Understanding Judith Butler
- Anita Brady - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Tony Schirato - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Acknowledged as one of the most influential thinkers of modern times, an understanding of Judith Butler's work is ever more essential to an understanding of not just the landscape of cultural and critical theory, but of the world around us. Understanding Judith Butler, however, can be perceived as a complex and difficult undertaking.
It needn't be. Using contemporary and topical examples from the media, popular culture and everyday life, this lively and accessible introduction shows how the issues, concepts, and theories in Butler's work function as socio-cultural practices.
Giving due consideration to Butler's earlier and most recent work, and showing how her ideas on subjectivity, gender, sexuality and language overlap and interrelate, this book gives a better understanding not only of Butler's work, but of its applications to modern-day social and cultural practices and contexts.
This volume is an accessible and well-structured introduction to the complexities of Butler's work - I will add it to my list of supplementary reading for a third year undergraduate course on 'Theorizing Difference' for students on English Literature programmes.
A major addition to broaden students' knowledge on language, gender and sexuality issues.
Excellent book!
Well, this book make the students can adopt the idea of buttler with the simple process....great idea in small book....
