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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 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).
Oct 19, 2022 · It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler, both for intellectuals and for queer communities.
May 1, 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 ...
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Mar 8, 2024 · That came in the book Gender Trouble, published in 1990, when sodomy was illegal in some US states and the prospects of gay marriage and multiple gender identities were remote. It became a...
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 ...
Butler, Judith P. Gender trouble : feminism and the su bversion of identity / Judith Butler. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: New York : Routledge, 1990. ISBN 0-415-92499-5 (pbk.) 1. Feminist theory. 2. Sex role. 3. Sex differences (Psychology) 4. Identity (Psychology) 5. Femininity. I.Title. HQ1154 ...
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.
In Gender Trouble, Butler questioned the validity of much feminist political theorizing by suggesting that the subject whose oppression those theories attempted to explain—“women”—is an exclusionary construct that “achieves stability and coherence only in the context of the heterosexual matrix.”.
Judith Butler. Routledge, 1990 - Psychology - 172 pages. Since its publication in 1990, "Gender Trouble" has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work...
