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September 17, 2024

New This Week: September 17th

Another week, another New Books Tuesday! This week we’re celebrating the release of TANGLED JOURNEYS, an ambitious historical narrative that tells a multigenerational, multiracial story that invites us into the process of American history making itself. Learn more about the book below and browse all of our new books this month here. Tangled Journeys: One Family’s Story and the Making of American History… Continue Reading New This Week: September 17th

Categories African American Studies/Women's Studies
August 14, 2024

Black Women’s Humor in the Cultural Marketplace: An Excerpt from “Sass”

Black women comedians are more visible than ever, performing around the world in physical venues like comedy clubs and festivals, along with appearing in films, streaming specials, and online videos. Across these mediums, humor—and particularly sass—functions as a tool for Black women to articulate and redress cultural, social, and political marginalization. The following is an excerpt from Sass: Black Women’s… Continue Reading Black Women’s Humor in the Cultural Marketplace: An Excerpt from “Sass”

Categories African American Studies/Excerpts/Women's Studies
March 29, 2024

Women’s History Best Sellers Reading List

Women’s History Month is almost over, but we have plenty of books to help you celebrate and study the vital role that women have in American History. We’ve compiled a list of some of our best-selling Women’s History Titles that we recommend adding to your to-be-read list as soon as possible! Plus, our American History Sale is happening now so… Continue Reading Women’s History Best Sellers Reading List

Categories Women's Studies
March 22, 2024

Lights, Camera, Biography: The Perfect Book to Read if You’re Planning to Watch Netflix’s “Shirley”

Today, March 22, is the release of the new Netflix film, Shirley, with Regina King starring as Shirley Chisholm—the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman and Black major-party(Democratic) presidential candidate. If you’re planning to watch this biopic, you may want to add Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics by Anastasia C. Curwood, which is… Continue Reading Lights, Camera, Biography: The Perfect Book to Read if You’re Planning to Watch Netflix’s “Shirley”

Categories African American Studies/Biography / Autobiography/Excerpts/Women's Studies
March 15, 2024

Gender and American Culture Series Women’s History Month Reading List

The Gender and American Culture series, guided by feminist perspectives, examines the social construction and influence of gender and sexuality within the full range of American cultures. Books in the series explore the intersection of gender (both female and male) with such markers of difference as race, class, and region. The series presents outstanding scholarship from all areas of American studies–including… Continue Reading Gender and American Culture Series Women’s History Month Reading List

Categories Reading Lists/Women's Studies
March 13, 2024

Who Makes the American Working Class: Women Workers and Culture

The Following is an excerpt from Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class by Aimee Loiselle, which is available now wherever books are sold. In the late 1970s, Hollywood producers took the published biography of Crystal Lee Sutton, a white southern textile worker, and transformed it into a… Continue Reading Who Makes the American Working Class: Women Workers and Culture

Categories Excerpts/Women's Studies
March 4, 2024

Recent Women’s Studies Books to Read During Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month and in celebration we’re highlighting some of our recent books in Women’s History. All month long we will be sharing reading lists, excerpts, and other content here on the blog, so be sure to stay tuned. You can also view all of our Women’s Studies books plus check out our Black Women’s History and Gender… Continue Reading Recent Women’s Studies Books to Read During Women’s History Month

Categories Women's Studies
December 20, 2023

Who Was Julia Chinn?: An Excerpt from “The Vice President’s Black Wife”

The following is an excerpt from the introduction of The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, which is available wherever books are sold. Who Was Julia Chinn? Julia Ann Chinn was an enslaved Black woman. Born sometime between 1790 and 1797, Julia was originally owned by Richard’s parents, Robert and Jemima Suggett… Continue Reading Who Was Julia Chinn?: An Excerpt from “The Vice President’s Black Wife”

Categories African American Studies/Excerpts/Women's Studies
November 14, 2023

New Books This Week

It’s Tuesday which means we have new books that are officially on-sale wherever books are sold! You can also see our list of everything new this month on our Hot Off the Press page and you can sign up for our monthly eNews to get updates in your inbox about new books, news, promotions and more. Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses,… Continue Reading New Books This Week

Categories African American Studies/American Studies/Labor Studies/Latin American & Caribbean Studies/Literature/Women's Studies
October 27, 2023

2023 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting in-person at the NWSA annual meeting! We hope you’ll stop by our booth to say hello to editor Andreína Fernández and to browse our new titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! And be sure to check out our Gender & American Culture series!… Continue Reading 2023 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting

Categories Gender Studies/UNC Press News/Women's Studies
September 20, 2023

Billie Jean King Wins Again

The following is a guest post by Susan Ware, author of Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women’s Sports. As part of the research for my 2011 biography of Billie Jean King, I watched a video of “The Battle of the Sexes,” which took place fifty years ago on September 20, 1973. There it all was:… Continue Reading Billie Jean King Wins Again

Categories Guest Bloggers/Sports/Women's Studies
June 12, 2023

Queer History is Southern History; Queer Women are Southern Women

The following is a guest post by La Shonda Mims, author of Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South, which is available now everywhere books are sold. When I first conceived of Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists, I knew that I wanted to address the lack of queer people in southern US histories and the lack of… Continue Reading Queer History is Southern History; Queer Women are Southern Women

Categories Guest Bloggers/Labor Studies/Women's Studies
May 4, 2023

“The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women” Now Available as an Audiobook

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South Edited by Kami Ahrens is now available as an audiobook from Audible, Libro.fm, Kobo and Apple Books. Listen to a sample of the audiobook below. Praise for The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Kami Ahrens has selected a rich collection of powerful and compelling oral histories that reminds… Continue Reading “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women” Now Available as an Audiobook

Categories Appalachian Studies/Audiobooks/Women's Studies
May 3, 2023

Announcing the Black Women’s History Series Incubator

We are excited to announce the Black Women’s History Series Incubator! The incubator is open to authors who are currently completing a book-length manuscript on Black women’s history. One to two applicants will be selected and have the opportunity to receive feedback on their work-in-progress from series editors (Dr. Talitha L. LeFlouria,  Dr. Ashley Farmer, and Dr. Daina Ramey Berry) as… Continue Reading Announcing the Black Women’s History Series Incubator

Categories African American History/UNC Press News/Women's Studies
March 27, 2023

Women’s Studies Books to Look Forward to in April

Happy Women’s History Month! In this blog post we’re highlighting the forthcoming Women’s History titles that will be publishing in April. Throughout the month we’ve been posting reading lists and excerpts of Women’s History Titles on the blog. Be sure to browse previous post’s, check out books in our Gender and American Culture series, and learn more about our new Black Women’s History series.… Continue Reading Women’s Studies Books to Look Forward to in April

Categories Reading Lists/Women's Studies
March 21, 2023

Recasting the Vote: Introduction

Happy Women’s History Month! If you’re looking for Women’s History Titles to read this month, you can browse our previous Women’s History Blog Post’s, check out books in our Gender and American Culture series, and learn more about our new Black Women’s History series. The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage… Continue Reading Recasting the Vote: Introduction

Categories Excerpts/Women's Studies
March 10, 2023

Bestselling Women’s History Titles Over the Years

Happy Women’s History Month! UNC Press has been publishing in Women’s studies for many years and in celebration of this month, we looked back at some of our bestselling Women’s History Titles and compiled this reading list. You can also check out our and our Gender and American Culture series as well as our new Black Women’s History series. Shirley… Continue Reading Bestselling Women’s History Titles Over the Years

Categories Women's Studies
March 1, 2023

The Women of Kerman

Happy Women’s History Month! Originating in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week,” and after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, in 1987, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between… Continue Reading The Women of Kerman

Categories Biography / Autobiography/Excerpts/Women's Studies
February 22, 2023

Ordinary Violence

The following is an excerpt from Consent in the Presence of Force: Sexual Violence and Black Women’s Survival in Antebellum New Orleans by Emily A. Owens, available wherever books are sold. In histories of enslavement and in Black women’s history, coercion looms large in any discussion of sex and sexuality. At a time when sexual violence against Black women was… Continue Reading Ordinary Violence

Categories African American Studies/Excerpts/Women's Studies
January 12, 2023

The Making of a Young Intellectual

The following is an excerpt from Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics by Anastasia C. Curwood, available wherever books are sold. The Making of a Young Intellectual Although Shirley Chisholm would eventually be a formidable Black feminist political force, young Shirley St. Hill was ambivalent about pursuing politics during college and her early career. She was inspired by… Continue Reading The Making of a Young Intellectual

Categories African American Studies/Political Science/Women's Studies