It is always brave to insist on undergoing transformations that feel necessary and right even. Undoing gender edition 1 by judith butler 9780415969239. I sought to counter those views that made presumptions about the limits and propriety of gender and restricted the meaning of gender to received notions of masculinity and femininity. I sought to counter those views that made presumptions about the limits and propriety of gender and restricted the meaning of gender to. On the limits of sexual autonomy, undoing gender leave a comment on were undone by each other. Learn undoing gender butler with free interactive flashcards. Undoing gender butler flashcards and study sets quizlet. Gender trouble, published in 1990, made butler a star.
Undoing gender by judith butler, 2004 online research. In undoing gender, butler not only adds more nuance to the concept of gender performativity, but she also puts into question the very parameters that we use to devise the concept of the human. Nov 12, 2007 judith butler a poststructuralist philosopher. Undoing gender collects butler s reflections on gender, sex, sexuality, psychoanalysis and the medical treatment of intersex people for a more general readership than many of her other books. Undoing gender constitutes judith butlers recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship. Judith butler free download as powerpoint presentation. In undoing gender, judith butler develops upon her earlier work in gender and queer theory.
Undoing gender 1st edition judith butler routledge book. In sociology and gender studies, doing gender is the idea that in western culture, gender, rather than being an innate quality of individuals, is a psychologically ingrained social construct that actively surfaces in everyday human interaction. These citations may not conform precisely to your selected citation style. Butler takes up the case of david reimer, who was born male and medically reassigned female at eight months old. Butler, subjectivity, sexgender, and a postmodern theory of. Although performativity is the concept in gender trouble that tends to resonate among scholars of queer theory, performativity is simply a heuristic butler uses to achieve her main goal.
In terms that draw from feminist and queer theory, butler considers the norms that governand fail to govern gender and sexuality as they. These things being said, undoing gender serves its aim of providing a hypothetical situation where people need not abide with gender restrictions. Reimers case exemplifies the medical treatment of intersex and the oversimplification of gender therein. Butler, subjectivity, sexgender, and a postmodern theory. In undoing gender in undoing gender judith butler develops. Judith pamela butler born february 24, 1956 is an american philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of thirdwave feminist, queer, and literary theory. Undoing gender is a 2004 book by the philosopher judith butler. Tantalizingly, she questions whether the intent to have a feminist politics based on a common identity that binds all women is practical and useful, especially. Front cover of judith butlers undoing gender 2004reading butler is truly a worthwhile exercise for the mind interested in gender, queer theory, and human life in general. Undoing gender judith butler haftad 9780415969239 bokus.
You spoke about the surgical intervention many trans people undergo as a very brave transformation. What do you think some of these norms and practices may be. In this lesson, we will define feminism and discuss butler s perspectives. Choose from 28 different sets of undoing gender butler flashcards on quizlet. Allinall it is the nature of how their life played out, not their choice.
Undoing genderis also a substantial reaction to gender trouble on some levels. Regardless of what gender people associate themselves with we all need to treat others with respect and dignity. Butler revisits and refines her notion of performativity and focuses on the question of undoing restrictively normative conceptions of sexual and. In the psychic life of power 1997a, butler writes about gender not only to deconstruct other modern theories of gender, subjectivity and the self, but to present her own, arguably modernist, theory of gender based on an. Neither of these is precisely a possession, but both are to be understood as modes of being dispossessed, ways of being for another, or, indeed, by virtue of another. In terms that draw from feminist and queer theory, butler considers the norms that governand. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read undoing gender. Undoing gender unc advocates for mdphd women in science. In 1993, she began teaching at the university of california, berkeley, where she has served, beginning in 1998, as the maxine elliot professor in the department of comparative. It is violentexclusionary to say this here is true gender expression, that there is somehow false gender expression. It introduced performativity, the idea that gender isnt something we are but something we continually do, opening the door for cultural configurations of sex and gender to proliferate, as she put it in the books conclusion, confounding the very binarism of sex, and.
Like what is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for. Butler, a professor in rhetoric, comparative literature, and womens studies at the university of california, berkeley, is best known for the groundbreaking gender trouble, in which she outlined her theory of gender performativity and the construction of sexuality. Please use this display as a guideline and modify as needed. Undoing gender constitutes judith butlers recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of social transformation. For this reason, it helps any reader become familiar with the arguments of the latter text before tackling this new one. Focusing on the case of david reimer who was medically reassigned from male to female after a botched circumcision, butler reexamines the theory of. In undoing gender, butler not only adds more nuance. Judith butler philosopher, feminist, theorist, woman education bennington college yale university where she received her b. Butler examines gender, sex, psychoanalysis and the way medicine and the law treat intersex and transgender people. Judith butler, born in cleveland, ohio on february 2, 1956, is a leading philosopher whose theories in the fields of political philosophy, feminism and ethics are well known. Undoing gender judith butler, judith university of. She has held many prestigious teaching positions, including a professorship in the rhetoric and comparative literature department at the university of california, berkeley. People are searching for their own happiness just like the rest of us.
Butler points out that the intelligibility of the human being, how we understand who we are, relates to conditions of intelligibility composed of norms, of practices that have become presuppositional. List of books and articles about judith butler online. At the same time, it also seeks to dissolve our notions towards gender, thereby preempting us from taking the first step towards gender enlightenment. Library of congress cataloging in publication data butler, judith. Judith butler, a renowned gender theorist and professor, wrote a highly influential book titled gender trouble. Focusing on the case of david reimer who was medically reassigned from male to female after a botched circumcision, butler reexamines the theory of performativity that she originally explored in gender trouble 1990. Undoing gender constitutes judith butler s recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence and the tasks of social transformation. In terms that draw from feminist and queer theory, butler considers the norms that govern and fail to govern gender and. Sep 16, 2004 undoing gender constitutes judith butler s recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of social transformation. Oct 22, 2004 undoing gender ebook written by judith butler. In 1989 i was most concerned to criticize a pervasive heterosexual assumption in feminist literary theory. Butlers recent views on gender, which i will argue, fail to be a convincing synthesis of freudian and foucauldian views.
In this lesson, we will define feminism and discuss butlers perspectives. Cristan williams, a trans historian and journalist, interviewed judith butler about gender and the trans experience for the transadvocate. Judith butler in undoing gender zu david reimers david was born with xy chromosomes and at the age of eight months, his penis was accidentally burned and severed in the course of a surgical operation to rectify phimosis, a condition in which the foreskin thwarts urination. In terms that draw from feminist and queer theory, butler considers the norms that governand fail to governgender and. Judith butler is an american gender theorist whose writing has influenced our understanding of feminism and gender identity. Apr 30, 2012 sex reassignment and allegories of transsexuality. It doesnt stop those of us who are interested in nonviolent politics from raising the question of whether there are other. That does not stop us from being critical of certain dimensions of both movements. Published in 2004 by routledge 270 madison avenue new york, ny 10016.
Gender identity is a persons own sense and definition of their gender. From undoing gender by jubith butler by shelby priddy on prezi. Undoing gender is essentially a revision of butlers groundbreaking book entitled gender trouble, which was originally published in 1990. And so when we speak about my sexuality or my gender, as we do and as we must, we mean something complicated by it. Some of what butler writes here is a redaction of gender trouble, and some a continuation of it. Yes, understanding hamas, hezbollah as social movements that are progressive, that are on the left, that are part of a global left, is extremely important. This term was used by candace west and don zimmerman in their article doing gender, published in 1987 in gender and society.
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