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This study examines the relationship between Poststructuralism and feminism, focusing on how poststructuralist feminist theory challenges the idea of fixed, stable or universal meaning in language, identity and gender. Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, Judith Butler and Simone de Beauvoir, the paper examines how meaning is constituted through discourse, power relations, and cultural practices, rather than existing as a stable or universal truth. Using a qualitative and theoretical research approach, the study analyzes key poststructuralist concepts such as deconstruction, difference, discourse and gender performativity to explain how feminist theory reinterprets subjectivity and identity. The discussion highlights that categories such as “women,” “femininity,” and “motherhood” are not natural or biologically determined but socially constructed through language and cultural narratives. Poststructuralist feminist theory therefore exposes the instability of hierarchical binaries and challenges patriarchal discourses that attempt to stabilize gender identities. By emphasizing multiplicity, fluidity, and interpretive openness, this creative approach creates space for diverse and marginalized voices and allows for alternative readings of gendered identities and texts. The study concludes that the intersection of poststructuralism and feminism offers a powerful analytic perspective for understanding gender as dynamic, relational, and historically contingent within contemporary cultural discourse.
Keywords: Poststructuralism, Feminism, Deconstruction, Gender Performativity, Discourse, Multiplicity