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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Butler suggests that there is mere convention in which field than is supposed?

2. What do feminist critics often focus on according to Butler?

3. Kristeva seems to understand the semiotic in what kinds of terms?

4. How does Butler feel about the strategy of subversion?

5. Freud held that which of these was essential to ego formation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the journals written by Herculine Barbin. What is the significance of Barbin's ideas and theories? How does Butler support and critique them?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the portrayals of feminist and masculine discourse. What makes feminist discourse circular and masculine discourse bigoted, according to Beauvoir?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of power as it relates to sexuality, according to Butler and feminist theorists.

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