a smart and autobiographical interpretation of foucault

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	• Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization Ladelle McWhorter Indiana University Press, 1999 - 284 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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a smart and autobiographical interpretation of foucault

mcwhorter tackles important and complicated issues--sexuality, political activism--from a personal and practical point of view. while a background knowledge of foucault would be helpful, one does not have to be a philosophy scholar to feel the force of mcwhorter's argument. she mixes close textual analysis with very comonsensical, accessible examples. prepare to be convinced of the political power to be found in line dancing and backyard gardening!

Excellent Feminist Theory text

McWhorter's book was a terrific success in a 300-level philosophy/women's studies class on Feminist Theory. The combination of autobiography and defense of Foucault is tremendously moving and intellectually gripping. McWhorter forced me to reconsider all of my objections to post-modernism. And just when you start to feel bogged down in the theory, you suddenly encounter a memorable character like McWhorter's second cousin Rory. McWhorter is a great story teller. This book has my highest recommendation.

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Sexual identities are dangerous, Michel Foucault tells us. Here, Ladelle McWhorter reads Foucault from an original and personal angle and takes the reader beyond unexplored norms and imposed identities as it points the way toward a personal politics, ethics, and style that challenges our sexual selves.