Excitable speech : a politics of the performative / Judith Butler.

Excitable Speech examines the issue of the threatening action of words. Negotiating the work of Austin, Derrida and Bourdieu, Butler offers a theory of the political performativity of language and illuminates the efficacy of injurious language.

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Main Author: Butler, Judith, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 1997.
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Call Number: P95.54 .B88 1997
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