Hello List,
My name is Shannon Smith and I am a PhD student in English at Queen's University in Kingston ON, Canada. My area of specialization is Victorian Literature --- specifically 19th-century sport culture, notions of disability and masculinity in Victorian fiction.
Since reading Discipline and Punish during my undergrad, I've been fascinated by Foucault and am currently reading The Birth of the Clinic in relation to a project I'm working on which discusses the relationships between 19th-century medical practices, the notion of the medical gaze, medical masculinity and its portrayal in Victorian fiction.
I was wondering if I could turn to the collective wisdom of the list to receive some feedback regarding how various list members understand Foucault's notions of the clinical gaze v. the glace which I'm currently trying to puzzle out for myself. There are times when he uses the term "the glance" such as at the close of Ch.7 (Seeing and Knowing) and then there are times when he discusses "the anatomo-clinician's gaze" (i.e. Ch 9: The Visible Invisible). Am I right in understanding the two types of medical gazing as similar? The properties of the glance appear to suggest the later motivations and practices of the gaze in post-anatomical medicine. Unfortunately, my community of fellow Foucault readers is currently somewhat limited, and I would love to discuss this issue further with those on the list that are interested.
Cheers,
Shannon
My name is Shannon Smith and I am a PhD student in English at Queen's University in Kingston ON, Canada. My area of specialization is Victorian Literature --- specifically 19th-century sport culture, notions of disability and masculinity in Victorian fiction.
Since reading Discipline and Punish during my undergrad, I've been fascinated by Foucault and am currently reading The Birth of the Clinic in relation to a project I'm working on which discusses the relationships between 19th-century medical practices, the notion of the medical gaze, medical masculinity and its portrayal in Victorian fiction.
I was wondering if I could turn to the collective wisdom of the list to receive some feedback regarding how various list members understand Foucault's notions of the clinical gaze v. the glace which I'm currently trying to puzzle out for myself. There are times when he uses the term "the glance" such as at the close of Ch.7 (Seeing and Knowing) and then there are times when he discusses "the anatomo-clinician's gaze" (i.e. Ch 9: The Visible Invisible). Am I right in understanding the two types of medical gazing as similar? The properties of the glance appear to suggest the later motivations and practices of the gaze in post-anatomical medicine. Unfortunately, my community of fellow Foucault readers is currently somewhat limited, and I would love to discuss this issue further with those on the list that are interested.
Cheers,
Shannon