Gender Trouble：Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Sinceitspublicationin1990,GenderTroublehasbecomeoneofthekeyworksofcontemporaryfeministtheory,andanessentialworkforanyoneinterestedinthestudyofgender,queertheory,orthepoliticsofsexualityinculture.ThisisthetextwhereJudithButlerbegantoadvancetheideasthatwouldgoontotakelifeas"performativitytheory,"aswellassomeofthefirstarticulationsofthepossibilityforsubversivegenderpractices,andshewritesinherprefacetothe10thanniversaryeditionreleasedin1999thatonepointofGenderTroublewas"nottoprescribeanewgenderedwayoflife[...]buttoopenupthefieldofpossibilityforgender[...]"Widelytaught,andwidelydebated,GenderTroublecontinuestoofferapowerfulcritiqueofheteronormativityandofthefunctionofgenderinthemodernworld.