This book re-examens the key terms in women's and gender studies : feminism, interdisciplinarity, methods, intersectionality, pedagogy, activism, waves, community, identity, queer, discipline, history, sexuality, institutionalization etc. Each essay investigates a single term by asking how it has come to be understood and mobilized in Women’s and Gender Studies and then explicates the roles it plays in both producing and shutting down possible versions of the field.