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NEW BOOKS ON WOMEN & FEMINISM No. 50, Spring 2007 CONTENTS Scope Statement .................. 1 Politics/ Political Theory . 31 Anthropology...................... 1 Psychology ...................... 32 Art/ Architecture/ Photography . 2 Reference/ Bibliography . 33 Biography ........................ 3 Religion/ Spirituality . 34 Economics/ Business/ Work . 6 Science/ Mathematics/ Technology . 37 Education ........................ 8 Sexuality ........................ 37 Film/ Theater...................... 9 Sociology/ Social Issues . 38 Health/ Medicine/ Biology . 10 Sports & Recreation . 44 History.......................... 12 Women’s Movement/ General Women's Studies . 44 Humor.......................... 18 Periodicals ...................... 46 Language/ Linguistics . 18 Index: Authors, Editors, & Translators . 47 Law ............................ 19 Index: Subjects ................... 58 Lesbian Studies .................. 20 Citation Abbreviations . 75 Literature: Drama ................. 20 Literature: Fiction . 21 New Books on Women & Feminism is published by Phyllis Hol- man Weisbard, Women's Studies Librarian for the University of Literature: History & Criticism . 22 Wisconsin System, 430 Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madi- son, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 263-5754. Email: wiswsl @library.wisc.edu. Editor: Linda Fain. Compilers: Amy Dachen- Literature: Mixed Genres . 25 bach, Nicole Grapentine-Benton, Christine Kuenzle, JoAnne Leh- man, Heather Shimon, Phyllis Holman Weisbard. Graphics: Dan- iel Joe. ISSN 0742-7123. Annual subscriptions are $8.25 for indi- Literature: Poetry . 26 viduals and $15.00 for organizations affiliated with the UW Sys- tem; $16.00 for non-UW individuals and non-profit women's pro- grams in Wisconsin ($30.00 outside the state); and $22.50 for Media .......................... 28 libraries and other organizations in Wisconsin ($55.00 outside the state). Outside the U.S., add $13.00 for surface mail to Canada, Music/ Dance .................... 29 $15.00 elsewhere; or $25.00 for air mail to Canada, $55.00 else- where. This fee covers most publications of the office, including New Books on Women & Feminism, Feminist Collections, and Philosophy ...................... 30 Feminist Periodicals. Alternative Cataloging in Publication Data New books on women & feminism. Madison, WI: Women’s Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin System. 2/year. Began publication 1979. Entries, arranged by subject, “include all bibliographic information readily available.” 1. Women—Bibliography—Periodicals. 2. Feminism—Bibliography—Periodicals. 3. Feminist literature—Bibliography—Periodicals. I. University of Wisconsin System. Women’s Studies Librarian. II. Title: Books on women & feminism. III. Title: Women & feminism: new books. IV. Title: Feminism & women: new books. Courtesy of Sanford Berman. NEW BOOKS ON WOMEN & FEMINISM No. 50, Spring 2007 Scope: ANTHROPOLOGY 1. BABY LORE: SUPERSTITIONS AND OLD WIVES TALES This bibliography represents a selection of new books (generally fifty or FROM THE WORLD OVER RELATED TO PREGNANCY, more pages long) and periodicals that have come to our attention BIRTH AND BABYCARE. Franklin, Rosalind. Diggory, 2005. primarily from reviews and publishers’ announcements and catalogs. For 206p. ill. pap., $12.99, ISBN 0951565540. each title, we include all bibliographic information readily available to us. OCLC numbers are listed when we have consulted OCLC (WorldCat) for entry verification. We scan book reviews in a variety of feminist and 2. BODY AS MATERIAL CULTURE: A THEORETICAL general periodicals. Those listed as sources for a title arrived earliest in OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY. Sofaer, Joanna R. Cambridge the production cycle for this issue, or provided us with help in establishing University Press, 2006. 188p. ill. bibl. index. pap., $27.99, ISBN subjects. The absence of a source note indicates that we obtained the 0521521467. (Topics in contemporary archaeology, no.4). information primarily from publishers, Books in Print, OCLC, or other national catalog searching. The notation LC indicates that the sole source 3. FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND of information was a Library of Congress (LC) record. The notation LC* FUTURE. Geller, Pamela L. and Stockett, Miranda K., eds. indicates that we obtained the information from an LC Cataloging-in- University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 248p. bibl. index. Publication pre-publication record and have been unable to confirm that $47.50, ISBN-10: 0812239407, ISBN-13: 9780812239409. (CH the book has actually been published. 03/06, p.1171) New Books on Women & Feminism is published twice a year (Spring and Fall). Number 50 (Spring 2007) covers nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic 4. HEART OF LIGHTNESS: THE LIFE STORY OF AN works published primarily during 2005, 2006, and 2007, arranged in 30 ANTHROPOLOGIST. Turner, Edith L. B. Berghahn, 2006. broad categories. Novels and short story anthologies are not listed in 312p. bibl. index. $80.00, ISBN 1845451260; pap., $25.00, New Books, with the following exceptions: rediscovered women writers; ISBN 1845451279. (LC) translations of works by writers who might not have received notice in general reviewing sources, or reprints of such works; international 5. IBAN ART: SEXUAL SELECTION AND SEVERED HEADS. anthologies; and reissued classics in new academic editions. Each title Heppell, Michael, et al. KIT/Stylus, 2006. 180p. ill. bibl. index. is listed only once. However, since many books have multiple subjects, $70.00, ISBN 906832540X. (CH 03/06, p.1166) a detailed subject index appears at the end of the bibliography, along with an author index. The subject index terms are created for New Books 6. INTO THE HEARTS OF THE AMAZONS: IN SEARCH OF A by the editor following the practices and sensibilities of A Woman’s MODERN MATRIARCHY. DeMott, Tom. Terrace/University of Thesaurus, edited by Mary Ellen S. Capek (New York: Harper & Row, Wisconsin Press, 2006. 280p. bibl. index. $26.95, ISBN-10: 1989, c.1987). Beginning with Issue 46, we are designating country of 0299216403, ISBN-13: 9780299216405. (LC) publication for works published outside the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom. 7. MIDNIGHT TALES: A WOMAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE The “Periodicals” category includes descriptive annotations of first or MIDDLE EAST. TANTE FATIMA KAUFT EINEN TEPPICH. Al- sample issues received. Rawi, Rosina-Fawzia. Arav, Monique, trans. Olive Branch/Interlink, 2006. 303p. ill. bibl. pap., $15.00, ISBN New Books is NOT an accessions list. We cannot guarantee that books 1566565588. (Translated from Arabic.) (LJ 02/01/06, p.96) listed here are held by the University of Wisconsin libraries. We hope that this bibliography will be used to strengthen library collections and serve 8. THE SACRED DICHOTOMY: THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS researchers and other interested readers in the U.S. and other countries. ON THE DUALITY OF FEMALE AND MALE ICONOGRAPHY We encourage researchers unable to obtain a book locally to take IN SOUTH ASIA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN . Bunce, advantage of interlibrary loan services. Check your local public or Frederick W. D. K. Printworld (India), 80p. ill. bibl. $36.70, ISBN academic library for details. 8124603642. The New Books staff welcomes your suggestions about format, 9. SCIENTISTS AND STORYTELLERS: FEMINIST arrangement, and content. ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST. Lavender, Catherine Jane. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. 296p. bibl. index. $34.95, ISBN-10: 0826338682, ISBN-13: 9780826338686. 10. UNMASKING CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN NICARAGUAN FESTIVAL. Borland, Katherine. University of Arizona Press, 2006. 223p. ill. bibl. index. $45.00, ISBN-10: 0816525110, ISBN-13: 9780816525119. (LC) 2/ Anthropology/ Art... 11. WAYWARD WOMEN: SEXUALITY AND AGENCY IN A NEW 23. A GIRL FROM TEXAS: THE LIFE, LOVES AND BATTLES OF GUINEA SOCIETY. Wardlow, Holly. University of California RUTH CONERLY, AMERICA'S EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST. Press, 2006. 284p. ill. bibl. index. pap., $21.95, ISBN Wolf, S. E. Antigua Odisea, 2006. 350p. ill. pap., $19.95, ISBN 0520245601. (CH 03/06, p.1171) 0977022536. (Originally published in 1999.) (LC) 24. GLAMOR GIRLS OF DON FLOWERS. Flowers, Don. Chun, Alex, ed. Fantagraphics, 2005. 293p. ill. pap., $19.95, ISBN 1560977132. ART/ ARCHITECTURE/ PHOTOGRAPHY 25. IN THE PINK: DOROTHY DRAPER, AMERICA'S MOST 12. AGING ARTFULLY: 12 PROFILES: VISUAL & PERFORMING FABULOUS DECORATOR. Varney, Carleton. Pointed Leaf; WOMEN ARTISTS AGED 85-105. Gorman, Amy. PAL, 2006. distr. Antique Collector's Club, 2006. 216p. ill. $95.00, ISBN 148p. + compact disc. pap., $20.00, ISBN 0978519205. (The 0972766189. (PW 01/23/06, p.93) CD, by Frances Kandl, is entitled SEVEN SONGS OF WOMEN.) 26. JEWISH IDENTITIES IN AMERICAN FEMINIST ART: GHOSTS OF ETHNICITY. Bloom, Lisa. Routledge, 2006. 208p. 13. ANGELICA KAUFFMAN: ART AND SENSIBILITY. Rosenthal, ill. bibl. index. $105.00, ISBN 0415232201; pap., $29.95, ISBN Angela. Yale University Press, 2006. 352p. ill. bibl. index. 041523221x. (LC) $65.00, ISBN-10: 0300103336, ISBN-13: 9780300103335. 27. JUNE WAYNE: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE, 1936-2006: THE 14. BETYE SAAR: EXTENDING THE FROZEN MOMENT. Saar, ART OF EVERYTHING. Conway, Robert and Danto, Arthur C. Betye and Stewart, James Christen. University of California Rutgers, 2006. 544p. ill. bibl. index. $125.00, ISBN Press, 2005. 176p. ill. bibl. index. $39.95, ISBN 0520246624. 0813538246. (CH 03/06, p.1166) (Catalog accompanies traveling exhibition.) (BKL 02/01/06, p.23; LJ 02/01/06, p.76) 28. LEONDA FINKE. Finn,