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Bodies That Matter

Hardcover • 2015 • English

Bodies That Matter

By Judith Butler

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About the book

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 Tr...Show more

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ISBN

9781138834767

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Bodies That Matter

Format

Hardcover

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