Book Review: Butler, J. (2024). Who's Afraid of Gender? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Abstract

Judith Butler’s book Who’s Afraid of Gender?is a significant theoretical work that analyzes the “anti-gender” discourses currently on the rise globally. Butler discusses how political and ideological attacks on the concept of gender have emerged, the discursive strategies through which they have circulated, and the role played by the media and the cultural sphere in this process. The book examines the anti-gender movements that have gained momentum in recent years in Europe, Latin America, and the United States within their historical, political, and cultural contexts.