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Titles A - F

African American Midwifery in the South: Dialogues of Birth, Race, and Memory
Gertrude Jacinta Fraser
Reviewed by Gwynne L. Jenkins

Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art
Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin

Reviewed by Lea S. McChesney

The American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
by Eve LaPlante
Reviewed by T.J. Boisseau

American Sexual Character: Sex, Gender, and National Identity in the Kinsey Reports
Miriam G. Reumann

Reviewed by Joy Scott

Backlash Against Welfare Mothers: Past and Present
Ellen Reese
Reviewed by Lilyan Kay, MS MPH

Birthing the Nation: Strategies of Palestinian Women in Israel
Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh

Reviewed by Anuradha Saxena

Breaking The Silence: French Women’s Voices From the Ghetto
Fadéla Amara and Sylvia Zappi
Reviewed by Vanessa Agard-Jones

Butler Matters: Judith Butler’s Impact on Feminist and Queer Studies
Margaret Sönser Breen and Warren J. Blumenfeld (eds.)

Reviewed by Margot Weiss

Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture
Carol Burke

Reviewed by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson

Commodifying Bodies
Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Loïc Wacquant (eds.
)
Reviewed by Margot Weiss

Daughters of Tunis: Women, Family and Networks in a Muslim City
Paula Holmes-Eber
Reviewed by Aysecan Terzioglu

Disobedience, Slander, Seduction, and Assault: Women and Men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862-1900
Tanja Christiansen
Reviewed by Jessaca Leinaweaver

Ethical Dilemmas in Feminist Research: The Politics of Location, Interpretation, and Publication
Gesa E. Kirsch
Reviewed by Anastasia N. Panagakos

Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork
Diane L. Wolf (ed.)

Reviewed by Anastasia N. Panagakos

Feminist Rhetorical Theories
Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, and Cindy L. Griffin (eds.)

Reviewed by Marilyn Wilt

From Grandmother to Granddaughter: Salvadoran Women's Stories
Michael Gorkin, et al.

Reviewed by Lea Pickard

Fulbe Voices: Marriage, Islam, and Medicine in Northern Cameroon
Helen A. Regis
Reviewed by Hilarie Kelly

 


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please contact Suzanne Baker.

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