Hi Elif, great suggestions. I'm not familiar with Genet's essay, though. I've read his introduction to Soledad Brother. Is that the one you mean?
Thanks for the help.
Best,
Simon
elif sendur <elifsendur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 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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Thanks for the help.
Best,
Simon
elif sendur <elifsendur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 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
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo!
> Answers.
> _______________________________________________
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>
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