Who's afraid of gender? / Judith Butler.

  • Butler, Judith, 1956-
Date:
2024
  • Books

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Also known as

Who is afraid of gender

Description

"Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed 'anti-gender ideology movements' dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization - and even 'man' himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights. But what, exactly, is so disturbing about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how 'gender' has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations and transexclusionary feminists, and the concrete ways in which this phantasm works."-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.

Physical description

308 pages ; 24 cm

Contents

Introduction: Gender ideology and the fear of destruction -- The global scene -- Vatican views -- Contemporary attacks on gender in the United States: Censorship and rights-stripping -- Trump, sex, and the Supreme Court -- TERFs and British matters of sex: How critical is gender-critical feminism? -- What about sex? -- What gender are you? -- Nature/culture: Toward co-construction -- Racial and colonial legacies of gender dimorphism -- Foreign terms, or the disturbance of translation -- Conclusion: The fear of destruction, the struggle to imagine.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    Awaiting cataloguing for Wellcome Collection

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ISBN

  • 9780241595824
  • 0241595827