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Book Lists

Women & Gender Studies Core Books Database
A list of core books compiled by the Women & Gender Studies Section (WGSS) of the Association of College & Research Libraies (ACRL)

Noteworthy Books

Feminist Thought : a more comprehensive introduction by Rosemarie Putnam Tong
Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings by Susan Shaw; Janet Lee
Are All the Women Still White? : rethinking race, expanding feminisms by Janell Hobson (Editor)
Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro : rewriting identity, spirituality, reality by Gloria E. Anzaldua; AnaLouise Louise Keating (Editor)
We Were Feminists Once: from Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the buying and selling of a political movement by Andi Zeisler
Queering Sexual Violence : radical voices from within the anti-violence movement by Jennifer Patterson (Editor)
Women and Islam: myths, apologies, and the limits of feminist critique by Ibtissam Bouachrine
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
African Women Writing Resistance by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez (Editor); Pauline Dongala (Editor); Omotayo Jolaosho (Editor); Anne Serafin (Editor)
Available in print or eBook format
Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective by Caroline Brettell; Carolyn F. Sargent; Caroline B. Brettell; Carolyn Fishel Sargent
Unruly Bodies: life writing by women with disabilities by Susannah B. Mintz
Ecofeminism : women, culture, nature by Karen J. Warren (Editor); Karen Warren (Editor)
Reclaiming the F Word by Catherine Redfern; Kristin Aune
Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers by Kathleen Rowe Karlyn
Available in print or eBook format
The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare by Ellen Kuhlmann (Editor); Ellen Annandale (Editor)
Women's History in Global Perspective by Bonnie G. Smith (Editor)
Feminist Frontiers by Verta Taylor; Leila J. Rupp; Nancy Whittier
Women - Images and Realities: a multicultural anthology by Amy Kesselman; Lily D. McNair; Nancy Schniedewind; Suzanne Kelly; Gowri Parameswaran
On gender, labor, and inequality by Ruth Milkman
Language and Gender: a reader by Jennifer Coates (Editor); Pia Pichler
Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean
South Asian Feminisms by Ania Loomba (Editor); Ritty A. Lukose (Editor)
Christian Ethics at the Boundary: feminism and theologies of public life by Karen V. Guth
Sister Nations: Native American women writing about community by Heid E. Erdrich; Laura Tohe (Editor)
Carnal Aesthetics: transgressive imagery and feminist politics by Marta Zarzycka (Editor); Bettina Papenburg (Editor)
Unequal Sisters : an inclusive reader in U.S. women's history by Vicki L. Ruiz (Editor)
Gender and Islam in Africa: rights, sexuality, and law by Margot Badran (Editor)
Women and Islam by Zayn R. Kassam (Editor)
Women, Science, and Technology: a reader in feminist science studies by Mary Barbercheck (Editor); Hatice Ozturk (Editor); Marta Wayne (Editor); Mary Wyer (Editor); Donna Giesman Cookmeyer (Editor)
The Feminist Philosophy Reader by Alison Bailey; Chris Cuomo
Beyond Trans: does gender matter? by Heath Fogg Davis
Encompassing Gender : integrating international studies and women's studies by Mary Lay (Editor); Janice Monk (Editor); Deborah Rosenfelt (Editor)
The End of Patriarchy : radical feminism for me by Robert Jensen
The Girl in the Show : three generations of comedy, culture, and feminism by Anna Fields
Love, InshAllah : the secret love lives of American Muslim women by Nura Maznavi (Editor); Ayesha Mattu (Editor)
Ready Player Two: women gamers and designed identity by Shira Chess
Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions by Susan M. Shaw; Janet Lee
Digital Black Feminism by Catherine Knight Steele

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