Bodies That Matter

In Bodies That Matter, renowned theorist and philosopher Judith Butler argues that theories of gender need to return to the most material dimension of sex and sexuality the body Butler offers a brilliant reworking of the body, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the matter of bodies, sex, and gender Butler argues that power operates to constrain sex from the start, delimiting what counts as a viable sex She clarifies the notion of performativity introduced in Gender Trouble and via bold readings of Plato, Irigaray, Lacan, and Freud explores the meaning of a citational politics She also draws on documentary and literature with compelling interpretations of the film Paris is Burning, Nella Larsen s Passing, and short stories by Willa Cather. Free Download eBook Bodies That Matter author Judith Butler – kino-fada.fr In Bodies that Matter Judith Butler replies to the criticism of her earlier book Gender Trouble She argues with the feminist thinkers who see the body as matter a material body with a sexual specification According to her the body does not exist beyond a cultural construction It serves as a site for the feminist theory independently of such a pre discursive definition In her introduction she explains For surely bodies live and die eat and sleep feel pain, pleasure endure illness and vio In Bodies that Matter Judith Butler replies to the criticism of her earlier book Gender Trouble She argues with the feminist thinkers who see the body as matter a material body with a sexual specification According to her the body does not exist beyond a cultural construction It serves as a site for the feminist theory independently of such a pre discursive definition In her introduction she explains For surely bodies live and die eat and sleep feel pain, pleasure endure illness and violence and these facts, one might skeptically proclaim, cannot be dismissed as mere construction But their irrefutability in no way implies what it might mean to affirm them and through what discursive means Moreover, why is it that what is constructed i...I feel like it s socially irresponsible to conduct a conversation about such an important topic using language that makes that conversation inaccessible to so much of the population We get it You re a smarty pants But you fail to move the pegs when you re only talking to other academics.This certainly cleared up a few ideas that seemed vague in Gender Trouble Butler asserts here that the performativity of gender does not imply an agency that allows one to put it on and take it off as one pleases, which is in dialogue with Spivak s elaboration of deconstruction where she dismisses the idea of free play Performativity in this sense is a repetitive reiteration that imagines and images a coherent identity at the cost of its own complexi...This is the second Judith Butler book I ve read the other being Gender Trouble , and I found it as interesting and enlightening as the first As a cis male, I would originally be thought of as an outsider However, once you enter into the text you realise that this has repercussions for every individual regardless of sex, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or any other form of identity you can think of Discussing gender may focus on those who are oppressed as in feminism or gay and lesbian studies This is the second Judith Butler book I ve read the other being Gender Trouble , and I found it as interesting and enlightening as the first As a cis male, I would originally be thought of as an outsider However, once you enter into the text you realise that this has repercussions for every individual regardless of sex, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or any other form of identity you can think of Discussing gender may focus on those who are oppressed as in feminism or gay and lesbian studies or marginalised excluded as in queer theory but it nonetheless allows one to reflect back upon one s own situation.It s true that Butler isn t the easiest read you could hop...It s worth reading but I consider Butler much stronger on immigration and citizenship concerns than on those of sexuality I recognize her lexicon makes a fair bit of her writing generally inaccessible but having taken on her works half a dozen times, I don t notice that any.From using the sole, individual, case of David Reimer to make sweeping statements on gender which she conflates into sex at the most disturbing of times , imposing a change in pronouns onto someone else s repeatedly exp It s worth reading but I consider Butler much stronger on immigration and citizenship concerns than on those of sexuality I recognize her lexicon makes a fair bit of her writing generally inaccessible but having taken on her works half a dozen times, I don t notice that any.From using ...i ve been carrying this around for years now, reading bits of it i don t think i ll ever read it in its entirety not dedicated enough to wrestle with butler s style when i don t need to i suppose nevertheless, the ideas in here are important and matter still 25 years later.This book is clearly a better version of her other book gender trouble It explains in muchdetail the queering performativity which allows individuals to define themselves beyond just sexualityButler not only looks like a mad German philosopher but writes like one.Tan interesante como complicado de leer Relectura necesaria e imperativa.

• English
• 23 October 2018
Judith Butler
• Paperback
• 304 pages
• 0415903661
• Judith Butler
• Bodies That Matter