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Parody by itself is not subversive, and there must be a way to understand what makes certain kinds of parodic repetitions effectively disruptive, truly troubling, and which repetitions become domesticated and recirculated as instruments of cultural hegemony

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Judith Butler
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 24
Art Theorist
Feminist
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University Teacher
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Cleveland
Ohio
Judith P. Butler
Judith Pamela Butler
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