Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative

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.

Details

Type

Book

Place of publication

Abingdon

Publisher

Routledge

Year

1997

Number of pages

186 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780415915885

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Illustrations

No

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

109 But

Volumes

1

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