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Chapter 1 - Gender in Translation: Beyond Monolingualism

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Judith Butler
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Jude Browne
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In this chapter I consider how dangerous and disturbing the term “gender” has become in the minds of those who fear its power and influence (Gallo, 2017). The stated concern about “gender” as a foreign term, an English term, acting on local or national cultures as if it were a foreign element or, indeed, a foreign power is matched by a presumption within feminist and LGBTIQ theory that “gender” can function as a generalizable concept no matter the language into which it enters.

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Why Gender? , pp. 15 - 37
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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