Re: Foucault/Sign Language

the book 'Foucault and His Interlocutors' has a different photo cover than you
were asking about. The 'head clasped in hands' photo can be found, instead, at
the following website: http://www2.bc.edu/~arnett/philosophers.html

Quoting "Mitchell D. Wilson" <lobster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Favor: can someone tell me which book cover features the famous photo of
> Foucault with his head clasped in his hands? And/or can someone tell me of
> a
> web site that has this photo on it?
>
> Reason:
>
> In one of my classes, we have a deaf student and the interpreter needs to
> see this photo to better understand how to make the sign for "Foucault."
> When you want to sign "Foucault," you clasp your hands on the sides of your
> head in the exact same way, and seeing his facial expression would help the
> interpreter to better understand the sign, as well as appreciate where the
> sign comes from, the history of which is important in sign language, like
> knowing the origin of words in any language.
>
> I'm learning sign language and today saw her use the sign. But she, after I
> asked her about it, told me she's not really comfortable doing the sign
> because she doesn't understand it. So I told her that it must come from
> that
> photo. I told her that I'd try to find a copy to show her next week.
>
> Thanks,
> Mitch
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stuart Elden <Stuart.Elden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Re:Althusser, Foucault and Historical Ontology
>
>
> > I wrote
> >
> > >Well I think that Nietzsche is an incredibly important thinker of the
> > >political, and this does suppose a particular politics.
> >
> > It should have been
> >
> > >Well I think that Nietzsche is an incredibly important thinker of the
> > >political, and this does NOT suppose a particular politics.
> >
> > Sorry
> >
> > S
> >
>
>

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