Who is Judith Butler?
Judith Butler (1956-) is Professor of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and is well known as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity. Indeed, she is described in alt.Culture as "one of the superstars of '90s academia, with a devoted following of grad students nationwide".
Her Theory:
In 'Gender Trouble: Feminism and the subversion of Identity' Butler describe the ways in which socially constructed identities might be challenged by 'subversive bodily acts. Butler suggests that there is no "essence" to the s…
