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Estudios Políticos

Print version ISSN 0121-5167On-line version ISSN 2462-8433

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SAENZ-CABEZAS, Marya Hinira et al. Gender, Body, Power, and Resistance. A Critical Dialogue with Judith Butler. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2017, n.50, pp.82-99. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n50a05.

This article critically discusses Judith Butler’s gender and power theory, in order to inquire about the limitations in understanding the practices of resistance that result from it. To this end, on the one hand, the methodology of life stories is used, which has as its center the stories of five people belonging to the trans community; on the other hand, contemporary feminist theory has been implemented. The article claims that Butler does not answer to the question about the material base that allows the resistance to gender definitions. On these pages, the reader will find the notion of a desirable body, which, in our opinion, can fill the breach in Butler’s theory and explain why practices of resistance cannot be understood merely as little gaps left by the power.

Keywords : Desirable Body; Performance Theory; Gender Normative; Gender Social Stereotypes; Power; Resistance.

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