Butler Matters: Judith Butler's Impact on Feminist and Queer Studies [Hardcover]

Margaret Sonser Breen (Editor), Warren J. Blumenfeld (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0754638855 | ISBN-13: 978-0754638858 | Publication Date: January 19, 2005

Since the 1990 publication of Gender Trouble, Judith Butler has had a profound influence on how we understand gender and sexuality, corporeal politics, and political action both within and outside the academy. This collection, which considers not only Gender Trouble but also Bodies That Matter, Excitable Speech, and The Psychic Life of Power, attests to the enormous impactl Butler's work has had across disciplines. In analyzing Butler's theories, the contributors demonstrate their relevance to a wide range of topics and fields, including activism, archaeology, film, literature, pedagogy, and theory. Included is a two-part interview with Judith Butler herself, in which she responds to questions about queer theory, the relationship between her work and that of other gender theorists, and the political impact of her ideas. In addition to the editors, contributors include Edwina Barvosa-Carter, Robert Alan Brookey, Kirsten Campbell, Angela Failler, Belinda Johnston, Rosemary A. Joyce, Vicki Kirby, Diane Helene Miller, Mena Mitrano, Elizabeth M. Perry, Frederick S. Roden, and Natalie Wilson.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 222 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd (January 19, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754638855
• ISBN-13: 978-0754638858
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,419,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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