{"product_id":"9781509572045","title":"Trans Lives Social Realities Across the Globe","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTrans Lives\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSocial Realities Across the Globe\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRaewyn Connell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTrans people have been thrust into the spotlight in recent years across the world as never before. Trans groups have become targets of intense online abuse and hostile political and religious campaigns. The media abound with reports on a few glamorous trans women, or anti-trans attacks, but say little about the everyday realities of trans lives or their global diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Raewyn Connell, a world-leading sociologist and gender researcher, gathers the evidence and writes about the lives of trans women and men, \u003ci\u003ehijra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003etravesti\u003c\/i\u003e, and other groups around the world. She looks at the forces shaping trans lives, including medicine and its limitations, precarity and poverty, unequal gender relations, the role of sex work, and encounters with the state and the corporate economy. She discusses what is behind anti-trans campaigns, criticizing the simplistic idea that 'transphobia' explains these, and suggesting more potent causes. Finally, by exploring the creative ways trans groups have organized, she argues for the contribution they can and should make to solving our shared contemporary crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in clear and vivid language, this book offers illuminating new perspectives on gender transitions, and on gender itself.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaewyn Connell\u003c\/b\u003e is among the world’s leading sociologists and gender researchers, and is herself a trans woman. Her books include \u003ci\u003eMasculinities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGender and Power\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaking the Difference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 February 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509572045\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310469607564,"sku":"9781509572045","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509572045_3ecb9f13-2782-445f-af60-90f730ce6828.jpg?v=1780157830","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509572045","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}