▁Category : Car ib bean ▁American <0x0A> </s> ▁Jud ith ▁Pam ela ▁Butler ▁( born ▁February ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁gender ▁the or ist ▁whose ▁work ▁has ▁influenced ▁political ▁philosophy , ▁eth ics , ▁and ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁third - wave ▁femin ist , ▁que er , ▁and ▁literary ▁theory . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁she ▁began ▁teaching ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley , ▁where ▁she ▁has ▁served , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁as ▁the ▁Max ine ▁Elli ot ▁Professor ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Compar ative ▁Liter ature ▁and ▁the ▁Program ▁of ▁Crit ical ▁Theory . ▁She ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁Hann ah ▁Ar end t ▁Chair ▁at ▁the ▁European ▁Gr adu ate ▁School . ▁ ▁Butler ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁books ▁G ender ▁Tr ouble : ▁Fem in ism ▁and ▁the ▁Sub version ▁of ▁Identity ▁( 1 9 9 0 ) ▁and ▁Bod ies ▁That ▁M atter : ▁On ▁the ▁Disc ursive ▁Lim its ▁of ▁Sex ▁( 1 9 9 3 ), ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁challeng es ▁conventional ▁not ions ▁of ▁gender ▁and ▁develop s ▁her ▁theory ▁of ▁gender ▁perform ativity . ▁This ▁theory ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁on ▁femin ist ▁and ▁que er ▁scholar ship . ▁Her ▁works ▁are ▁often ▁studied ▁in ▁film ▁studies ▁courses ▁emphas izing ▁gender ▁studies ▁and ▁perform ativity ▁in ▁disc ourse . ▁ ▁Butler ▁has ▁supported ▁les bian ▁and ▁gay ▁rights ▁movements ▁and