GENDER TROUBLE : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by
Butler,Judith
GENDER TROUBLE : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by - 2 - UK Routledge 2012 - 236
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.
9780415389556
Gifted LUIS K X (L2219), 9995325053
Social sciences
Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Groups of people
Women
Social role and status of women
305.42 / BUT/GE
GENDER TROUBLE : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by - 2 - UK Routledge 2012 - 236
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.
9780415389556
Gifted LUIS K X (L2219), 9995325053
Social sciences
Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Groups of people
Women
Social role and status of women
305.42 / BUT/GE