Reviews for Section and party

The average rating for Section and party based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-05 00:00:00 Christoph Bouillon A few things to begin: the work appears to be well researched and equally academically sound. It presents a number of the issues surrounding gender in the world and is recommendable to anyone wanting to acquire a better understanding of the same. What is upsetting about the work, however, is its lack of addressing such issues as "alternate" gender identities and the issues related thereto, its almost overpowering emphasis on feminism and its lack of perspective. While discussing, at the start, a brief history of gender studies and addressing the historic shift in gender studies from specifically "women's studies" to the wider world of gender, it is itself rife with an emphasis on the study of women and feminism, and neglects to address, to any notable extent, the experiences of those of other genders. That the concept of there being more than only two genders goes unaddressed, among other ideas, is particularly disappointing. The more so is the frequent conflation of sex and gender; such glaring statements as "Only men can rape" are demonstrative. It is worth noting that "Gender" is directed at the social aspects of gender, which is to say it addresses gender from a sociological, and not a psychological, standpoint. Gender has, of course, overlapping facets in both; it seems worthwhile to understand which of these will be addressed when reading this work. On the whole, Bradley's "Gender" carries my recommendation with a strong caveat: it should be read critically, more than most literature. The reader should remain aware of the apparent politicking in the conclusion of (and throughout) the work and should remain aware of the great expanse of the concepts underpinning gender that go without discussion in the work.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-02 00:00:00 Ben Torres very current, and extremely lucid... covers a lot of the world... beyond the standard view of the first world...