Performativity, Parody, Politics

The aim of this article is to examine both the work of Judith Butler on gender performativity and examples of how Butler's writings have been appropriated by certain other writers. I explore three areas in particular: the relation between performance and performativity in the work of Butler and...

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Published inTheory, culture & society Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 195 - 213
Main Author Lloyd, Moya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Middlesbrough SAGE Publications 01.04.1999
Theory, Culture and Society
Subjects
Butler, Judith
Feminist Theory
Group resistance
Human body
Identity
Political anthropology
Political Culture
Sex Role Identity
Sex Roles
Theoretical Problems
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ISSN0263-2764
1460-3616
DOI10.1177/02632769922050476

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Summary:The aim of this article is to examine both the work of Judith Butler on gender performativity and examples of how Butler's writings have been appropriated by certain other writers. I explore three areas in particular: the relation between performance and performativity in the work of Butler and her `adherents'; the developmental changes in Butler's argument between Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter; and the question of the effectiveness of the politics of parody. I argue that it is the ambiguities in Butler's own several accounts of the distinction between performance and performativity that fuel the readings of the politics of performance as the province of the autonomous subject - a perspective at variance with Butler's own. In addition, I explore the deficiencies in Butler's account of politics, especially her denial of the significance of the context on the efficacy of political interventions.
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ISSN:0263-2764
1460-3616
DOI:10.1177/02632769922050476