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A review by sanamun
Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker
4.0
First of all, I would like to express how mich I love the graphic guides series in general. They're heavily illustrated introductory texts about a wide range of broadly academic topics (in the past I've read ones about Queer Theory, Critical Theory, and Anthropology) are so lovely and fun and serve to make knowledge so much more accessible to people.
This specific book didn't do a whole lot that was *new* to me, in terms of content (it gave me about 10 other books to read from the references tho), but that wasn't the point, really. Its not for people who have already studied gender through a sociological, psychological, or cultural lense. As an introductory text for the general public, though, its clear and engaging and potentially very useful and brings me great joy.
This specific book didn't do a whole lot that was *new* to me, in terms of content (it gave me about 10 other books to read from the references tho), but that wasn't the point, really. Its not for people who have already studied gender through a sociological, psychological, or cultural lense. As an introductory text for the general public, though, its clear and engaging and potentially very useful and brings me great joy.