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A review by stefhyena
Gender: In World Perspective by Raewyn Connell
4.0
This is before Raewyn Connell was Raewyn. I'm not trying to deadname just grapple with complex identities and the author of this book speaks self-consciously as a man in parts of it. This seemed to me to be more of a history of gender than anything else, it's really useful and interesting albeit some bits seem kind of naive in retrospect (but it is almost 20 years old now).
I think people need to read this book or something like this, there is more awareness of the fluidity and multiplicity of gender these days but it seems to me the historical view puts it into perspective as socially constructed (not essential) which both explains why more people are non-binary and trans these days but also takes away the capacity to view this as a crisis.
The stuff about Connell's partner was the most interesting or maybe just how tenderly it was written and with what respect seemed engaging. It's an easy read, not pitched at showing off academic cleverness but more at actually showing and explaining the field of gender studies to anyone who is interested without over-simplifying. Still relevant.
I think people need to read this book or something like this, there is more awareness of the fluidity and multiplicity of gender these days but it seems to me the historical view puts it into perspective as socially constructed (not essential) which both explains why more people are non-binary and trans these days but also takes away the capacity to view this as a crisis.
The stuff about Connell's partner was the most interesting or maybe just how tenderly it was written and with what respect seemed engaging. It's an easy read, not pitched at showing off academic cleverness but more at actually showing and explaining the field of gender studies to anyone who is interested without over-simplifying. Still relevant.