The Gendered Self: LGBTQ+ Narratives in Global Media, Volume I

Edited by Tamanna M. Shah, Ohio University and Sonali Jha, Ohio University

'The Gendered Self: LGBTQ+ Narratives in Global Media, Volume I' explores how media serves as a powerful arena for visibility, identity formation, and social change. Across global contexts, the chapters uncover how LGBTQ+ lives are framed, celebrated, silenced, or contested in television, film, news, advertising, and digital platforms. Contributors examine themes such as queer infrastructures in cinema, televised celebrations that disrupt tradition, the erasure and recovery of queer histories, and the lived experiences of Indigenous Two-Spirit and Māhū identities. Other chapters address the role of international law in shaping sexual rights, the tensions of representation in Muslim-majority societies, and the ways advertising and talk shows negotiate inclusivity. The volume concludes with a critique of how sitcoms both challenge and reassert patriarchal masculinity. The collection highlights that representation is never neutral. Media can validate identities, expand imaginaries, and amplify marginalized voices, yet it can also perpetuate stereotypes, erase histories, and reinforce exclusion. This volume brings these tensions into focus, revealing how the gendered self emerges at the intersection of culture, politics, and storytelling, and why media remains central to the global struggle for equality.

The Gendered Self: LGBTQ+ Narratives in Global Media, Volume II

Edited by Tamanna M. Shah, Ohio University and Sonali Jha, Ohio University

'The Gendered Self: LGBTQ+ Narratives in Global Media, Volume II' challenges the restrictive frameworks that have long defined gender and sexuality. Moving beyond simplistic dichotomies, this volume explores how LGBTQ+ identities are shaped, represented, and contested across diverse cultural, historical, and political contexts. Through case studies from Turkey, the United States, China, and India, contributors reveal the lived complexities of queer experience. Chapters trace transgender journeys of identity transformation, dissect the weaponization of queer bodies in moral panics, and analyze the digital self-representations of Chinese gay men. Others investigate how Indian OTT platforms and Malayalam cinema expand space for queer narratives, while historical accounts of activists like Paula Grossman illustrate the fraught relationship between representation, activism, and backlash. Across these explorations, the volume highlights how media, politics, and cultural traditions simultaneously affirm and erase queer lives. It uncovers the deep roots of erasure in mythology and religion, while also showing how digital platforms and popular culture create new opportunities for resistance and recognition. This collection insists that the “gendered self” must be understood as fluid, intersectional, and culturally situated, pushing readers to reimagine identity beyond binaries and toward broader visions of inclusion and justice.

Fashion’s Missing Masses: The representation of marginalized populations in collections and exhibitions of dress

Edited by Kenna Libes, Bard Graduate Center

'Fashion’s Missing Masses' fills a gap in literature on museums and fashion collections and focuses on the display of clothing and fashion that has historically been left out of the canon. The fifteen essays in this volume span topics on Indigenous and traditional dress; disabled and fat bodies; and queer and ethnic identities. Their authors study the ways that dress and textiles have been collected, displayed, and often ignored across a century and a half of museum exhibitions. Representation and inclusion in fashion museums is a new and rapidly evolving area of research in the reexamination of dress history. These chapters provide unique information and perspectives on curation, collections management, conservation, and research, which will be valuable to a wide group of audiences working, teaching, and learning in and about museums. This volume touches on practical concerns of exhibition, including mannequin availability and difficulties of mounting dress, as well as broader questions of scholarship and activism that will be key for educators and researchers who wish to stay abreast of developments in this field. Diversity in fashion is a hot topic, and understanding the line between tokenization and representation in spaces of institutional authority is crucial to learning how we can better serve our diverse populations in the teaching of history.

Estudios de (des)cortesía verbal en la historia del español: Actos de habla, modulación del discurso y formas de tratamiento

Edited by Andrzej Zieliński, Universidad de Szczecin, Polonia and Silvia Iglesias Recuero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Instituto Universitario Seminario Menéndez Pidal

Esta monografía colectiva profundiza en diferentes estrategias lingüísticas de (des)cortesía verbal documentadas en los períodos evolutivos tradicionalmente considerados en historia de la lengua española. Los diez capítulos que constituyen el libro, cuyos autores son especialistas en la materia, ofrecen novedosas aportaciones sobre el funcionamiento de diferentes actos de habla, formas de tratamientos o modulaciones del discurso, abordados desde diferentes enfoques y aplicados en diferentes modalidades del español. De esta manera, hace una notable aportación a la reconstrucción de la historia de la (des)cortesía en español -y en italiano, puesto que hay un capítulo dedicado al análisis histórico contrastivo- y de las construcciones lingüísticas empleadas en la interacción a lo largo de los siglos, pues el arco temporal abarcado cubre desde los siglos XII al XXI. En las perspectivas de análisis diacrónico adoptadas resultan cruciales la recontextualización sociocultural de la (des)cortesía de cada época y la consideración de los géneros discursivos empleados como corpus, de modo que cobran especial relevancia para el estudio de la pragmática la organización secuencial de las interacciones orales y escritas, la tradicionalidad discursiva de las construcciones analizadas y las funciones interpersonales y de gestión de la interacción a las que sirven. Esta perspectiva sociocultural y discursiva, propia de los estudios actuales en pragmática y (des)cortesía permite un análisis esclarecedor de los fenómenos lingüísticos y discursivos abordados.

Men and Masculinities in the Global South: A Southern Perspective

Edited by José Loureiro, Candido Mendes University

'Men and Masculinities in the Global South: A Southern Perspective' is a pioneering collection that places Southern voices, practices, and contexts at the centre of global masculinities research. For too long, the field of Men and Masculinities Studies (MMS) has been shaped by theories generated in the Global North. This volume responds by foregrounding scholarship rooted in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and other Southern regions, showing that the Global South is not a periphery but a vibrant source of theoretical innovation and critical practice. Organised in two parts, the book moves from thematic analyses to regionally grounded case studies. Part I examines key issues such as the history of MMS in the North and South, male healthcare, violence, activism, music, and literature. Part II highlights the lived realities of masculinities (geography of masculinities) across Chile, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam, among other locations, illustrating how local histories and political economies shape gendered experiences in diverse ways. Contributors engage both with established frameworks – such as Raewyn Connell’s Southern Theory, among others – and with fresh conceptual tools that expand comparative and transnational research. Equally distinctive is the book’s collaborative method. Emerging from an open call for chapters, it fosters an “invisible college” of scholars, activists, and practitioner-researchers working across disciplines, languages, and borders. This approach not only diversifies the field but also strengthens South–South and South–North exchanges in MMS. Accessible and rigorous, this collection will serve undergraduate and postgraduate students in Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Development, and Public Health. It is equally relevant for NGOs, educators, policymakers, and professionals engaged in gender justice, health, and violence prevention. As a reference text, teaching aid, and catalyst for new scholarship, 'Men and Masculinities in the Global South' affirms the South as an indispensable site of knowledge production and a driver of global debates on gender and social change.

La traducción como herramienta de empoderamiento: Hacia una gramaticalización de lo no binario en lengua española

Javier Arroyo Bretaño, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, España

El contexto sociohistórico contemporáneo, gracias a los feminismos de tercera y cuarta ola y al progreso de las teorías ‘queer’, ha favorecido la puesta en duda del binarismo sexo-género. Esto, junto a la revolución comunicativa de las dinámicas de web 2.0, ha provocado que proliferen identidades al margen de lo masculino y lo femenino, englobadas bajo el concepto de lo no binario. De la mano de estas identidades ha llegado su representación dentro y fuera del ámbito de la ficción, así como el debate en torno a su expresión gramatical. En ese sentido, mientras que en lengua inglesa existen entidades académicas como el diccionario ‘Merriam-Webster’ o el ‘Cambridge Dictionary’, que las aceptan y definen, la Real Academia Española se muestra contraria a recogerlas. El conflicto surge, pues, a la hora de traducir esas realidades identitarias al español, pues no hay consenso en torno a su representación lingüística. De esta manera, dado que diversos estudios avalan tanto la capacidad de la traducción para favorecer cambios sociológicos como la relación que esto guarda con el género, la traducción se nos presenta como una herramienta poderosa a la hora de favorecer la implementación de una gramática de lo no binario: dado que hay que traducirlas, urge debatir cómo representar estas identidades emergentes. Por tanto, a través de la importación de sus narrativas, la traducción puede favorecer la instauración de las identidades no binarias en lengua española.

Cinematic Ecosystems: Screen Encounters with More-than-Humans in the Era of Environmental Crisis

Edited by Mary Hegedus, York University and Jessica Mulvogue, University of St Andrews

Motivated by the exigency of climate change, 'Cinematic Ecosystems: Screen Encounters with More-than-Humans in the Era of Environmental Crisis' takes cinema to be an audiovisual form whose creation and meaning are deeply connected to more-than-human worlds. As part of the third wave of ecocinema studies, this collection gathers contributions on multiple cinema forms from an international group of scholars and artists who offer diverse, critical perspectives that respond to the question: How does cinema help or hinder us in coming to know the more-than-human world? The collection homes in on the concept of the ecosystem as a biological and technological system that comprises a network of inter-relational living and their inanimate elemental affordances to explore encounters with cinema as a material object and practice, a spectatorial experience, and a representational text. The chapters cover environmental topics that span five continents and multiple histories. This book will be of special interest to film studies scholars and artists interested in cinema and climate change, environmental justice, and posthumanism.

Manet’s Ironic Duplicity: Hamlet, Baudelaire, and Masculinity

James H. Rubin, Stony Brook, State University of New York

The painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was a central figure for momentous and lasting changes in the realm of art that still resound today. His art speaks directly to the philosophical issues and political conflicts of his own time and is therefore deeply embedded in the development of modernity. 'Manet’s Ironic Duplicity' focuses on that situation and the historically conscious artist’s sometimes ambivalent struggle for authenticity. Rather than another full chronological monograph, the book is an interdisciplinary study organized around key concepts. It reframes the major, and sometimes disparate issues in Manet scholarship by focusing on a never-before-considered overriding theme—duplicity—which itself is multiple in its manifestations and variants, hence 'duplicities'. Reversing the usual narrative, this study deconstructs and enlightens the myth of the heroic artist struggling for individual and original vision by revealing how so much of Manet’s creativity and irony was prompted by frustrations due to repressive politics, censorship, and challenges to his sense of self. A key aspect of the latter was his masculinity. Although Manet’s association with the ideas of the poet and critic Charles Baudelaire is well known, never has Baudelaire’s essay 'On the Essence of Laughter and the Comic in the Visual Arts' been brought to bear on the concept of irony in Manet’s work. Given Baudelaire’s rapprochement between actors and artists, as well as Manet’s familiarity with the theatrical milieu, the book focuses on Manet’s two little-studied representations of 'Hamlet' as both the starting and end point of its analysis. It then concludes with a re-reading of the painter’s illustrated letters to women as a dissimulation of his final, fatal illness in order to maintain his masculine honor.

The Insides of the Outsider: Women and the Poetics of Space and Place

Edited by Mariangela Ugarelli

When asked if being a woman had a negative impact on her ability to succeed as a writer, Argentine poet Alejandra Pizarnik stated that, even if not a physical impediment, being a woman in a patriarchal society is ‘a tragedy’ in itself. She followed this comment by saying: ‘What matters is what we do with our own tragedies’. Beyond sex assigned at birth, feminized bodies around the world share a similar phenomenological experience, which is dictated by a complicated relationship to space. Before setting pen to paper, the woman writer, a monster herself within patriarchal discourse, must confront the role society has set for her. For a writer in a feminized body, thus, the act of writing never begins with a tabula rasa but with a refusal and a challenge, an ushering out of the supposed ‘eden’ of the domestic. The question of the women-writer’s space is further exacerbated when considering matters of intersectionality. The poetics of space and place change within the confines of different geopolitical structures and their relations amongst each other. How do they shift when the center becomes de-centered and writing stems not from a place of political power but from the quieted voices of minor literature, queer and racialized bodies or subalternized latitudes? This volume will attempt to address these questions with input from a diverse group of scholars dealing with an equally diverse corpus. North and Latin America converse with Europe while ‘genre’ literature, minor literature and ‘gendered’ literatures take center stage. By taking into account a wide array of cultural objects, from poetry and children’s literature to Gothic tales and television shows, this collection of articles reveals the profound link between space and the female experience through the lens of art and literature.

Redacción académica en la carrera de literatura

Manual de escritura para estudiantes de letras y futuros críticos literarios

Alan Estefan Gutiérrez, Purdue University

Este es uno de los pocos manuales en español enfocados, de principio a fin, en la escritura sobre literatura a nivel universitario, si no es que quizá el único, hasta el momento de su publicación. Influido por el movimiento Writing in the Disciplines (WID), plantea que la escritura sobre literatura es distinta a la de otras carreras, incluso de las humanísticas (p. ej., historia o filosofía), por lo que un estudiante de literatura necesita familiarizarse con las prácticas propias de su campo. Escrito en un lenguaje claro, expone en detalle los temas que un estudiante debe conocer para escribir crítica literaria en español: desde ortografía y gramática hasta los géneros más comunes que los profesores piden en clase, pasando por procesos de escritura, tipos de evidencia en la crítica literaria y los usos y lineamientos del formato MLA en español. Su tesis básica es simple: para escribir en los estudios literarios, debemos leer, pensar y escribir como críticos literarios. Compuesto por trece capítulos, el libro está diseñado para acompañar al estudiante en todo momento de sus estudios: desde los primeros semestres de la licenciatura hasta la tesis doctoral, si es que decide convertirse en académico profesional. El manual está pensado para estudiantes de distintos niveles (pregrado y posgrado), tanto hablantes nativos como no nativos. Parte del hecho de que existen diversos manuales de teoría literaria que enseñan distintos enfoques para leer literatura, pero pocos enseñan a escribir sobre literatura en español. Con una perspectiva interdisciplinaria, este libro explora el punto de convergencia de tres actividades interrelacionadas —la escritura, la lectura y la crítica literaria— para producir textos. Además, argumenta que nuestras emociones —como la ansiedad o el bloqueo del escritor— influyen en nuestra habilidad para escribir, por lo que ofrece estrategias generales para lidiar con ellas y con la procrastinación. Todo esto con el fin de compartir con los estudiantes del siglo XXI el mayor número posible de herramientas para escribir en los fascinantes pero exigentes estudios literarios y hacerlo con éxito.

Women and Religion in Britain Today: Rites and Rituals

Edited by Yvonne Bennett, Canterbury Christ Church University

This book is the second volume edited by Yvonne Bennett examining the lived religious lives of women in 21st-century Britain. The authors continue to explore contemporary women’s spirituality by looking at the way women use rituals and rites within their lives. Coming from different academic fields, the contributors bring together an interdisciplinary collection of voices on the topic of rituals and ritualistic behaviours. The chapters are woven together to shine a heterogeneous light on religion in the twenty-first century and the impact it has on women in Britain today. The volume also examines the editors’ own spirituality alongside that of the participants, offering a hybrid academic-practitioner viewpoint on ritual. The chapters begin and end with a philosophical examination of ritual and the manner in which ritualistic behaviours are incorporated into human experience. This book takes the reader on a journey from the cradle to the grave and from medieval history to the present day.

Developing Deans: Transforming Academic Leadership

Edited by L. Lynn Vidler, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

'Developing Deans: Transforming Academic Leadership' brings a fresh perspective to the development of higher education deans. Recent books on the deanship focus on ‘becoming’ or ‘being’ a dean, focusing the responsibility of the deanship ‘on the individual’. That is, if you want to become a dean or be an effective dean, this is what ‘you’ must do. This new volume places the onus of developing deans squarely on higher education itself. We know that, in the future, we will need new deans. We also know that we want those deans to be tenured full professors. What are we doing to develop new, effective deans and how might we do that ‘intentionally’ and effectively? This edited volume includes empirical research, case studies and first-person narratives aimed at highlighting methods and practices designed to develop fundamental leadership skills for university deans who create inclusive, collaborative and cross-functional organizational cultures. Practitioners, researchers and scholars address questions such as: How do deans learn to lead effectively? Is this the optimal developmental path? How might we scale leadership development as a practice across higher education? The volume is divided into an introduction plus three sections, with several chapters per section. Section One features approaches that focus on the development of department chairs as a preparation for dean-level leadership. Section Two focuses on opportunities and experiences at the campus level used in strategic ways to intentionally develop future deans. Section Three supplements the first two sections with practical suggestions for individuals who are interested in preparing themselves for a deanship. 'Developing Deans' may serve as a reference for anyone hoping to design or improve a leadership development program on their campus, including current presidents, chancellors, associate vice chancellors, provosts, deans and prospective deans. Other readers may include leadership professionals, researchers, consultants and leaders both inside and outside higher education.

Cultural Influences and International Students

Understanding Academic Experiences in US Higher Education

Kruti S. Chaliawala, Boise State University

Navigating the intricate landscape of U.S. higher education can be profoundly challenging for international students. This groundbreaking work offers a vital, dual perspective, interweaving deeply personal lived experiences with rigorous academic research to illuminate the multifaceted journey of cultural and academic adaptation. Beyond the author’s compelling narrative in the preface, the book shares personal stories, making complex challenges tangible and relatable. From dissecting the nuances of U.S. grading systems and academic culture to exploring complex social integration, language proficiency hurdles, and the pervasive challenges of “othering” and discrimination, this book provides an honest and comprehensive account. A unique focus is placed on the distinct barriers faced by female students from conservative cultural backgrounds, offering empathetic insight into their unique struggles with participation, social norms, and mental well-being. Distinguished by its blend of personal narrative and evidence-based solutions, this book transcends mere description. It critically examines the role of institutional support, advocating for culturally sensitive mentorship, inclusive classroom practices, tailored mental health services, and essential cultural competency training for faculty and staff. 'Cultural Influences and International Students' is an indispensable resource for current and prospective international students seeking to understand and prepare for their journey. It is also an essential guide for higher education professionals, including faculty, advisors, administrators, and policymakers, providing actionable strategies to foster truly inclusive environments. This work stands as a powerful call to action for transforming U.S. campuses into spaces where every international student can thrive academically and personally.

Manet’s Ironic Duplicity: Hamlet, Baudelaire, and Masculinity

James H. Rubin, Stony Brook, State University of New York

The painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was a central figure for momentous and lasting changes in the realm of art that still resound today. His art speaks directly to the philosophical issues and political conflicts of his own time and is therefore deeply embedded in the development of modernity. 'Manet’s Ironic Duplicity' focuses on that situation and the historically conscious artist’s sometimes ambivalent struggle for authenticity. Rather than another full chronological monograph, the book is an interdisciplinary study organized around key concepts. It reframes the major, and sometimes disparate issues in Manet scholarship by focusing on a never-before-considered overriding theme—duplicity—which itself is multiple in its manifestations and variants, hence 'duplicities'. Reversing the usual narrative, this study deconstructs and enlightens the myth of the heroic artist struggling for individual and original vision by revealing how so much of Manet’s creativity and irony was prompted by frustrations due to repressive politics, censorship, and challenges to his sense of self. A key aspect of the latter was his masculinity. Although Manet’s association with the ideas of the poet and critic Charles Baudelaire is well known, never has Baudelaire’s essay 'On the Essence of Laughter and the Comic in the Visual Arts' been brought to bear on the concept of irony in Manet’s work. Given Baudelaire’s rapprochement between actors and artists, as well as Manet’s familiarity with the theatrical milieu, the book focuses on Manet’s two little-studied representations of 'Hamlet' as both the starting and end point of its analysis. It then concludes with a re-reading of the painter’s illustrated letters to women as a dissimulation of his final, fatal illness in order to maintain his masculine honor.

Soviet Policies on Gender, Education and Culture

Edited by Christina Engelmann, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany et al.

In times of increased East-West confrontation and various global crises, it becomes increasingly clear that, for most people, the neoliberal restructuring of society has not resulted in greater freedom or a more self-determined lifestyle. Instead, we are experiencing a precarization of working and living conditions, rising isolation, and a widespread sense of political powerlessness linked to the rise of right-wing governments, nationalist, and far-right forces in recent years. In light of these developments, it is especially important to take an unbiased look at concepts and practical models for alternative social and political change and to reflect on what lessons can be learned from historical events for today’s politics. The Soviet example appears particularly instructive, as the October Revolution of 1917 marked the start of a period of profound change in which a fundamentally different culture and education system emerged in just a few months and years. As this volume’s contributions demonstrate, the complex transformation process in the early years of the Soviet Union involved both the creation of new elements and the preservation of old ones. As the interview with Kristen R. Ghodsee shows, figures like Alexandra Kollontai, through their progressive socialist theory and practice, brought about sweeping changes that extended beyond the sphere of production. They fundamentally transformed social life as a whole, especially gender relations, leading to significant improvements in living conditions – particularly for female workers – and achievements such as public childcare. The contributions and the interview with Dietmar Dath also explore the development of a new education system and the restructuring of art and culture, as well as their significance beyond the historical contexts in which they originated, continuing to influence today. Through this, the volume aims to open new perspectives on the legacy of Soviet education, gender, and cultural policies and to provide insightful analyses and materials for researchers in disciplines such as educational sciences, history, art and cultural studies, literature, social and political science, anthropology, philosophy, and gender studies.

¿Invisibles? Trans-identidades en la España contemporánea

Edited by Ana M. Corbalán, The University of Alabama

‘¿Invisibles? Trans-identidades en la España contemporánea’ analiza la experiencia, corporeidad, identidad y representación de las personas trans en las producciones culturales españolas. Este volumen examina los fenómenos culturales que giran en torno a las trans-identidades, analizando la visibilidad del colectivo en los últimos 50 años y respondiendo a estas preguntas: ¿Cómo se representa a la comunidad trans en España? ¿Qué modelos de referencia hay en las producciones culturales? ¿Cómo combatir la transfobia existente? El libro denuncia la ausencia de un espacio realmente inclusivo en el panorama cultural y plantea la necesidad de aumentar la agencia y derechos de las identidades trans en el discurso público. Sus trece capítulos ofrecen una variedad de referentes sobre la diversidad genérico-sexual para visibilizar a unas personas vulnerables cuyas experiencias se han visto reducidas en numerosas ocasiones a rechazo y discriminación.

The Civil Warriors

Frederick Douglass, Stand Watie, and the Balance of Power In the Nineteenth Century

Reagan Fancher, Texas Woman’s University

Frederick Douglass and Stand Watie, two men on opposite sides of the American Civil War, may seem to have little in common. Yet in 'The Civil Warriors', Reagan Fancher seeks to help students of American History understand the nuances of both men’s actions and decisions while calling attention to the striking similarities between Douglass, an abolitionist leader and adviser to President Abraham Lincoln, and Watie, a “mixed-blood” Cherokee slaveholder who became the last Confederate general to surrender. Despite their stark contrasts, these two men proved more similar than different in their character and courage in striving to aid their respective peoples. Douglass’s liberty message contributed to the enfranchisement of the freedmen and the breaking of political barriers, while Watie’s wisdom in laying aside his personal grievances against the Northern Cherokee rivals of his Southern Cherokee people helped heal the Cherokee Nation’s simmering sectarianism, reignited by the Civil War and paved the way for intratribal peace. In contrast to previous works, 'The Civil Warriors' examines the wartime and postwar lives and actions of both Douglass and Watie in a single volume for the first time, calling scholars’ attention to the similar paths on which each man embarked in serving his respective republic. Through this book, Fancher seeks to both inform collegiate-level students about Watie and Douglass’s lasting contributions that often seem to be overlooked or underemphasized in many other recent works and provide a useful classroom teaching tool for scholars while exploring both men’s lives and legacies. Revisiting and rebutting some popular misperceptions of each man, the book also fills a gap in Watie scholarship and seeks to both inform and inspire casual readers and scholars alike, bringing together those of different perceptions of the Civil War and Reconstruction and guiding today’s Americans in casting aside their differences and working together.

Recasting the Bygone Witch: Representations of Lesser-Known Witches in Popular Culture

Edited by Aine Norris, Old Dominion University and Mariaelena DiBenigno, William & Mary

'Recasting the Bygone Witch: Representations of Lesser-Known Witches in Popular Culture' is an interdisciplinary collection that explores witches across time, culture, and scholarly space. It brings together voices and perspectives from literature, game studies, political science, history, and more to examine the overlooked or misrepresented. Timely and profoundly relevant, the collection asks readers to participate in conversations about the bygone witch as a historical, cultural, and political figure while examining who gets remembered or labeled as a witch, and why. 'Recasting the Bygone Witch' features scholarship from an interdisciplinary, international cohort of scholars using a variety of methods to analyze and contextualize bygone witches in discussions of power, identity, and resistance. From biographical examinations of Pamela Colman Smith, Marjorie Cameron, Sybil Leek, and Urška Klakočar Zupančič, to art and literary analyses of The Fires of Bride, Thomas Middleton, and William Hogarth, and reimagining the witch’s presence in college classrooms, scholars place the bygone witch in conversation across disciplines. The collection also examines how witches manifest in popular culture, specifically the depiction of witches in (and on) social media, video games, and film. With a blend of rigorous research and accessible examples of bygone witches across socio-cultural spaces, 'Recasting the Bygone Witch: Representations of Lesser-Known Witches in Popular Culture' is an act of reclamation and preservation.

#MenAreTrash. #AmINext? #SayHerName: Feminist Rage, Digital Activism and Gendered Violence in Southern Africa

Kutlwano B. L. Mokgwathi, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

This book explores gender-based violence in Southern Africa, specifically focusing on male violence against women, children, and the LGBTQ+ community. It examines how women in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, particularly in South Africa, utilize media technologies to mobilize, organize, raise political awareness, and amplify protests. Key to this discussion are hashtags such as #MenAreTrash, #AmINext, and #SayHerName, which shed light on various forms of violence, including intimate partner violence, community violence, and state violence. The book situates these practices within the historical contexts of colonialism and apartheid, framing violence as a communicative act that shapes everyday life in the region. It further links the practices of digital activism to broader traditions of social movements and feminist struggles. In agreement with African feminists, it posits that feminism on the continent is an action-oriented practice that arises from women’s collective efforts toward liberation. This viewpoint lays the groundwork for understanding digital Black feminism in Southern Africa as part of a larger trajectory of cyberfeminism and Black feminist theory. By utilizing the term Africana, the book stresses the connections between Africa and the African diaspora, emphasizing the significance of transnational linkages in ongoing struggles for liberation. The book explores the persistence of male violence and proposes practical solutions aimed at guiding policy development and promoting societal reform. As such, it represents a significant contribution to feminist scholarship and enriches the body of feminist literature from the SADC region by incorporating the advancements in media technologies in the pursuit of social justice.

Baquaqua: Una voz desde las profundidades de la diáspora africana y la resistencia a la esclavitud

Edición bilingüe de la biografía de Baquaqua

Carmen J. Jiménez, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

'Baquaqua: una voz desde las profundidades de la diáspora africana y la resistencia a la esclavitud,' edición bilingüe de la biografía de Baquaqua brings to life the extraordinary testimony of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, an enslaved African man whose life spanned multiple continents and systems of bondage. Born in present-day Benin, Baquaqua was abducted into slavery in Africa, sold in Brazil, and later transported to the United States, where he eventually secured his freedom and dictated his autobiography in 1854. His narrative offers a rare, first-person account of slavery as a global system connecting Africa, Latin America, and North America. This bilingual Spanish–English edition is the first Spanish translation of Baquaqua’s autobiography, filling a significant gap in Spanish-language scholarship on slave narratives. Unlike Caribbean-centered accounts such as Mary Prince’s narrative, Baquaqua’s life story uniquely documents enslavement across three continents and highlights African agency, Islamic identity, resistance, and survival within the Atlantic world. With a scholarly introduction in Spanish, this edition is designed for classroom adoption and research in African diaspora studies, Afro-Latin American and Brazilian history, Atlantic world history, Black studies, Islamic studies, and comparative literature. At the same time, Baquaqua’s clear, personal narrative makes the text accessible to undergraduate and secondary students, as well as to general readers interested in slavery, freedom, and historical memory. This volume serves as a vital teaching, research, and reference tool that humanizes the global dimensions of enslavement and foregrounds a voice long absent from Spanish-language discourse. Baquaqua: una voz desde las profundidades de la diáspora africana y la resistencia a la esclavitud, edición bilingüe de la biografía de Baquaqua da vida al extraordinario testimonio de Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, un hombre africano esclavizado cuya vida abarcó múltiples continentes y sistemas de esclavitud. Nacido en lo que hoy es Benín, Baquaqua fue secuestrado y llevado a la esclavitud en África, vendido en Brasil y posteriormente trasladado a Estados Unidos, donde finalmente obtuvo su libertad y dictó su autobiografía en 1854. Su narrativa ofrece un raro testimonio en primera persona sobre la esclavitud como un sistema global que conecta África, América Latina y América del Norte. Esta edición bilingüe español–inglés es la primera traducción al español de la autobiografía de Baquaqua, cubriendo una laguna significativa en los estudios en español sobre relatos de esclavos. A diferencia de los testimonios centrados en el Caribe, como la narrativa de Mary Prince, la historia de vida de Baquaqua documenta de manera única la esclavitud a lo largo de tres continentes y resalta la agencia africana, la identidad islámica, la resistencia y la supervivencia dentro del mundo atlántico. Con una introducción académica en español, esta edición está pensada para su adopción en el aula y para la investigación en estudios sobre la diáspora africana, historia afro-latinoamericana y brasileña, historia del mundo atlántico, estudios sobre personas negras, estudios islámicos y literatura comparada. Al mismo tiempo, la narrativa clara y personal de Baquaqua hace que el texto sea accesible para estudiantes universitarios y de secundaria, así como para lectores generales interesados en la esclavitud, la libertad y la memoria histórica. Este volumen constituye una herramienta fundamental de enseñanza, investigación y referencia que humaniza las dimensiones globales de la esclavitud y da voz a una perspectiva largamente ausente en el discurso en español.