Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex
Judith Butler explores how language, cultural practices, and power influence the ways sex and bodies are understood. Combining philosophical inquiry with critical theory, this influential study examines the relationship between materiality and discourse, questioning how categories of identity are formed, maintained, and given social meaning.
About This Book
Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex is a work by Judith Butler focused on sex, embodiment, language, and social meaning.
The book examines how bodies and identities are shaped through discourse and cultural practices.
It considers the relationship between materiality, power, and the categories used to understand sex and gender.
Written within critical theory, the work explores the limits and effects of the concepts through which bodies become intelligible.
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