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Informationen zum Autor Lisa Downing is an internationally renowned specialist of history and theories of sexuality, who is currently Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality at the University of Birmingham. She is author, co-author, and editor of scores of publications, including The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault (Cambridge, 2008). In 2009, her interdisciplinary work was recognized by the award of the prestigious Phillip Leverhulme Prize (for outstanding scholars under the age of 36). Her publications on gender, sexuality, murder, and perversion have attracted considerable media interest. She appeared most recently on BBC Radio 4's 'Thinking Aloud'. Klappentext Contributes to Foucauldian scholarship by contextualizing Foucault's key concepts and identifying current and emerging applications of his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Lisa Downing; Part I. Going After Foucault: 1. Foucault's genealogy Robert Gillett; 2. Foucault's subjectivities Monica Greco and Martin Savransky; 3. Foucault's history of neoliberalism Nicholas Gane; 4. Foucault's bio-power Kay Peggs and Barry Smart; Part II. Coming After Foucault: 5. Foucault and literary theory Simon During; 6. Foucault and queer theory Lynne Huffer; 7. Foucault, race and racism Rey Chow; 8. Foucault and ecology Emma A. Foster; Part III. Reading After Foucault: 9. Foucault and sex Tim Dean; 10. Foucault and ethics Jacques Khalip; 11. Foucault and the queer pharmatopia Oliver Davis; 12. Foucault and true crime Lisa Downing.
