Sara Salih is a lecturer in English at the University of Kent at Canterbury. She is editor of The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave (Penguin, 2000).

• Part 1 Why Butler?; Part 2 Key Ideas; Chapter 1 The subject; Chapter 2 Gender; Chapter 3 Sex; Chapter 4 Language; Chapter 5 The psychePart 3 After Butler;

Sara Salih is a lecturer in English at the University of Kent at Canterbury. She is editor of The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave (Penguin, 2000).

• Part 1 Why Butler?; Part 2 Key Ideas; Chapter 1 The subject; Chapter 2 Gender; Chapter 3 Sex; Chapter 4 Language; Chapter 5 The psychePart 3 After Butler;