Judith Butler

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Distelhorst

Judith Butler, eine der bekanntesten US-amerikanischen Intellektuellen und Querdenkerin der feministischen Wissenschaft, hat die "Gender Studies" nachhaltig beeinflusst. Ihre frühen Schriften "Gender Trouble" und "Bodies that Matter" waren Initialfunke für die Etablierung deutschsprachiger akademischer Geschlechterstudien. Diese schillernde Persönlichkeit und ihre vielfältigen provokanten Theoriepositionen stellt dieser UTB-Band vor.

Author(s):  
Suparna Roy

Stevie Jackson and Jackie Jones regarded in her article- Contemporary Feminist Theory that “The concepts of gender and sexuality as a highly ambiguous term, as a point of reference” (Jackson, 131, ch-10). Gender and Sexuality are two most complexly designed, culturally constructed and ambiguously interrelated terms used within the spectrum of Feminism that considers “sex” as an operative term to theorize its deconstructive cultural perspectives. Helene Cixous notes in Laugh of Medusa that men and women enter the symbolic order in a different way and the subject position open to either sex is different. Cixious’s understanding that the centre of the symbolic order is ‘phallus’ and everybody surrounding it stands in the periphery makes women (without intersectionality) as the victim of this phallocentric society. One needs to stop thinking Gender as inherently linked to one’s sex and that it is natural. To say, nothing is natural. The body is just a word (as Judith Butler said in her book Gender Trouble [1990]) that is strategically used under artificial rules for the convenience of ‘power’ to operate. It has been a “norm” to connect one’s sexuality with their Gender and establish that as “naturally built”. The dichotomy of ‘penis/vagina’ over years has linked itself to make/female understanding of bodies. Therefore my main argument in this paper is to draw few instances from some literary works which over time reflected how the gender- female/women characters are made to couple up with a male/man presenting the inherent, coherent compulsory relation between one’s gender and sexuality obliterating any possibility of ‘queer’ relationships, includes- Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915), Bombay Brides (2018) by Esther David, Paulo Coelho’s Winner Stands Alone (2008) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall apart (1958).


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
Tamishra Swain ◽  
Shalini Shah

It is rightly put by the French philosopher Simone De Beauvoir in her book ‘Second Sex’ that “one is not born but made a woman”. So, women are treated secondary as compared to men for a long time. Similar view has been propounded by Judith Butler in her book ‘Gender Trouble’ that female identity has been created by repetitive performances and further, gender identity is not fixed rather it is created. There are certain agencies through which these ideologies came in to function. One of such agencies is “space” which is not necessarily physical and fixed but can be mental/psychological and fluid. This space can also use as subversive technique to control certain part of the society. This paper tries to analyze a Nepali fiction ‘Mountains Painted with Turmeric’ by Lil Bahadur Chettri to understand the subversive practices of space and how it controls gender identity.


2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-57
Author(s):  
Jill Stauffer ◽  
Judith Butler ◽  
Anastazija Kirkova

Author(s): Jill Stauffer and Judith Butler | Џил Стауфер и Џудит Батлер Title (English): Ethics of Non-violence: Interview with Judith Butler Title (Macedonian): Етиката на ненасилството: Интервју со Џудит Батлер Translated by (English to Macedonian): Anastazija Kirkova | Анастазија Киркова Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 2003) Publisher: Research Center in Gender Studies - Skopje and Euro-Balkan Institute  Page Range: 27-57 Page Count: 30 Citation (English): Jill Stauffer and Judith Butler, “Ethics of Non-violence: Interview with Judith Butler,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 2003): 27-57. Citation (Macedonian): Џил Стауфер и Џудит Батлер, „Етиката на ненасилството: Интервју со Џудит Батлер“, превод од англиски Анастазија Киркова, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 2, бр. 1 (лето 2003): 27-57.


Author(s):  
Clare Chambers

This chapter discusses Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble (GT) and its legacy in political theory. It sets out five themes of GT: the claim that identity is always the result of power; the interplay between sex, gender, and desire; the critique of “identity politics,” including any feminism that posits a stable category of “women”; the concept of performativity; and the possibility of change via subversive performance. The chapter then goes on to discuss the major impact that GT has had on feminist theory, queer theory, trans theory, and intersectionality, along with the surprising lack of impact on theories of multiculturalism and identity theory more broadly. Finally the chapter discusses some main criticisms of the book.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-165
Author(s):  
Lukáš Jeník

The issue of gender and gender studies is a topic that has its own admirers but also vehement critics. The aim of the paper is to outline a number of key stereotypes often repeated by the critics of “gender ideology“ which is above all an attempt to radically separate sex and gender. This “ideology“ is based on various conceptions of social constructivism, but also on poststructuralist theories. One of the most frequent targets of the above mentioned criticism is American philosopher Judith Butler. Many critics are irritated by her philosophical conception and political activity. The ambition of the text is to show that the conventional reading of Judith Butler is very often just a misunderstanding. The reason of this misconception is primarily the ignorance of her hermeneutical points of departure, which leads to the misinterpretation of her work.


Phantasia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Benoit
Keyword(s):  

L’article montre comment la féministe américaine Judith Butler importe, dans le champ du langage, la critique adressée par Foucault en 1976 aux représentations normatives du pouvoir politique, selon le schème juridique d’un pouvoir souverain s’exerçant de haut en bas sur le corps social, comme l’âme gouverne le corps. La critique butlerienne du sexe (Gender Trouble, 1990) est ainsi mise en lumière par l’analyse ultérieure qu’elle propose de la force subversive des mots, qui renouvelle la performativité austinienne, à l’aide de la compréhension althussérienne de l’assujettissement idéologique (Excitable Speech, 1997).


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