Binding: Paperback
Description: In Bodies That Matter renowned theorist and philosopher Judith Butler argues that theories of gender need to return to the most material dimension of sex and sexuality: the body. Butler offers a brilliant reworking of the body 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 clarifies the notion of "performativity" introduced in Gender Trouble and via bold readings of Plato Irigaray Lacan and Freud explores the meaning of a citational politics. She also draws on documentary and literature with compelling interpretations of the film Paris is Burning Nella Larsen's Passing and short stories by Willa Cather.
Title: Bodies That Matter On The Discursive Limits Of Sex
Author(s): Butler Judith (University Of California Berkeley Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415610155
Pages: 226 Pages
Publication Date: 4/4/2011
Series: Routledge Classics
Category: Gay & Lesbian Studies