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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Contributor(s): Butler, Judith (Author)

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ISBN: 0415389550     ISBN-13: 9780415389556
Publisher: Routledge
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2006
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Annotation: 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. This is the text where Judith Butler began to advance the ideas that would go on to take life as "performativity theory," as well as some of the first articulations of the possibility for subversive gender practices, and she writes in her preface to the 10th anniversary edition released in 1999 that one point of "Gender Trouble" was "not to prescribe a new gendered way of life [...] but to open up the field of possibility for gender [...]" Widely taught, and widely debated, "Gender Trouble" continues to offer a powerful critique of heteronormativity and of the function of gender in the modern world.

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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 305.3
LCCN: 2006003260
Lexile Measure: 1580
Series: Routledge Classics (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.6" L (0.70 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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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.

 
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