The Judith Butler Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0631225943
- ISBN-13
- 9780631225942
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 382
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-03-05
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Authors
- Sara Salih, Judith Butler
Description
The Judith Butler Reader is a collection of writings that span her impressive career and trace her intellectual history. Judith Butler, author of influential books such as Gender Trouble, has built her international reputation as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity Organized in active collaboration between Judith Butler and Sara Salih Collects together writings that span Butler’s impressive career as a critical philosopher, including selections from both well-known and lesser-known works Includes an introduction and editorial material to assist students in their readings of theories that stand at the forefront of contemporary theoretical and political debates
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