Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex by Judith Butler

Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex

Judith Butler

304 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ philosophy challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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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 ...

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