Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual NormalizationOther Selections By: Ladelle McWhorter Indiana Univ Pr
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- Author(s): Ladelle McWhorter
- Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
- Release Date: 01 August, 1999
- Media: Hardcover
- ISBN: 0253335582
- Sales Rank: 1,969,050
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Top Customer Reviews
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.
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!
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