Ralston (Women's Studies and Political Studies, Mount St. Vincent University) and Keeble (Political Science, St. Mary's University) follow the history of prostitution in Angeles City in the Philippines, looking at the women and foreign men involved in the sex trade and at the groups trying to deal with prostitution. After their five-year project on prostitution and tourism in the Philippines, the authors' attempts to bring Angeles City and Canadian women's groups together met resistance and anger from Western feminists who claim any action by Westerners in developing countries is necessarily neo-colonial and ethnocentric. Ralston and Keeble argue that academic feminist theorizing and identity politics is stuck in "analysis paralysis" where women and women's groups avoid action for fear of being pejoratively labeled--a gridlock that has many negative consequences for women seeking their rights. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)