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mistressviolet's review
informative
slow-paced
5.0
What an enlightening read! Extremely informative and encompassing. This book is a solid foundation for learning about the many different genders—the past and the present of gender roles and labeling within various social structures. Lots of research and science, but everything is presented clearly. There are even notations in the margins that help further clarify some of the more complex ideas.
It is important to note that this is a scholarly examination of gender, with the feel of an academic textbook—slow, but educational.
jazzyjbox's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
An interesting look at going outside the gender binary throughout history.
This is written at a really accessible level and goes over various cultures and times when additional genders were present. I appreciated the depth of research that was done and how the author calls himself out for his own preconceptions and how this is written through his own cis lens. Even so, this is a valuable contribution to queer history, and I learned quite about about other cultures and how gender has tied to colonialism.
Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for the opportunity to read and review.
This is written at a really accessible level and goes over various cultures and times when additional genders were present. I appreciated the depth of research that was done and how the author calls himself out for his own preconceptions and how this is written through his own cis lens. Even so, this is a valuable contribution to queer history, and I learned quite about about other cultures and how gender has tied to colonialism.
Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for the opportunity to read and review.
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