Butler, Judith <br/><br/>
Gender trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity 

 - 2nd ed. 
 - Oxon  Routledge  1990 
 - xxxvi, 236 p. 
<br/><br/> One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith ButlerHs Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. 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 this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler's concept of gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality. (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415389556/) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415389556 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Femininity.<br/>Feminist theory<br/>Identity (Psychology)<br/>Sex differences (Psychology)<br/>Sex role
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.3  / B8G3