Reviewing is a fitting term to introduce this book. I have been familiar with the work of Luis Radford for many years now, and this book is a welcome addition to an already impressive authorship. It gathers over ten, even twenty, years of development of the theory of objectification in various publication venues and revisits its concepts, while presenting them as a coherent whole. This is a book I will keep at hand and use for various reasons: it is full of ideas and examples, interesting references, and great wording. It is an excellent resource for those such as myself who work “in dialogue” with the theory, and for someone looking for a general yet precise and concrete understanding of the theory.

回顾是介绍这本书的恰当术语。多年来，我一直熟悉 Luis Radford 的作品，这本书是对已经令人印象深刻的作者身份的一个受欢迎的补充。它收集了十多年，甚至二十年的客观化理论在各种出版场所的发展，并重新审视其概念，同时将它们作为一个连贯的整体呈现。出于各种原因，我会把这本书放在手边使用：它充满了想法和示例、有趣的参考资料和出色的措辞。对于像我这样与理论进行“对话”的人，以及寻求对该理论有一般而精确和具体理解的人来说，这是一个极好的资源。