Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a 1990 book by Judith Butler.

In the second chapter of Gender Trouble, Butler takes up another commonplace of feminist theory, the patriarchy.

Gender Trouble, 1990.

The concept of gender performativity is at the core of Butler's work, notably in Gender Trouble.

Gender Trouble is often regarded as the most groundbreaking work on feminist theory and gender studies.

Judith Butler's theory about gender roles and their social implications and need for reconstruction is more fully developed in her book, Gender Trouble.

The case of Reimer is used to re-examine Butler's theory of performativity that she originally explored in Gender Trouble.

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.

Gender Trouble was first published in 1990, selling over 100,000 copies internationally and in different languages .