020

New Books in Big IdeasNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Sociology April 1, 2020 Beth Windisch

Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order? Valerie M. Hudson, Donna Lee Bowen, and Perpetua Lynne Nielsen‘s new book The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance... Read More
Jin Y. Park, “Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp” (U Hawaii Press, 2017)
Jin Y. Park
Women and Buddhist Philosophy
Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp
University of Hawaii Press, 2017

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network March 31, 2020 Trevor McManis

Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp (University of Hawaii Press, 2017) by Jin Y. Park, professor of philosophy and religion at American university, is an account of the Korean Buddhist nun, Kim Iryŏp’s life and philosophy, which takes place from 1896-1971. Park eclectically references philosophers, feminists, and... Read More

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