Re: [Foucault-L] Introduction

[Roger Menvielle Tavor <rogert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Pierre Riviere has a translation to English, it is really interesting and is 
a good example of how to analyse a text the Foucauldian way.
Roger

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From: "hawana13" <hawana13@xxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Introduction

> Hi,
> There is also Foucaults work about Pierre Riviere. I do not know if it is 
> translated in to english (probably it is).
> It is a collection of documents (police and psychiatric reports, newspaper 
> articles etc.) concernig the case of Pierre Riviere who murderd his 
> mother, brother and sister in the first half of XIX century. What is 
> important is that the main part of this documentation is the diary writen 
> by Riviere. It is very interesting book and perfectly fits to your project 
> I think.
> Best,
> Mateusz Janik
>
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> Od: Simon Rolston <simonrolston@xxxxxxxx>
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> Data: 31 stycznia 2007 21:57
> Temat: 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
> > >
> > >
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