1. Butler Antigone’s Claim Sexual/Gendered Performances…

2. Reactions? (of whatever sort…) user-friendliness issue a bit disorganized still logical organization, but… density of the prose used other people’s ideas – where are hers? ch1 what is the symbolic?? 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender2

3. 2013-09-123 Agenda Antigone’s Claims… A Collaborative Summary Class Exercise Critical Reflections on Butler’s Book Ancient Sexuality and Gender

4. Antigone’s Claims… A Collaborative Summary

5. Ch 1: Antigone’s Claim Instructor’s outline Aims and outline Overview: prior interpretation Your comments critical stance toward h and l: idea of a universal law necessary for culture h’s argument unstable because relies on distinction between kinship and state B: each is necessary to other ant not kinship in its ideal form 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender5

6. KREŌN phēs, ē katarnei nē dedrakenai tade? ANTIGONĒ kai phēmi drasai kouk aparnoumai to nē. (Sophocles Antigone lines 442–3) CREON Do you admit this or do you deny it? ANTIGONE I say I did it and I don’t deny it. (Wyckoff translation p. 173) · · · ISMENE I did the deed, if she agrees I did. I am accessory and share the blame. (p. 177) 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender6

7. Speech Acts Speech that does things “With this ring I thee wed” By altering social reality through social performance and recognition 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender7 Austin How to Do Things with Words

8. Ch2: Unwritten Laws, Aberrant Transmissions Instructor’s Outline Hegel’s take on play and Butler’s on Hegel’s… Lacan’s take on play and Butler’s on Lacan’s… Your comments 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender8

9. Ch3: Promiscuous Obedience Instructor’s Outline Kinship: Antigone’s curse? Kinship: Antigone’s act? Your Comments 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender9

10. Class Exercise Critical Reflections on Butler’s Book

11. Topics incest confusing argumentative structure strained logical connections, strained family connections interpretative leap 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender11

12. Comments 2013-09-12Ancient Sexuality and Gender12