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aqrio's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
slxshii12's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
My guy just spits facts.
Very readable exploration of identity with lots of diverse cultural examples. Questions assumptions we make but don’t realise today about different kinds of identity. Good book.
Very readable exploration of identity with lots of diverse cultural examples. Questions assumptions we make but don’t realise today about different kinds of identity. Good book.
sampollard's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Interesting but I feel like the author breezed through the identities. Also I think it was an oversight not to have a chapter on gender or sexuality identities, especially considering that the author is a member of the LGBTQ+ community
pwyllugh's review against another edition
3.0
Gave this book a fair chance but then decided it just isn't my cup of tea. If you are interested in historical niche facts and knowledge revolving around people's identities, then this book was written for you. In my opinion, the author's points were hidden and up until the halfway point he never states his opinion clearly. Instead, you are left guessing what all these little facts and tidbits of history are supposed to mean.
Eventually, it gets clearer that the word identity and what we associate with it is not as clear cut as we think it is. Our ancestors tend to have migrated and so creating identities with nations and nationalities seems stupid, from this point of few. I sort of disagree with this, since states in many Western countries are socializing childrin and helping familiarize them with societal norms and culture. Which gives rise to our identities and why we associate integral parts of ourselves with the nation we were born. But anyways, I get what the author is trying to say here. And it's not like he's wrong, but at the same time I thinkhe makes it all too easy by saying that our identies can shift so easily, therefore, we should let go of all of the supervisial labels that we give ourselves. Again, I can get behind that idea, but at the same time taking away integral parts of your existance will also be a gateway for some people into chaos and depression.
Eventually, it gets clearer that the word identity and what we associate with it is not as clear cut as we think it is. Our ancestors tend to have migrated and so creating identities with nations and nationalities seems stupid, from this point of few. I sort of disagree with this, since states in many Western countries are socializing childrin and helping familiarize them with societal norms and culture. Which gives rise to our identities and why we associate integral parts of ourselves with the nation we were born. But anyways, I get what the author is trying to say here. And it's not like he's wrong, but at the same time I thinkhe makes it all too easy by saying that our identies can shift so easily, therefore, we should let go of all of the supervisial labels that we give ourselves. Again, I can get behind that idea, but at the same time taking away integral parts of your existance will also be a gateway for some people into chaos and depression.
piabo's review against another edition
3.0
Good book, smart author.
Great summary and many new ideas about identity. Language, Race, Class, Gender and many more.
Great summary and many new ideas about identity. Language, Race, Class, Gender and many more.