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Disciplining Sexuality: Foucault, Life Histories, and Education (Athene Series)

By Sue Middleton

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0807762911, 9780807762912
LCC
HQ23 .M48 1998
Open Library ID
OL11293996M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
455 kB (465754 bytes)
Series
Athene Series
Pages
168\0
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Middleton presents a Foucauldian perspective in a manner that is clear and unmystified, demonstrating how the use of such a perspective can illuminate the way power works, negatively and positively, in daily events. Drawing on Foucault in combination with life-history narratives from the author’s research interviews and autobiographical experience, the text addresses: changing theories about sexuality; ideas about sex enmeshed in various pedagogies; and questions raised by the disciplining of sexuality as educational environments move into cyberspace. Encouraging the reader to see why things we take for granted about sexuality and the body need to be rethought, this book resonates powerfully with memories and experiences that will strike a chord with educators and students around the world.

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