Butler argues that power operates to constrain sex. 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/5. Judith Butler was born in She is nationally known for her writings on gender and sexuality. She argues that men and women are not dissimilar and that the notion they are is cultural not biological in books such as Bodies That Matter: On The Discursive Limits Of "Sex" (), Excitable Speech: Contemporary Scenes Of Politics (), and The Psychic Life Of Power: Theories In Subjection /5(7). Assuming a Body Since the publication of Gender Trouble, Judith Butler has had a profound influence on how we understand gender and sexuality, corporeal politics, and political action both within and outside the academy. This collection, which considers not only Gender Trouble but also Bodies That Matter, Excitable Speech.
Butler summarizes the idea of the heterosexual matrix in which two opposites emerge in the form of the male penetrator and the female penetrated. She questions whether such a binary even exists and whether women might be said to penetrate one another. Have study documents to share about Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" seeks to clear up readings and supposed misreadings of performativity that view the enactment of sex/gender as a daily choice. Butler emphasizes the role of repetition in performativity, making use of Derrida 's theory of iterability, which is a form of citationality. Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex() Judith ButlerBodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex() Judith Butler Bodies that Matter explores issues of materiality, performativity, and the formations of the categories of "sex." Judith Butler expands on Gender Trouble and her earlier work on gender performativity by relating it to the body. .
Book 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. Critically Queer. ABSTRACT. In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender. Judith Butler. Routledge, Sep 3, - Philosophy - pages. 4 Reviews. In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation.
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