The dialectics of performativity: Judith Butler and the cultural constitution

Judith Butler dismantles the traditional notion ‘sex precedes gender’ and advocates that sex and gender are constituted through the repetition of cultural acts. For Butler, ‘gender is performative,’ and she negates the pre-ontological status of the body to claim that ‘sex is already gendered.’ Butl...

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Main Authors: Aiswarya Pradeep Kumar, Anoop George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Centro de Estudos de Filosofia 2025-01-01
Series:International Journal of Philosophy and Social Values
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Online Access:https://journals.ucp.pt/index.php/philosophyandsocialvalues/article/view/17541
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