i8o Reviews forworse, is increasingly used as a second string alongside copyright as ameans of retaining some legal control over the use and reuse of electronic publications and is an area where scholars really do need appropriate legal advice. An occasional touch of unfashionable editorial interventionism might have im proved thebook.We are told too often, by toomany differentpeople, what mark-up is, why it is important todistinguish presentation fromstructure, how and why theTEI is aGood Thing, what XML isand why it is superior toHTML. A fewcontributors expand on hardware and software solutions which are now only ofhistorical interestas though theywere still relevant tonew projects. And it isodd thatalthough one chap tercontains an excellent overview byChristian Wittern of thecurrent state of the art on Unicode and character representation, more than one contributor not only fails to cross-reference to that material, but instead offersrather inadequate advice on thesub ject.One piece actually endswith a reference to thesection on character sets inTEI P4, apparently oblivious of the fact that thatchapter isnow seriously obsolete. Itwas taken over somewhat hastily from the earlier SGML-based advice on character encoding, and much of what it recommends cannot be applied in theXML environment in which many established projects and all new ones work. The corresponding section in the forthcomingTEI P5 Guidelines has been of necessity completely rewritten. LEEDS MICHAEL BEDDOW Diversifying the Discourse: The Florence Howe Awardfor Outstanding Feminist Scho larship I990-2004. Ed. by MIHOKO SUZUKI and ROSEANNA DUFAULT. New York: Modern Language Association ofAmerica. 2006. xxviii+ 342 pp. $22. ISBN 978-o-87352-947-I. The appeal ofDiversifying the Discourse is twofold:not only does itinclude a variety of fascinating essays on a diverse range of subjects, italso provides some indication of the ways in which feministscholarship has developed over the last twodecades. Indeed, as all the essays in the collection have been published previously, the significance of the book arguably lies in its reflectionson the changing fieldof feminist studies. This lat terpurpose is fulfillednot only by the inclusion of those essays awarded theFlorence Howe Award between I990 and 2004, but also by the individual authors' revealing afterwords, as well as Florence Howe's foreword and the editors' introduction, the latterofwhich includes an interestingoverview of developments in feministcriticism since I990. All of these offeruseful, often fascinating insights into feminist thinking and methodology, as well as asking significant questions about some of the failures of feminist criticism. Reflecting on her own position as a feminist of the 1970s, for example, Florence Howe notes that 'Formany of us [feministsof the 1970s], equality, meaning thegaining ofmale privilege (by already privileged women), has become an empty slogan' (p. xiii). The short afterwordswhich follow each essay frequently provide valuable and in triguing insights-particularly thosewhich reflecton work originally produced some years ago, towhich is added the value of hindsight, enabling the authors to consider subsequent changes in the field. Many of these afterwords tell the storyof individuals' personal development as feminist scholars, as well as hinting at the paths followed by thewider feministmovement. Some point toperceived weaknesses in theirearlier work: Stacy Carson Hubbard, forexample, notes that she is 'struckby [her essay's] intense formalism and its rootedness inEnglish literaryhistory' (p. 31),while Linda S. Bergmann confesses she rereads her essay 'with considerable chagrin' (p. 123). Many consider the issues they would address ifrewriting thearticle today.Such criti cisms and ponderings are indicative of the fluid,constantly shiftingnature of feminist MLR, I03.1, 2008 i8i scholarship, a fluidity that this volume undoubtedly celebrates. These afterwords, undoubtedly, are one of the key strengths of thisvolume. The essays themselves cover a diverse range of topics, although theyare skewed to wards literarycriticism-an implicit commentary, perhaps, on feminist theory. Never theless, they range froman examination of rape inChaucer (RachelWarburton) to an exploration of gender incontemporary Palestinian narratives (Amal Amireh), taking in a variety of genres, historical periods, and critical approaches to film, literature,and history along theway, and addressing not only feminist issues, but concerns relating to race, sexuality, and thebroader issue of gender. Diverse theymay be, but theyare undoubtedly united in terms of quality, and indeed the range of topics covered is in dicative of theway inwhich the fieldof feminist studies...