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Smith - Laing Tim - An Analysis Of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble - Paperback
Smith - Laing Tim - An Analysis Of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble - Paperback
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Description: Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is a perfect example of creative thinking. The book redefines feminism's struggle against patriarchy as part of a much broader issue: the damaging effects of all our assumptions about gender and identity. Looking at the factionalism of contemporary (1980s) feminism Butler saw a movement split by identity politics. Riven by arguments over what it meant to be a women over sexuality and over class and race feminism was falling prey to internal problems of identity and was failing to move towards broader solidarity with other liberation movements such as LGBT. Butler turned these issues on their head by questioning the basis that supposedly fundamental and fixed identities such as 'masculine/feminine or 'straight/gay actually have. Tracing these binary definitions back to the binary nature of human anatomy ('male/female') she argues that there is no necessary link between our anatomies and our identities. Subjecting a wide range of evidence from philosophy cultural theory anthropology psychology and anthropology to a renewed search for meaning Butler shows both that sex (biology) and gender (identity) are separate and that even biological sex is not simplistically either/or male/female. Separating our biology from identity then allows her to argue that while categories such as 'masculine/feminine/straight/gay are real they are not necessary; rather they are the product of society's assumptions and the constant reproduction of those assumptions by everyone around us. That opens up some small hope for change: a hope that 25 years after Gender Trouble's publication is having a huge impact on societies and politics across the world.
Title: An Analysis Of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble
Author(s): Smith - Laing Tim
Publisher: Macat International Limited
Barcode: 9781912127764
Pages: 104 Pages
Publication Date: 7/15/2017
Series: The Macat Library
Category: Political Science & Theory
Description: Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is a perfect example of creative thinking. The book redefines feminism's struggle against patriarchy as part of a much broader issue: the damaging effects of all our assumptions about gender and identity. Looking at the factionalism of contemporary (1980s) feminism Butler saw a movement split by identity politics. Riven by arguments over what it meant to be a women over sexuality and over class and race feminism was falling prey to internal problems of identity and was failing to move towards broader solidarity with other liberation movements such as LGBT. Butler turned these issues on their head by questioning the basis that supposedly fundamental and fixed identities such as 'masculine/feminine or 'straight/gay actually have. Tracing these binary definitions back to the binary nature of human anatomy ('male/female') she argues that there is no necessary link between our anatomies and our identities. Subjecting a wide range of evidence from philosophy cultural theory anthropology psychology and anthropology to a renewed search for meaning Butler shows both that sex (biology) and gender (identity) are separate and that even biological sex is not simplistically either/or male/female. Separating our biology from identity then allows her to argue that while categories such as 'masculine/feminine/straight/gay are real they are not necessary; rather they are the product of society's assumptions and the constant reproduction of those assumptions by everyone around us. That opens up some small hope for change: a hope that 25 years after Gender Trouble's publication is having a huge impact on societies and politics across the world.
Title: An Analysis Of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble
Author(s): Smith - Laing Tim
Publisher: Macat International Limited
Barcode: 9781912127764
Pages: 104 Pages
Publication Date: 7/15/2017
Series: The Macat Library
Category: Political Science & Theory
