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Butler leitora de Beauvoir: o gênero como ato performativo
Butler a reading of beauvoir: gender as a performing act
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Abstract Between Beauvoir and Butler, we will question whether the "becoming woman" establishes the distinction between sex and gender, becoming a mode of acculturation that, in addition to the anatomical differentials, designates a performance in transformation. From Beauvoir, we will see: s... view more
Between Beauvoir and Butler, we will question whether the "becoming woman" establishes the distinction between sex and gender, becoming a mode of acculturation that, in addition to the anatomical differentials, designates a performance in transformation. From Beauvoir, we will see: situated, subjectivity is established between civilization and intercorporeal relations. Marking the woman as the second sex, Beauvoir ratifies the ambiguity as a human factor, weaving reflections to the freedom, oppression, recognition and feminine condition. Of this, Beauvoir is questioning that Butler interrogates the genders. By tracing the incipient use of gender in "becoming woman", Butler suggests revisions to the phenomenological notions of subject, body, situation, and sexual difference. It promotes a performative conception where the genre is a constant becoming. It describes how the genres are constituted, considering that there are no ideal genres. Thus, becoming gender means that as a body we dramatize and style it. Criticism, this performance personifies a way of acting where repetition, innovation, necessity and contingency are re-signifiable.... view less
Keywords
woman; gender; Butler, J.; Beauvoir, S.
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
performative acts
Document language
Portuguese
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 16-38
Journal
Griot: Revista de Filosofia, 20 (2020) 3
ISSN
2178-1036
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed