Apuntes sobre el cuerpo en el pensamiento de Judith Butler. Aportes del psicoanálisis en la Teoría Queer.

Abstract

This paper presents some general guidelines on the distinction sex/gender and its impact on the delimitation of the body category in feminist theory. Then, it offers some arguments that question the sexual dimorphism in natural terms from Judith Butler's psychoanalytic conceptualizations. According to this, essentialist and constructivist approaches are discussed in relation to the body, illustrated from Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler's proposals. Finally, it comes to the conclusion of the need to debate the sex category as a special occasion to reformulate the multiple conceptualizations involving the dimension of the body.

Keywords

• sex
• gender
• body