{"product_id":"judith-butler-9780415219754","title":"Judith Butler","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Butler''s work on gender, sexuality, identity, and the body has proved massively influential across a range of academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Yet it is also notoriously difficult to access. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis key book provides a comprehensive introduction to Butler''s work, plus a critical examination of it and its precursors, both feminist (including Simone de Beauvoir, Monique Wittig, Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray), and non-feminist (including Erving Goffman, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, and Jacques Derrida). The volume covers such topics as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egender as performance and performativity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esociological notions of performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe materiality of the body and the role of biology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epower, identity and social regulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esubjectivity, agency and feminist political practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive introduction to Butler's work, this book also covers melancholia and gender identity, hate speech, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. Gender as Performance and Performative 2. Body Matters: From Construction to Materialization 3. Performativity, Subjection and the Possibility of Agency 4. The Politics of the Performative: Hate Speech, Pornography and ‘Race’ 5. Beyond Identity Politics: Gender, Transgender and Sexual Difference. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018117742935,"sku":"9780415219754","price":51.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415219754.jpg?v=1750775682","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/judith-butler-9780415219754","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}