{"id":17004,"date":"2022-02-28T20:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=17004"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:52:15","slug":"womens-history-month-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/womens-history-month-2022","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Women\u2019s History Month<\/a>, celebrated during March in the US, and International Women\u2019s day<\/a>, celebrated March 8th across the world, present an opportunity to honor women\u2019s contributions to history, culture and society while calling for greater equality.

In recognition, Berghahn is delighted to offer\u00a0discount code IWD2022<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a025% off<\/strong>\u00a0all\u00a0Gender Studies<\/a>\u00a0print & eBooks throughout March. In addition, Berghahn Journals is offering\u00a0FREE access<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Girlhood Studies<\/a><\/em>\u00a0until March 15th.\u00a0Scroll down<\/strong>\u00a0to view redemption details and read\u00a0Open Access<\/strong>\u00a0volumes of the journal\u00a0Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women’s and Gender History<\/a><\/em>. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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DECONSTRUCTING DOLLS<\/a><\/strong>
Girlhoods and the Meanings of Play<\/strong>
Edited by Miriam Forman-Brunell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deconstructing Dolls<\/em> pushes the boundaries of doll studies by expanding the definition of dolls, ages of doll players, sites of play, research methods, and application of theory.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FRIENDSHIP WITHOUT BORDERS<\/a>
Women’s Stories of Power, Politics, and Everyday Life across East and West Germany<\/strong>
Phil Leask<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeginning and advanced students can learn much from this highly readable book. Its bottom-up view of postwar German history is revealing even to the expert.<\/em>..” \u2022 German History<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GENDER IN GEORGIA<\/a><\/strong>
Feminist Perspectives on Culture, Nation, and History in the South Caucasus<\/strong>
Edited by Maia Barkaia and Alisse Waterston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis book is recommended reading to anybody interested in Georgia with a broad variety of topics where every reader can find something interesting.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 East European Politics<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SISTERS IN ARMS<\/a>
Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968<\/strong>
Katharina Karcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKarcher\u2019s study of militant feminism encourages scholars to re-think the history of feminism, and reflect on how changes to feminist politics and practice have shaped what is considered feminist, and the writing of feminism, more broadly.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 English Historical Review<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHOICE<\/em> OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOFIA COPPOLA<\/a>
The Politics of Visual Pleasure<\/strong>
Anna Backman Rogers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A feminist study of the mood, texture, tone, and multifaceted meaning of director Sofia Coppola\u2019s aesthetic through her most influential and well-known films. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARGARET MEAD<\/a><\/strong>
Paul Shankman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This short volume is an ideal starting point for anyone wanting to learn about, arguably, the most famous anthropologist of the twentieth century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FRAN\u00c7OISE H\u00c9RITIER<\/a><\/strong>
G\u00e9rald Gaillard
Foreword by Michelle Perrot<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This book will be a revelation to many anthropologists and feminist scholars.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Adam Kuper<\/strong>, London School of Economics <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follows the life of French anthropologist Fran\u00e7oise H\u00e9ritier, who had a lasting impact on a generation of French anthropologists that continues to this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE VIRAGO STORY<\/a>
Assessing the Impact of a Feminist Publishing Phenomenon<\/strong>
Catherine Riley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Not only does it evocatively capture a historical moment, but it also serves as an important case study in business history, provides a critical intellectual history of feminism, and even alters our understanding of the book itself.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Jennifer Scanlon<\/strong>, Bowdoin College <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE WOMEN’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT<\/a>
Impacts and Outcomes<\/strong>
Edited by Kristina Schulz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This collection represents the first systematic investigation of Women\u2019s Liberation movement’s cumulative impacts and achievements within the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEW IMAGINARIES<\/a><\/strong>
Youthful Reinvention of Ukraine’s Cultural Paradigm<\/strong>
Edited and Translated by Marian J. Rubchak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout doubt, this volume offers pioneering contributions and fills gaps on the subject of women in the Ukraine. It thus contributes to opening up a new era in the research on gender in the Ukraine.<\/em>” \u2022 Genre & Histoire<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WAR AND WOMEN ACROSS CONTINENTS<\/a>
Autobiographical and Biographical Experiences<\/strong>
Edited by Shirley Ardener, Fiona Armitage-Woodward, and Lidia Dina Sciama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing on family materials, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, this book shows the impact of war on individual women caught up in diverse and often treacherous situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAD M\u00c4DCHEN<\/a>
Feminism and Generational Conflict in Recent German Literature and Film<\/strong>
Margaret McCarthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis book is not for those new to these primary texts, but, for those who are curious about contemporary feminisms and their complicated, messy, and awkward expressions, it provides rich reading.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Feminist German Studies<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Featured Series: Transnational Girlhoods<\/a><\/em> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Girlhood Studies has emerged over the last decade as a strong area of interdisciplinary research and activism, encompassing studies of feminism, women and gender, and childhood and youth and extending into such areas as sociology, anthropology, development studies, children\u2019s literature, and cultural studies. As the first book series to focus specifically on this exciting field, Transnational Girlhoods<\/strong><\/em> will help to advance the research and activism agenda by publishing full-length monographs and edited collections that reflect a robust interdisciplinary and global perspective. For a full selection of volumes please visit series webpage<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AN AMERICAN ICON IN PUERTO RICO<\/a>
Barbie, Girlhood, and Colonialism at Play<\/strong>
Emily R. Aguil\u00f3-P\u00e9rez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this study, author Emily R. Aguil\u00f3-P\u00e9rez focuses on a group of multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls, exploring how playing with Barbie dolls as children has impacted their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LIVING LIKE A GIRL<\/a><\/strong>
Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare Measures in Europe and Beyond<\/strong>
Edited by Maria A. Vogel and Linda Arnell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis collection truly captures what it means to live like a girl in contemporary Europe, and it is sure to be a key resource for scholars working in the area for years to come.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Fiona Vera-Gray<\/strong>, Durham University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GIRLHOOD AND THE POLITICS OF PLACE<\/a><\/strong>
Edited by Claudia Mitchell and Carrie Rentschler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirmly grounded in gender and women\u2019s studies\u2019 core concepts and questions, students and scholars alike will find this an important contribution Girlhood Studies, which each chapter promising various applications perhaps not yet considered.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Canadian Women\u2019s Studies<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE SURPLUS WOMAN<\/a>
Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918<\/strong>
Catherine L. Dollard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[This book] is a considerable achievement. <\/em>The Surplus Woman is essential reading not only for feminist historians but also for anyone with an interest in gender politics and culture and deserves a wide audience<\/em>.\u201d \u00b7 Reviews in History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OPEN ACCESS!<\/em>
ASPASIA<\/a><\/strong>
The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women’s and Gender History <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Editor: <\/strong>Sharon Kowalsky, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Access Volumes<\/strong>
Special Forum on Socialist Masculinities<\/em> (Vol. 15)<\/a>
Volume 14<\/a>
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GIRLHOOD STUDIES<\/a><\/strong>
An Interdisciplinary Journal <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor-in-Chief:<\/strong> Claudia Mitchell, McGill University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recognition of International Women’s Day, Berghahn Journals is offering FREE ACCESS<\/strong> to Girlhood Studies<\/a><\/em> until March 15<\/strong>. To access, use code IWD22<\/strong>. View redemption details<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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