GLOSSARY

Bartes, Roland:
French social and literary critic, whose writings on semiotics made structuralism one of the leading intellectual movements of the 20th century

Binary Opposition: Levi Strauss
A pair of terms differentiated by their opposition to one another. Examples would include yin/yang, light/dark, masculine/feminine, up/down, and gay/straight, but also more subtle oppositions such as sea blue/cyan, vigilante/villain, and slacker/stoner.

Judith Butler:
Argues that gender is a construction that can be changed, rather than a reflection of any fixed ‘inner self.’ Traditional views of masculinity and femininity are therefore social constructions can and be changed can challenged and altered.