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Bodies that Matter On the Discursive Limits of "sex"

Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

Bodies that Matter On the Discursive Limits of "sex"

By Judith Butler

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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

9780415610155

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Bodies that Matter On the Discursive Limits of "sex"

Format

Paperback

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