Hi Simon,
Have you also read "Forced Passages" by Dylan Rodriguez? The book is about the radical prison thought, and the racism of the criminal justice system in the US. Although Rodriguez is in line with Foucault some times, especially with the way the latter uses genealogy, he finds Foucault?s thought on incarceration not suitable for understanding what's really going on (which is, basically, destruction of these bodies). I thought it might be helpful,
Best,
Ilgin
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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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Have you also read "Forced Passages" by Dylan Rodriguez? The book is about the radical prison thought, and the racism of the criminal justice system in the US. Although Rodriguez is in line with Foucault some times, especially with the way the latter uses genealogy, he finds Foucault?s thought on incarceration not suitable for understanding what's really going on (which is, basically, destruction of these bodies). I thought it might be helpful,
Best,
Ilgin
----- Original Message ----
From: Simon Rolston <simonrolston@xxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing-list <foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:57:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Introduction
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
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo!
> Answers.
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
>
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