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Queer Theory and Gender Performativity - Lecture 23

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This lecture introduces Judith Butler’s queer theory in relation to Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality. It compares their terminology and methods, examines gender performativity and identity politics, and considers implications for reading.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. Introduction to Judith Butler: What Is Sexuality?
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- Chapter 2. Foucault and the Deployment of Alliance
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- Chapter 3. Performing Gender
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- Chapter 4. The Political Agenda of Gender Theory
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- Chapter 5. Foucault's Method, Butler's Method
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- Chapter 6. The Gendering of Reading
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