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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) 1st Edition
1. Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire
- I. 'Women' as the Subject of Feminism
- II. The Compulsory Order of Sex/Gender/Desire
- III. Gender: The Circular Ruins of Contemporary Debate
- IV. Theorizing the Binary, the Unitary and Beyond
- V. Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance
- VI. Language, Power and the Strategies of Displacement
2. Prohibition, Psychoanalysis, and the Production of the Heterosexual Matrix
- I. Structuralism's Critical Exchange
- II. Lacan, Riviere, and the Strategies of Masquerade
- III. Freud and the Melancholia of Gender
- IV. Gender Complexity and the Limits of Identification
- V. Reformulating Prohibition as Power
3. Subversive Bodily Acts
- I. The Body Politics of Julia Kristeva
- II. Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity
- III. Monique Wittig - Bodily Disintegration and Fictive Sex
- IV. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions
-Conclusion - From Parody to Politics
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler is a groundbreaking work in gender studies and feminist theory. Butler argues that gender is not an innate attribute but a performative act, constructed through repeated behaviors. Challenging traditional binary views of gender, she explores how societal norms shape our understanding of identity. The book introduces the concept of performativity, suggesting that subverting and reconfiguring gender identities can challenge rigid patriarchal and heteronormative structures. This influential work encourages readers to rethink their assumptions about gender and identity.