Gender Trouble
by Judith Butler · Judith Butler
Butler's 1990 work arguing that gender is performatively produced rather than expressed by a prior identity. Readers come away understanding the sex/gender distinction, the critique of feminist identity categories, and the origins of performativity theory.
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