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Civilizing Women: British Crusades in Colonial Sudan Janice Boddy Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007 Reviewed by Rebecca Henriksen Janice Boddy’s Civilizing Women: British Crusades in Colonial Sudan critically examines how British colonial health and education projects altered modes of embodiment …

Nadine T. Fernandez New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2010 Reviewed by Erica Lorraine Williams In this insightful and well-written ethnography, Nadine Fernandez explores a central paradox: if mestizaje (racial mixing) is the “essence” of the Cuban nation, then why are …

Kia Lilly Caldwell, Kathleen Coll, Tracy Fisher, Renya Ramirez, and Lok Siu, editors New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2009. Reviewed by Erica Lorraine Williams Gendered Citizenships is an excellent example of cutting-edge scholarship that makes significant contributions to citizenship and women’s …

Christa Craven Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2010 Reviewed by Jennifer Aengst In her new book, Pushing for Midwives: Homebirth Mothers and the Reproductive Rights Movement, Christa Craven contributes to the feminist analyses of midwifery through her discussion of the ways …

 Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry Katz, and Mary Elizabeth Perry, eds. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010 Reviewed by Traci Yoder Contesting Archives: Finding Women in the Sources examines the role of archival materials in the creation of feminist histories. In this …

Maria Cattell and Marjorie Schweitzer (eds.), Left Coast Press, 2006 Reviewed by Tiffany Worboy Doctoral Candidate in Women’s Studies, Emory University In February 1992, Maria Cattell and Marjorie Schweitzer were both attending an annual conference in Santa Fe when they …

Lisa Duggan Beacon Press, 2003 Reviewed by María Amelia Viteri, Ph.D. candidate in Social Anthropology at American University The modern debate around notions of democracy has been characterized by an ideological struggle between the liberal democratic idea of liberty espoused …

Karen Ashcraft and Dennis Mumby Sage Publications, 2003 Reviewed by Mimi Saunders, socio-cultural anthropologist Ashcraft and Mumby contend that gender is “a basic constitutive feature of organizations” (96). Reworking Gender explores the multi-faceted relationship between gender and work through a …

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, Cindy L. Griffin (eds.) Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 1999 Reviewed by Marilyn Wilt Feminist Rhetorical Theories is a well-crafted “re-visioning” of rhetoric. Taking their cue from Adrienne Rich, the editors offer the reader …

Margaret Sönser Breen and Warren J. Blumenfeld (eds.) United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, 2005 Reviewed by Margot Weiss, Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Sweet Briar College This collection of thirteen chapters was originally published in a special issue of the International Journal …