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Raewyn Connell

1944 - Today

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Raewyn Connell (born 3 January 1944), usually cited as R. W. Connell, is an Australian feminist sociologist and professor emerita at the University of Sydney, mainly known for co-founding the field of masculinity studies and coining the concept of hegemonic masculinity, as well as for her work on Southern theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raewyn Connell is the 52nd most popular sociologist (up from 56th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Australia (down from 129th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Raewyn Connell ranks 52 out of 79. Before her are Marcel Granet, David Riesman, Nils Christie, Randall Collins, James Samuel Coleman, and Ernest Burgess. After her are Basil Bernstein, George Ritzer, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Lewis A. Coser, Arlie Russell Hochschild, and George C. Homans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Raewyn Connell ranks 386. Before her are Gladys Knight, Harvey Postlethwaite, Alain Souchon, Karel Kryl, Sulochana Gadgil, and Neil Young. After her are Alexei Lubimov, Berta Ambrož, Swoosie Kurtz, Günter Verheugen, José Wilker, and Ján Čarnogurský.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Raewyn Connell ranks 145 out of 1,143. Before her are Russell Mulcahy (1953), Graham Arnold (1963), Peter Norman (1942), Lionel Cox (1930), Colin Burgess (1946), and Bruce Beresford (1940). After her are Natalie Imbruglia (1975), Travis Fimmel (1979), Tim Schenken (1943), Phillip Noyce (1950), Richard Roxburgh (1962), and Tony Roche (1945).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Australia

Among sociologists born in Australia, Raewyn Connell ranks 1. 

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