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An Analysis of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble

Af: Tim Smith-Laing Engelsk Paperback

An Analysis of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble

Af: Tim Smith-Laing Engelsk Paperback
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Judith Butler''s Gender Trouble is a perfect example of creative thinking. The book redefines feminism''s struggle against patriarchy as part of a much broader issue: the damaging effects of all our assumptions about gender and identity.

Looking at the factionalism of contemporary (1980s) feminism, Butler saw a movement split by identity politics. Riven by arguments over what it meant to be a women, over sexuality, and over class and race, feminism was falling prey to internal problems of identity, and was failing to move towards broader solidarity with other liberation movements such as LGBT.

Butler turned these issues on their head by questioning the basis that supposedly fundamental and fixed identities such as ''masculine/feminine'' or ''straight/gay'' actually have. Tracing these binary definitions back to the binary nature of human anatomy (''male/female''), she argues that there is no necessary link between our anatomies and our identities. Subjecting a wide range of evidence from philosophy, cultural theory, anthropology, psychology and anthropology to a renewed search for meaning, Butler shows both that sex (biology) and gender (identity) are separate, and that even biological sex is not simplistically either/or male/female. Separating our biology from identity then allows her to argue that, while categories such as ''masculine/feminine/straight/gay'' are real, they are not necessary; rather, they are the product of society''s assumptions, and the constant reproduction of those assumptions by everyone around us. That opens up some small hope for change: a hope that – 25 years after Gender Trouble''s publication – is having a huge impact on societies and politics across the world.

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Judith Butler''s Gender Trouble is a perfect example of creative thinking. The book redefines feminism''s struggle against patriarchy as part of a much broader issue: the damaging effects of all our assumptions about gender and identity.

Looking at the factionalism of contemporary (1980s) feminism, Butler saw a movement split by identity politics. Riven by arguments over what it meant to be a women, over sexuality, and over class and race, feminism was falling prey to internal problems of identity, and was failing to move towards broader solidarity with other liberation movements such as LGBT.

Butler turned these issues on their head by questioning the basis that supposedly fundamental and fixed identities such as ''masculine/feminine'' or ''straight/gay'' actually have. Tracing these binary definitions back to the binary nature of human anatomy (''male/female''), she argues that there is no necessary link between our anatomies and our identities. Subjecting a wide range of evidence from philosophy, cultural theory, anthropology, psychology and anthropology to a renewed search for meaning, Butler shows both that sex (biology) and gender (identity) are separate, and that even biological sex is not simplistically either/or male/female. Separating our biology from identity then allows her to argue that, while categories such as ''masculine/feminine/straight/gay'' are real, they are not necessary; rather, they are the product of society''s assumptions, and the constant reproduction of those assumptions by everyone around us. That opens up some small hope for change: a hope that – 25 years after Gender Trouble''s publication – is having a huge impact on societies and politics across the world.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 104
ISBN-13: 9781912127764
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1912127768
Udg. Dato: 15 jul 2017
Længde: 10mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Macat International Limited
Oplagsdato: 15 jul 2017
Forfatter(e): Tim Smith-Laing
Forfatter(e) Tim Smith-Laing


Kategori Kønsstudier og kønsgrupper


ISBN-13 9781912127764


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 104


Udgave


Længde 10mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 128mm


Udg. Dato 15 jul 2017


Oplagsdato 15 jul 2017


Forlag Macat International Limited