Description
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.
Author: Judith Butler
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/12/2006
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780415389556
ISBN10: 0415389550
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Media Studies
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