{"product_id":"whos-afraid-of-gender-1","title":"Who's Afraid of Gender?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eELLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and more. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A profoundly urgent intervention.” —Naomi Klein\u003cbr\u003e“A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining collective futurity.” —Claudia Rankine\u003cbr\u003eFrom a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e redefined how we understand gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on \"gender\" that have become central to right-wing movements today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003eAn essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TYPE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52370293522733,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/5053\/7261\/files\/61x8ecSNlNL__SL1500__jpg.avif?v=1789486377","url":"https:\/\/thelobbybyheapsestrin.com\/products\/whos-afraid-of-gender-1","provider":"The Lobby by Heaps Estrin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}