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Problemes de gènere

Problemes de gènere

El feminisme i la subversió de la identitat
PhilosophyPolitics & Society
Pages
336
Published
2021
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

Judith Butler's seminal work challenges conventional understandings of gender, arguing that it is a social construct rather than a biological given. Through a critical examination of feminist theory and psychoanalysis, the book introduces the concept of gender performativity, suggesting that gender is not an inherent state but a repeated stylization of the body. This influential text redefines the discourse around identity, power, and the very nature of what it means to be gendered.

Prose complexity
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Genres

Philosophy Politics & Society Sociology

Authors

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Judith Butler

Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. Since 1993, she has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is now Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory. She is also the Hannah Arendt Chair at the European Graduate School. Butler is best known for her boo...