Hi Simon,
I am Elif from Binghamton University Comparative Literature Phd Program.
Discipline and Punish is a good start but I also recommend Jean Genet's
essays and not to forget, Foucault's interviews in Power/ Knowledge.
best,
elif sendur
On 1/19/07, Simon Rolston <simonrolston@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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"zaman insanlari değil, armutlari olgunlastirir" N.F Kisakurek
I am Elif from Binghamton University Comparative Literature Phd Program.
Discipline and Punish is a good start but I also recommend Jean Genet's
essays and not to forget, Foucault's interviews in Power/ Knowledge.
best,
elif sendur
On 1/19/07, Simon Rolston <simonrolston@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm a graduate student in the English department at the University of
British Columbia, Canada, and I'm currently working on (and interested in)
American prisoner autobiographies. At the moment I'm writing my qualifying
papers (which are similar to comprehensive exams), one of which is on
Foucault and discipline. Although Foucault is very suspicious of
autobiography, I think his work is quite useful for my project. For example,
I'm interested in questioning the assumption that prisoner writings are
emancipatory texts, that writing about oneself when imprisoned is somehow a
'freeing' activity. This is not to undermine the work accomplished by
American inmates. Rather it is to acknowledge the difficulties a prisoner
faces when writing (and even speaking) from inside the belly of the beast.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks for letting me join up!
Best,
Simon Rolston
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