Performance and Performativity (Essays from the English Institute)

by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Andrew Parker

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The performance of one's gender and one's sexuality is now widely seen to be key to debates around identity politics. This collection brings together some of the best-known scholars in the field, from Judith Butler to Cindy Patton. It offers an examination and contribution to contemporary work both in gender studies and in literary and cultural theory, seeks to present a rigorous challenge to conventional thinking about agency, subjectivity, and above all, identity.
  • ISBN10 0415910544
  • ISBN13 9780415910545
  • Publish Date 30 November 1995 (first published 24 October 1995)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 8 November 2009
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English