Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:49:36 +1000 From: cameron duff <cameron.duff-AT-mailbox.uq.edu.au> Subject: Re: more Foucault stuff At 04:17 1/08/1999 +0200, you wrote: >>I have just completed a short paper examining Foucault's analysis of >limits with >>respect of the practice of a limit attitude and the construction of >>masculinity > >1/ Foucault has never mentioned "masculinity" >2/ An history of Masculinity would be a very interesting thing to do. >3/ So instead of the 50 occurrences of "Foucault" in your paper, you'd >better say only once: "I am going to analyze the birth of Masculinity >using Foucault's archeological method". >4/ That may include the analysis of several practices ;say "man of >desire", "heroes", "competitiveness" ,"man of power","outside life" etc. >and to be able to do that kind of analysis, you should have experienced >the "limits" of Masculinity, thus feel the need to reproblematize this >too usual behavior. > > Cordially, > Camille Duchene > Http://www.club-internet.fr/perso/kmille > >Hi Camille! thanks for the feed back on the paper, this is just the sort of thing i was hoping for when i posted it! With respect of your comments, whilst i agree that a history of masculinity would be fascinating I'm sorry to report that such a thing may well be beyond me at the moment! My PhD thesis is a much more humble and modest creature; in short i'm more interested in applying foucault insights re subjectification and limits to the more specific identity/subject position of masculinity. And yes whilst Foucault does not mention masculinity per se, feminist critics have long understood Foucault's subject in the masculine! As such the use of foucauldian tools in the critical deconstruction of masculinity should reveal more clearly the manner in which a series of ontological and experiential limits are installed within male identities, and certainly my research is moving in this direction. In this sense, i don't know that i'm yet ready to pinpoint the birth of masculinity; i'm more interested in its contemporary manifestations. So more of point 4 above and a little less of point 3. Anyway thanks for the feedback. I now must very calmly and very carefully eviserate every single one of my downstairs neighbours for inflicting top-40 handbag house on me at 11 o'clock at night... why is there never a police-state handy when you need one? cameron >
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