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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a book by the post-structuralist gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler in which the author argues that gender is performative, meaning that it is maintained, created or perpetuated by iterative repetitions when speaking and interacting with each other.
May 30, 2006 · One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this ...
May 1, 2006 · Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'.
- Judith Butler
Gender Trouble sought to uncover the ways in which the very think-ing of what is possible in gendered life is foreclosed by certain habitual and violent presumptions.The text also sought to undermine any and all efforts to wield a discourse of truth to delegitimate minority gen-dered and sexual practices.This doesn’t mean that all minority prac-
May 23, 2013 · Gender trouble. by. Judith P. Butler. Publication date. 1999. Topics. Feminist theory, Sex role, Sex differences (Psychology), Identity (Psychology), Femininity. Publisher. Routledge.
Sep 1, 1999 · Since its publication in 1990, Gender Trouble has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexuality in culture.
Jan 1, 2001 · Gender Trouble is a radical, founding text of queer theory which exposes gender as a performative construct, and *cue stretched-out drumroll* Sex (M/F) as a prohibitive one. Butler demonstrates her point in the book armed with a great deal of criticism on post-structuralism, feminist foundationalism, essentialism and the likes.
May 6, 2024 · Judith Butler, American academic whose theories of the performative nature of gender and sex were influential within Francocentric philosophy, cultural theory, queer theory, and some schools of philosophical feminism from the late 20th century. Their best-known book is Gender Trouble (1990).
One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this ...
Sep 22, 2011 · One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to...
