Hi All
Also, for expansion on Foucault's theory of resistance see Leisure and
Feminist Theory by Betsy Wearing (1998) SAGE. Its more about resistance to
gendered roles through claiming "space to become".
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From: "Mairian Scott-Hill" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Foucault & comparing social movements
> Since the question is about social movements, which are generally
associated
> with a politics of resistance, I would add a further reservation about
> Foucault's work to that made by Tim. Though Foucault is quite explicit
that
> power/resistance are the two sides of the same coin, he does not theorise
> resistance to nearly the same extent that he does power, especially in his
> early work - in fact, I'm not sure that he really develops a theory of
> resistance at all. There are other authors who might be more helpful in
that
> respect. His concept of discourse is also one-sided and that is important
> for how resistance works, or doesn't, in practice. For this reason, it's
> important not to be too selective in your reading of Foucault and to try
to
> include some of the later works on ethics and the care of the self. I know
> of two PhD theses that are very good in their use of Foucault in relation
to
> disability - Fran Branfield from Leeds (UK), and Russell Shuttleworth, who
> completed his thesis at Berkeley (USA). Mark Sherry in Australia has also
> done some very interesting work that develops ideas about resistance.
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >> Date: Tue Feb 19 07:26:45 PST 2002
> >> From: Jamie Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: Foucault & comparing social movements
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> As many of you will know I am doing postgraduate research on the social
> >> exclusion of disabled people in the UK. I'm coming at this from scratch
> >> as my background is more theology rather than sociology. I think I
> >> should be reading something by Foucault from the research I've done up
> >> till now. But his bibliography is so huge. Does anybody have any
> >> recommendations for where I can start reading, which particular
articles
> >> by Foucault are most related to the social exclusion on the grounds of
> >> disability.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Also I am still looking for articles comparing exclusion on the grounds
> >> of race or gender with disability and how the disability movement can
> >> learn from other new social movements .
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Any ideas would be well appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >>
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