Excitable speech : a politics of the performative
by
 
Butler, Judith, 1956-

Title
: 
Excitable speech : a politics of the performative

Author
: 
Butler, Judith, 1956-

ISBN
: 
9780415915885
 
9780415915878

Personal Author
: 
Butler, Judith, 1956-

Publication Information
: 
New York : Routledge, 1997.

Physical Description
: 
x, 185 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
: 
Introduction: On Linguistic Vulnerability -- 1. Burning Acts, Injurious Speech -- 2. Sovereign Performatives -- 3. Contagious Word: Paranoia and "Homosexuality" in the Military -- 4. Implicit Censorship and Discursive Agency.

Subject Term
: 
Oral communication -- Social aspects.
 
Hate speech.
 
Speech acts (Linguistics)
 
Language and languages -- Political aspects.


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