Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex - Couverture souple

Butler, Judith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415903661 ISBN 13 : 9780415903660

Editeur : Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

Bodies That Matter Develops the theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. This work offers a reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender. It argues that power operates to constrain "sex" from the start. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature and the Co-director of the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. She is presently the recipient of the Andrew Mellon Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in the Humanities.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0415903661
• ISBN 13: 9780415903660
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304