Application of Judith Butler’s “gender performativity” in Asian cultures

• Main Author: Ding, Gary Yongping
• Other Authors: Jane Wong Yeang Chui
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63092
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Simone de Beauvoir’s formulation in The Second Sex has led to new conceptions in gender identity. Her assertion is based on the belief of “the noncoincidence of natural and gendered identity” (Salih 23). This suggests that the gender identity of one is not determined at birth, but raises questions o...