Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography - Hardcover

Halperin, David M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195093712 ISBN 13: 9780195093711

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1995

Synopsis

This study explores why Foucault has become a culture hero for the gay movement by delving into the basis of his influence. It describes how Foucault's writings have been seized upon and turned to political account in gay/lesbian activism, arguing that Foucault's critique advances a radical brand of gay/lesbian politics.

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Review:

"Passionate, comprehensive, and personal defence against attacks on the Franco-Californian sage's ideas and personal life - and on Halperin's own. Strongly recommended, both as a thorough introduction to Foucault and current issues, and for many intriguing ideas and observations by the author." -- Alan Sinfield, Gay Times,

"a provocative read ... Halperin's book is highly engaging." -- Times Higher Education Supplement

About the Author:

About the Author: David M. Halperin is Professor of Literature at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A founding editor of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and GayStudies, and a coeditor of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, he is the author most notably of One Hundred Years of Homosexuality, which Outweek called "the single most important contribution to the interpretation of gay history in nearly a decade."

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0195093712
• ISBN 13: 9780195093711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255