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Gender Trouble

Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
By Judith Butler
Series: Routledge Classics
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Gender Trouble by Judith Butler challenges traditional feminist ideas by questioning fixed categories such as 'woman', 'masculine', and 'feminine'. The book argues that gender is not an innate quality but a repeated social performance, fundamentally reshaping discussions on sex and gender.
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Essential reading for students and scholars of gender studies, feminist theory, sociology, and anyone interested in the complexities of identity and social constructs.

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With intellectual reference points that include Foucault and Freud, Wittig, Kristeva and Irigaray, this is one of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years and is perhaps the essential work of contemporary feminist thought.

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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.

Series: Routledge Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138834729

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 May 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 272

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