Embodied political performativity in Excitable Speech: Butler's psychoanalytic revision of historicism

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Judith Butler's 'Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative', which focuses primarily on her use of speech-act theory for political purposes, is analyzed. Her work moves beyond the criticisms of psychoanalysis in historicism and feminist theory to assess the contributions psychoanalysis makes to theorize a politically effective subject of history.

United States, Analysis, Works, Speech acts (Linguistics), Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (Book)

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Performativity, parody, politics

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This article examines the work of Judith Butler on gender politics and performativity, and how her theory has been appropriated by other critics. Topics addressed include the politics of performativity, subjectivity, and the transgressive ability of parody.

Political aspects, Critical Essay, Gender identity, Subjectivity, Parody

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Veiled interventions in pure space: Honour, shame and embodied struggles among Muslims in Britain and France

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The publicity surrounding symbolic practices of sexual intimacy in the context of modernity that came to be loaded with secondary symbolic connotations for both Muslims and Europeans that led to irresolvable conundrums is discussed.

United Kingdom, France, Public affairs, Social aspects, Intimacy (Psychology), Intimacy

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