Performativity cannot be understood outside of a process of iterability, a regularized and constrained repetition of norms. And this repetition is not performed by a subject; this repetition is what enables a subject and constitutes the temporal condition for the subject. This iterability implies that 'performance' is not a singular 'act' or event, but a ritualized production, a ritual reiterated under and through constraint, under and through the force of prohibition and taboo, with the threat of ostracism and even death controlling and compelling the shape of the production, but not, I will insist, determining it fully in advance.[10]
Iterability, in its endless undeterminedness as to-be-determinedness, is thus precisely that aspect of performativity that makes the production of the "natural" sexed, gendered, heterosexual subject possible, while also and at the same time opening that subject up to the possibility of its incoherence and contestation.
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^^^^ How are these symbolic structures instilled in people ?Iterability. Rote learning. Practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect. Learning by repitition. ? Theatrical Play rehearsals for performance and performativity. Memorizing lines. But leaving room for improvisation.
"Eisenstein"
"LIfe is but a poor player that struts and frets across the stage. A tale told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing"
But all signifying. A bunch of signifiers with no signified.
Habit. habituation,
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