Synthesized answer
The central thesis of *Undoing Gender* is that the regulation of sexuality and gender is examined through the lenses of psychology, aesthetics, and social policy [1]. The book delves into new kinship, psychoanalysis, the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of social transformation [1].
Butler considers the norms that govern and fail to govern gender and sexuality, and how these relate to constraints on recognizable personhood [1]. The work reconsiders her earlier views on gender performativity from *Gender Trouble*, situating the critique of gender norms within the framework of human persistence and survival [1]. The text suggests that "doing" one's gender in certain ways can imply "undoing" dominant notions of personhood [1]. A "New Gender Politics" has emerged, comprising movements focused on transgender, transsexuality, and intersex issues and their complex relationships with feminist and queer theory [2].
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From the book
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…