Gender Trouble Quotes by Judith Butler
“The effort to identify the enemy as singular in form is a reverse-discourse that uncritically mimics the strategy of the oppressor instead of offering a different set of terms.”
― Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
― Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble Quotes by Judith Butler
“The effect of gender is produced through the stylization of the body and, hence, must be understood as the mundane way in which bodily gestures, movements, and styles of various kinds constitute the illusion of an abiding gendered self. This formulation moves the conception of gender off the ground of a substantial model of identity to one that... See more
Gender Trouble Quotes by Judith Butler
“Learning the rules that govern intelligible speech is an inculcation into normalized language, where the price of not conforming is the loss of intelligibility itself.”
― Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
― Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble Quotes by Judith Butler
The effect of gender is produced through the stylization of the body and, hence, must be understood as the mundane way in which bodily gestures, movements, and styles of various kinds constitute the illusion of an abiding gendered self. This formulation moves the conception of gender off the ground of a substantial model of identity to one that... See more