Bodies that matter
on the discursive limits of "sex"
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Author
Publication
1993 - Routledge, New York, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebodiesthatmatter00butl_423
- ISBN-100415903653
- ISBN-100415903661
- ISBN-139780415903653
- ISBN-139780415903660
and 3 more
- Goodreads6416167', '181549
- LibraryThing58880
- Open LibraryOL22039448M
Classifications
- DDC306.7
- DDC305.3
- LCCHQ1190 .B88 1993
Description
"In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender. Butler argues that power operates to constrain "sex" from the start, delimiting what counts as a viable sex. She offers a clarification of the notion of "performativity" introduced in Gender Trouble and explores the meaning of a citational politics. The text includes readings of Plato, Irigaray, Lacan, and Freud on the formation of materiality and bodily boundaries; "Paris is Burning," Nella Larsen's "Passing," and short stories by Willa Cather; along with a reconsideration of "performativity" and politics in feminist, queer, and radical democratic theory"--Publisher's website.
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