Defining illicit in the deployment of alliance
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
I know I’m bringing up the rear with the third post of the week, but hopefully I can add to Sam and Richard’s discussion on act vs. identity by discussing the deployment of alliance – specifically, the duality of licit vs. illicit acts. Although, as Professor Quinby mentioned, Hawthorne is writing from a mid-19th century […]
Defining illicit in the deployment of alliance
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The Pieces of History
Monday, February 14th, 2011
“History is written by the victors.” Who are the victors? Are they still standing? Are the losers silenced? Foucault’s approach to history and more specifically to sexually not only questions who history is written by, but when it is written. Foucault states that: “[Sexuality] is the name that can be given to a historical construct: […]
The Pieces of History
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Parts 4 + 5 of History of Sexuality
Monday, February 14th, 2011
For me, parts 4 and 5 of The History of Sexuality were harder to dissect than the first 3. It felt as though, at times, the discussion of power – the use of the word over and over again, the statements like ‘power is this and power is not that, power does this but power […]
Parts 4 + 5 of History of Sexuality
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Foucault and the Faces of Power
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Before I get to discussing the first half of The History of Sexuality, I want to introduce the idea of the three faces of power, analyzed and summarized by Steven Lukes in Power: A Radical View. It was one of the texts used in the PoliSci class Richard and I took last semester, and I […]
Foucault and the Faces of Power
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The Future Mapmakers
Monday, February 7th, 2011
The attempt to define sexuality is to map out its various and even contradictory characteristics. However, the attempt to define sexuality is not where our efforts should lie; Instead of questioning what sexuality is we must instead ask ourselves why such emphasis is placed on defining it. Why Sexuality? Who is compelling us to feel […]
The Future Mapmakers
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The History of Sexuality, Part 1 – Savannah
Monday, February 7th, 2011
(Not sure exactly how to begin the discussion but I’ll jump right in.) No amount of briefly excerpted Foucault could have prepared me for jumping right into this major work after a month long break from academic-style writing. On Thursday Professor Quinby told us to be prepared and okay with not understanding everything that we […]
The History of Sexuality, Part 1 – Savannah
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