Foucault for beginners / Lydia Alix Fillingham ; illustrated by Moshe Süsser.

By: Fillingham, Lydia Alix
Contributor(s): Susser, Moshe
Material type: TextTextSeries: Riters and Readers documentary comic books: 62.Publisher: New York : Writers and Readers Pub., c1993Description: 156 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 086316160X :Subject(s): Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 | Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984LOC classification: B2430.F724 | F55 1993
Contents:
Madness and civilization -- The birth of the clinic -- The order of things -- Discipline and punish -- The history of sexuality.
Summary: Michel Foucault's work has profoundly affected the teaching of such diverse disciplines as literary criticism, criminology, and gender studies. Arguing that definitions of abnormal behavior are culturally constructed , Foucault explored the unfair divisions between those who meet and those who deviate from social norms. Foucault's deeply visual sense of scenes such as ritual public executions, lends itself well to Moshe Süsser's dramatic illustrations. (back cover).
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B 2430 .F724 F55 1993 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Available 100000001776

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154) and index.

Madness and civilization -- The birth of the clinic -- The order of things -- Discipline and punish -- The history of sexuality.

Michel Foucault's work has profoundly affected the teaching of such diverse disciplines as literary criticism, criminology, and gender studies. Arguing that definitions of abnormal behavior are culturally constructed , Foucault explored the unfair divisions between those who meet and those who deviate from social norms. Foucault's deeply visual sense of scenes such as ritual public executions, lends itself well to Moshe Süsser's dramatic illustrations. (back cover).

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