MICHEL FOUCAULT, info.

On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Ashwin Kumar wrote:

> I am new to the works of Mitchel Foucault and would be most obliged for 
> some directions. I intend to do my MA[HONS] thesis on the social 
> construction of the body in 1996 as part of my Cultural Studies Degree.
> How could I use the work of MF -  in terms of the body? I have read 
> "Docile Bodies" (Rabinow:1984) and "History of SEXUALITY" Vols 
> 1-3(Foucault:1976,1984,1985). Are there any "good' starter books on 
> Foucault's work?
> Regards,
> akumar.
> 
> 
> 

There is a ton of secondary material on the Foucauldian oeuvre, much of 
it repetitive in content.  Here are some that are noteworthy:

Herbert Dreyfus & Paul Rabinow, _Michel Foucault, Beyond Structuralism 
and Hermeneutics_
Gilles Deleuze, _Foucault_


In regard to the body, I highly recommend the work of Susan Bordo and 
Judith Butler, particularly Butler's _Bodies That Matter_.


David Pekerow


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