{"product_id":"9781039007352","title":"Who's Afraid of Gender?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Los Angeles Times, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Kirkus, Literary Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A profoundly urgent intervention.” —Naomi Klein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining collective futurity.” —Claudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eInflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, the \"anti-gender ideology movement\" has sought to nullify reproductive justice, undermine protections against sexual and gender violence, and strip trans and queer people of their right to pursue a life without fear of violence. Here, Judith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eredefined how we understand gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on \"gender\" that have become central to right-wing movements today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexamines how \"gender\" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and trans-exclusionary feminists. In this vital, courageous book, Butler illuminates the concrete ways in which this phantasm of gender collects and displaces anxieties and fears of destruction, resulting in a movement that demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"arial\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f12\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAn essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a bold call to refuse the alliance with authoritarian movements and to make a broad coalition with all those who fight against injustice. Imagining new possibilities for freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us a hopeful work of social and political analysis that is both timely and timeless—a book whose verve and rigor only they could deliver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Judith Butler","offers":[{"title":"Vintage Canada | Paperback | 2025-03-18","offer_id":46064537895167,"sku":"9781039007352","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9781039007352.jpg?v=1724423148","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781039007352","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}