Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Butler, Judith

ISBN 10: 1138834726 / ISBN 13: 9781138834729

Published by Routledge, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138834726
• ISBN 13: 9781138834729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler's concept of gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality.

Thrilling and provocative, few other academic works have roused passions to the same extent.

About the Author

Judith Butler