For the most part, feminist theory has assumed that there is some existing identity, understood through the category of women, who not only initiates feminist interests and goals within discourse, but constitutes the subject for whom political representation is pursued.
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Gender Trouble (Tenth Anniversary Edition)
by Judith Butler
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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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Feminist theory, Femininity, Sex role, Sex differences (Psychology), Identity (Psychology), Geschlechtsidentität, Vrouwelijkheid, Théorie féministe, Sekseverschillen, Zelfbeeld, Féminité, Feminismus, Geschlechterrolle, Rôle selon le sexe, Identité (Psychologie), Feminisme, Différences entre sexes (Psychologie), Sekserol, Feminism, LGBTQ, Queer, Queer theory, LGBTQ queer theory, LITERARY CRITICISM, Women Authors, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sexuelle Identita#x1A;t, Sexuelle Identität, Feminist teori, Cinsiyet rolü, Cinsel farklılıklar (Psikoloji), Kimlik (Psikoloji), Kadınlık, IdentiteitShowing 5 featured editions. View all 22 editions?
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
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Trouble dans le genre: (Gender trouble) : pour un féminisme de la subversion
2005, La Découverte
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Gender trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity
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Gender Trouble (Tenth Anniversary Edition)
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Gender trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity
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