American, European, and Australian scholars in a wide range of humanities and social sciences explain how Butler's work has influenced thinking about gender and sexuality since her
groundbreaking Gender Trouble (1990). After introductions and an interview with her, they cover language, melancholia, and subjectivity; archaeology, literature, and pedagogy; and agency,
post-structuralism, and pragmatism. Among the specific topics are the images of theory, the archaeology of gender, Gender Trouble in the literature classroom, and the political pragmatism of
poststructuralism. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
