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The Judith Butler reader / edited by Sara Salih, with Judith Butler.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2003.Description: viii, 374 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0631225943 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 BUT
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Contents:
Variations on sex and gender : Beauvoir, Wittig, Foucault (1987) -- Desire, rhetoric, and recognition in Hegel\'s Phenomenology of Spirit (1987) -- Bodily inscriptions, performative subversions (1990) -- Imitation and gender insubordination (1990) -- The lesbian phallus and the morphological imaginary (1993) -- The force of fantasy : Mapplethorpe, feminism, and discursive excess (1990) -- Endangered/endangering : schematic racism and white paranoia (1993) -- Burning acts, injurious speech (1997) -- Melancholy gender/refused identification (1997) -- Competing universalities (2000) -- Promiscuous obedience (2000) -- What is critique? an essay on Foucault\'s virtue? (2001) -- Changing the subject : Judith Butler\'s politics of radical resignification (2000) -- Selected bibliography of works by Judith Butler.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 305.42 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002000360975

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Judith Butler Reader is a collection of writings that span her impressive career and trace her intellectual history.
Judith Butler, author of influential books such as Gender Trouble , has built her international reputation as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity Organized in active collaboration between Judith Butler and Sara Salih Collects together writings that span Butler's impressive career as a critical philosopher, including selections from both well-known and lesser-known works Includes an introduction and editorial material to assist students in their readings of theories that stand at the forefront of contemporary theoretical and political debates

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-360) and index.

Variations on sex and gender : Beauvoir, Wittig, Foucault (1987) -- Desire, rhetoric, and recognition in Hegel\'s Phenomenology of Spirit (1987) -- Bodily inscriptions, performative subversions (1990) -- Imitation and gender insubordination (1990) -- The lesbian phallus and the morphological imaginary (1993) -- The force of fantasy : Mapplethorpe, feminism, and discursive excess (1990) -- Endangered/endangering : schematic racism and white paranoia (1993) -- Burning acts, injurious speech (1997) -- Melancholy gender/refused identification (1997) -- Competing universalities (2000) -- Promiscuous obedience (2000) -- What is critique? an essay on Foucault\'s virtue? (2001) -- Changing the subject : Judith Butler\'s politics of radical resignification (2000) -- Selected bibliography of works by Judith Butler.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. vii)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part I Sex, Gender Performativity, and the Matter of Bodies (p. 19)
  • 1 Variations on Sex and Gender: Beauvoir, Wittig, Foucault (1987) (p. 21)
  • 2 Desire, Rhetoric, and Recognition in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1987) (p. 39)
  • 3 Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions (1990) (p. 90)
  • 4 Imitation and Gender Insubordination (1990) (p. 119)
  • 5 The Lesbian Phallus and the Morphological Imaginary (1993) (p. 138)
  • Part II Fantasy, Censorship, and Discursive Power (p. 181)
  • 6 The Force of Fantasy: Mapplethorpe, Feminism, and Discursive Excess (1990) (p. 183)
  • 7 Endangered/Endangering: Schematic Racism and White Paranoia (1993) (p. 204)
  • 8 Burning Acts, Injurious Speech (1997) (p. 212)
  • Part III Subjection, Kinship, and Critique (p. 241)
  • 9 Melancholy Gender/Refused Identification (1997) (p. 243)
  • 10 Competing Universalities (2000) (p. 258)
  • 11 Promiscuous Obedience (2000) (p. 278)
  • 12 What Is Critique? An Essay on Foucault's Virtue (2001) (p. 302)
  • Part IV Making Difficulty Clear (p. 323)
  • 13 Changing the Subject: Judith Butler's Politics of Radical Resignification (2000) (p. 325)
  • 14 Selected Bibliography of Works by Judith Butler (p. 357)
  • Index (p. 361)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley
Sara Salih is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Toronto

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