Portrait of Judith Butler

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Judith Butler

b. 1956

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

  • United States
  • American
  • Queer Theory
  • Feminist Criticism
  • post-structuralism
  • Literary Theory
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Judith Butler is an American feminist, queer philosopher, and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, psychoanalysis, and the fields of feminist and queer theory, academic freedom, and literary theory.

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b. 1956
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