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Gender Trouble:

Tenth Anniversary Edition
Front Cover
162 Reviews
Taylor & Francis, Sep 2, 1999 - Philosophy - 256 pages
Since its publication in 1990, Gender Trouble has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexuality in culture.

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Her writing style is incredibly academic and dry. - Goodreads
Her writing style makes the book difficult to read. - Goodreads
This has been helpful for my thesis research. - Goodreads
Hard to read but the rewards are worth it - Goodreads
I don't think her stuff is hard to read, either. - Goodreads
Brilliant theory, difficult to read. - Goodreads

Review: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

User Review  - Amy - Goodreads

The first couple chapters were a bit of a slog...hard to get excited about critiques of other authorities on sex and gender. Things get significantly less dry when discussing chromosomal variants and drag queens. Read full review

Review: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

User Review  - Sam Peterson - Goodreads

This book is amazing, although it doesn't understand the hormonal trans-body--ecstatic, grotesque, innately gendered and ultimately ordinary. Still, a pivotal book of theory and gender. Read full review

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About the author (1999)

Judith Butler is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Among her books are Bodies That Matter and Excitable Speech, and Feminists Theorize the Political (coedited with Joan W. Scott), all available from Routledge.

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