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Mad for Foucault : rethinking the foundations of queer theory

Contemporary critiques of sexuality have their origins in the work of Michel Foucault. While Foucault's seminal arguments helped to establish the foundations of queer theory and greatly advance feminist critique, Lynne Huffer argues that our interpretation of the theorist's powerful ideas remains flawed
eBook, English, ©2010
Columbia University Press, New York, ©2010
1 online resource (xxiii, 344 pages) : illustrations
9780231520515, 9781283149693, 9786613149695, 0231520514, 1283149699, 6613149691
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Preface: Why we need Madness
Introduction: Mad for Foucault
How we became queer
First interlude : Nietzsche's dreadful attendant
Queer moralities
Second interlude: wet dreams
Unraveling the queer psyche
Third interlude: of meteors and madness
A queer nephew
Fourth interlude: a shameful lyricism
A political ethic of Eros
Postlude: A fool's laughter
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011