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Judith Butler
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American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

Also known as: Butler, Judith P. Butler, Judith Pamela Butler, Джудит Батлер, جوديث بتلر, 주디스 버틀러

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Known works

  • Gender Trouble (1990)
  • Bodies that matter (1993)
  • Excitable speech (1997)
  • Precarious life (2006)
  • Dispossession: The Performative in the Political