Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) (Thinking Gender)

by Judith Butler

4 of 5 stars 1 rating • 1 review • 6 shelved
Book cover for Gender Trouble

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

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.

  • ISBN10 0415389550
  • ISBN13 9780415389556
  • Publish Date 12 May 2006 (first published 15 November 1989)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English