Butler criticizes one of the central assumptions of feminist theory, that there exists an identity and a subject that requires representation in politics and language. For Butler, "men" and "women" …

Judith Butler, American academic whose theories of the performative nature of gender and sex were influential within Francocentric philosophy, cultural theory, queer theory, and some …

Contemporary feminist debates over the meanings of gender lead time and again to a certain sense of trouble, as if the indeterminacy of gender might eventually culminate in the failure of …

In the first chapter, “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire,” Butler calls into question terms and concepts that are generally taken for granted, including the supposed divide between sex and gender, …

In 1989 I was most concerned to criticize a pervasive heterosexual assumption in feminist literary theory. I sought to counter those views that made presumptions about the limits and propriety …

Aug 20, 2025 · Explore Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble (1990), a foundational text in gender studies and queer theory. Learn how Butler deconstructs gender as a performative, socially …

Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in …

Sep 8, 2024 · Judith Butler’s book Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity has greatly influenced gender theory. In it, she introduces several ideas that question traditional …

Judith Butler argues that gender is not a fixed reality, but a spectrum shaped by societal norms. Through her groundbreaking ideas, Butler challenges traditional notions of gender, …

Butler challenges the notion that gender is a biological fact or fixed identity, arguing that gender is produced through repetitive performative acts—a theoretical framework that radically …