Judith Butler's Gender Performativity, Part 2: What is "Performativity?"

In this second installment on Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity, we're going to look at one of commonly misunderstood aspects of Butler's theory: the distinction between gender performance and gender performativity.

This video will look specifically at how Butler's theory of gender performatiity draws on philosopher J.L. Austin's concept of performative utterances, which was popularized in his book How to Do Things with Words.

Texts examined include the chapter "Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions" from Gender Trouble and the Preface to Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex.

Part 1 of this serise that provides a more basic overview of Butler's theory of gender performativity can be found here:    • Judith Butler's Theory of Gender Perf...