Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

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Label	Occurrences
Gender Trouble	4
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity canonical	2
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990)	1
book "Gender Trouble"	1

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Target entity: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Context triple: [Judith Butler, notableWork, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity]

A. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
B. Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
C. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center is a foundational feminist text by bell hooks that critiques mainstream feminism’s focus on white, middle-class women and argues for a more inclusive, intersectional movement centered on the experiences of marginalized groups.
D. Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory
Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory is a collection of essays by critical theorist Nancy Fraser that examines how power, discourse, and gender intersect in contemporary social and political theory.
E. The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Target entity description: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a foundational work of queer and feminist theory that challenges fixed notions of gender by introducing the concept of gender performativity.

A. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
B. Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
C. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center is a foundational feminist text by bell hooks that critiques mainstream feminism’s focus on white, middle-class women and argues for a more inclusive, intersectional movement centered on the experiences of marginalized groups.
D. Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory
Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory is a collection of essays by critical theorist Nancy Fraser that examines how power, discourse, and gender intersect in contemporary social and political theory.
E. The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ feminist theory book ⓘ queer theory book ⓘ
academicDiscipline	humanities ⓘ social theory ⓘ
arguesThat	gender identity is constituted through repeated acts ⓘ gender is performative rather than an innate essence ⓘ sex and gender are not strictly separable categories ⓘ
author	Judith Butler ⓘ
centralConcept	gender performativity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
critiques	essentialist feminism ⓘ heteronormativity ⓘ identity politics ⓘ the category of woman as a stable subject ⓘ
field	cultural studies ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
hasEdition	1999 tenth-anniversary edition ⓘ revised preface edition ⓘ
hasImpactOn	LGBTQ+ studies ⓘ contemporary feminist politics ⓘ theorization of identity and subjectivity ⓘ
influencedBy	Gayle Rubin ⓘ J. L. Austin ⓘ Jacques Lacan ⓘ Julia Kristeva ⓘ Luce Irigaray ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Monique Wittig ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	feminism ⓘ gender ⓘ gender performativity ⓘ identity ⓘ political theory ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
notableFor	challenging fixed notions of gender identity ⓘ foundational contribution to queer theory ⓘ popularizing the concept of gender performativity ⓘ
publicationYear	1990 ⓘ
publisher	Routledge ⓘ linked to: Routledge & Kegan Paul

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judith Butler → notableWork → Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity ⓘ

Judith Butler → hasPublicationYearForWork → Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) ⓘ