Who's Afraid of Women's Studies?: Feminisms in Everyday Life

Rogers (sociology and diversity studies, U. of West Florida, Pensacola) and Garrett, an activist for social and ecological justice, explore six broad topics that hold women's studies together, particularly distinguishing it from the discipline of gender studies, which they say is more attuned to mainstream values and so lures scholars away from women's studies. The themes are bodies; anger, agency, and desires; sexuality; feminist methods; differences; and backlash. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR