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In "Undoing Gender," Judith Butler reflects on how gender and sexuality are regulated within various spheres, including psychology, aesthetics, and social policy [1]. The book explores the implications of these regulations for what it means to be a recognizable person, particularly for transgender, intersex, and those challenging dominant notions of personhood [1, 2]. Butler revisits her earlier ideas on gender performativity, framing her critique of gender norms within the context of human persistence and survival [1].
Butler examines new forms of kinship, psychoanalysis, and the incest taboo, as well as issues like diagnostic categories and social violence [1]. She discusses the "New Gender Politics," which involves movements related to transgender, transsexuality, and intersex, and their connections to feminist and queer theory [2]. In essence, the book argues that to perform one's gender in certain ways can necessitate "undoing" prevailing ideas of what constitutes a person [1].
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Title: Undoing Gender by Judith Butler Description: Butler addresses the regulation of sexuality and gender that takes place in psychology, aesthetics, and social policy. These essays deepen her treatment of issues introduced by earlier work on the relationship between power and the body, the meaning & purpose of the incest taboo, and the problems of kinship. "Undoing Gender constitutes Judith Butler's recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of…
metimes implies "undoing" dominant notions of personhood. She writes about the "New Gender Politics" that has emerged in recent years, a combination of movements concerned with transgender, transsexuality, intersex, and their complex relations to feminist and queer theory." -- Publisher's description. --- Google Books --- Title: Undoing Gender by Judith Butler Description: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Categories: History Pages: 292 Snippet: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa…