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Understanding Judith Butler
- Anita Brady - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Tony Schirato - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
November 2010 | 160 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
"A rather perfect textbook at the right level. It opens up issues of transgender very well and is critical in just the right tone. Much needed in media and cultural studies."
- Angela McRobbie, Goldsmiths
Acknowledged as one of the most influential thinkers of modern times, an understanding of Judith Butler's work is ever more essential to an understanding of not just the landscape of cultural and critical theory, but of the world around us. Understanding Judith Butler, however, can be perceived as a complex and difficult undertaking.
It needn't be. Using contemporary and topical examples from the media, popular culture and everyday life, this lively and accessible introduction shows you how the issues, concepts and theories in Butler's work function as socio-cultural practices.
Giving due consideration to Butler's earlier and most recent work, and showing how her ideas on subjectivity, gender, sexuality and language overlap and interrelate, this book will give you a better understanding not only of Butler's work, but of its applications to modern-day social and cultural practices and contexts.
- Angela McRobbie, Goldsmiths
Acknowledged as one of the most influential thinkers of modern times, an understanding of Judith Butler's work is ever more essential to an understanding of not just the landscape of cultural and critical theory, but of the world around us. Understanding Judith Butler, however, can be perceived as a complex and difficult undertaking.
It needn't be. Using contemporary and topical examples from the media, popular culture and everyday life, this lively and accessible introduction shows you how the issues, concepts and theories in Butler's work function as socio-cultural practices.
Giving due consideration to Butler's earlier and most recent work, and showing how her ideas on subjectivity, gender, sexuality and language overlap and interrelate, this book will give you a better understanding not only of Butler's work, but of its applications to modern-day social and cultural practices and contexts.
Introduction
Introduction
Subjectivity, Identity and Desire
Gender
Queer
Symbolic Violence
Ethics
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
This volume is an accessible and well-structured introduction to the complexities of Butler's work - I will add it to my list of supplementary reading for a third year undergraduate course on 'Theorizing Difference' for students on English Literature programmes.
English Literature , Northumbria University
April 15, 2011
A major addition to broaden students' knowledge on language, gender and sexuality issues.
Faculty of Humanities &Social Sciences, Glamorgan University
March 10, 2011
Excellent book!
Marketing and Management, University of Southern Denmark
January 26, 2011
Well, this book make the students can adopt the idea of buttler with the simple process....great idea in small book....
Performance Arts Faculty, Indonesian Institute of Arts
January 16, 2011
