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Who's afraid of gender?

Butler, Judith, 1956-2024
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Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed 'anti-gender ideology movements' dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization - and even 'man' himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights. But what, exactly, is so disturbing about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how 'gender' has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations and transexclusionary feminists, and the concrete ways in which this phantasm works.
Main title:
Who's afraid of gender? / by Judith Butler.
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.
Collation:
308 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241595824
Dewey class:
305.3
Language:
English
BRN:
461050
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PenrithNonfiction305.3 WHOAvailable
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