Who's afraid of gender? / Judith Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Judith, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity--Political aspects.

Gender identity.

Sex.

sexuality.

Physical Description:

308 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.

Summary:

"Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, the "anti-gender ideology movement" movement has sought to nullify reproductive justice, undermine protections against sexual and gender violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights to pursue a life without fear of violence. Here, Judith Butler ... confronts the attacks on "gender" that have become central to right-wing movements today. Who's Afraid of Gender? examines how "gender" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists. [In this book] Butler illuminates the concrete ways that this phantasm of gender collects and displaces anxieties and fears of destruction, resulting in a movement that demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation. An essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, Who's Afraid of Gender? is a bold call to refuse the alliance with authoritarian movements and to make a broad coalition with all those who fight against injustice."--Adapted from jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780374608224

0374608229

OCLC:

1375546953