Race and the Education of Desire: Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things

252 Pages·1995·3.319 MB·English

by  Ann Laura Stoler

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theE ducation
of Desire
HISTROYO FS EXUALITY
FOUCAULT'S
AND THE COLONIAL ORDER OF THINGS
BY
ANN LAURA STOLER
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Contents
PREFACvEi i
COLONIASLT UDIAENSD T HEH ISTOROYF SEXUALIT1Y
II PLACIRNAGC EI NT HEH ISTOROYF SEXUALIT1Y9
IIIT OWARDA GENAELOGOYF R ACISMTSH:E1 976
LECTUREAST T HEC OLf:LGED EF RANCE55
IV CULTIVATIBNOGU RGEOBIOSD IES
ANDR ACIASLEV LES9 5
V DOMETSICS UBVERSIAONNDS
CHILRDEN'SS EXUALI1T3Y7
VI THE EDUCATIOOFND ESIAREN D
THER EPRESSHIYVPEO TEHSIS16 5
EPILOGU1E96
BIBLIOGRA2P1H1Y
INDXE 229

Prefaec
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somfietf eyeena rwsh aeIfgn i orr esMatid c Fhoeulc ta'TushHl ei yso tSfoe rxu­
alwihtiyl e mwyrd iitsisnegri tnPa atrAiismos yn.o wnw orhka fsoc used
ovetrhl ea dsetc ades qmuoarorenet lhsyee xual opfro alctiehst,oie c s
questhiaovfnleemst o rper estshianen vge r bAetaft oirmweeh. eF no u­
cauwlotr'hksa h sa sdu cahne normiomupsa ct on aanntodhn r opology
thdei scuarnshdii vsett ourrwinicst ihtwih,nyh avceo ntempsocrhaorly­
ardse ailnst u cahno bliwqauwyei tthhs el imamnedss,to mmei gahrt­
guet,h e amocscte sosfhi ibmsla ejw oorr ,k svoloufmT ehH ei ys toofr
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alaintpdyo waerrne o ws oh igohnt hien telalnepdco tluiaatlgi ecnadla ,
hasdol t ieltt os aayb oiutIt?na f ieilnwdh irceha dtihnvagot l usmeee ms
derg ieuuardnr eefrentcoie ct o enrfisn telaluetchtouwrahilaat tcy c,o unts
frot hssi trnigka ibseonfac nee n gagetmheiaanstnt a lyctriictaainlcdla yl
hisctaolgrlriyo unadtteh sdea mtei me7
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hitsh intkhiaInfin gr i smta giwnheeIdnb egtahnbi oso aksa ne syso anT he
HisotSfoe rxyut awyloei atarygs Ao t.t htei mmeya, s sesosfFm oeuncta ult's
inteirnre aswctae bs a sseodl oenhl iyws r itwtoerLnka .t ienPr a rIhi asd,
thoep porttuoln iistttyoe nt he rFecroernadcnihrdn e gatsdh I et alian
tranpstocsftr hilee ctFuoruecsga auviletn19 7a6tt hCeol ledgeFe r ance.
Somhea vceat shto lseec tausar nee lsa boorfta htei ofinn aloT fchhea pter
HisotSfoe rxyu oatlhiaetsrfy sro,a a iyn ptoo litthiecoBarulIytw . a sst artled
byw haetl tshee cyo ntafiront ehdea,yl rseop erneFtso ucaeuqluti'vso ­
caelf ftoosr kte toucthg ean eaolfto hgdeyi scooufrr ascIede r.a own
them nottop rovai" dcuelet "ow haFto uc"aruelatl ly" thought, but
ratthoie nrv estthitege antsbeie otnwswe heahnte w roatnewd h ahtes aid.
Asi mponrttlIway a,n ttoa shko wt hetseen smiiognhhset lu ps rethink
the conbneetcwtEeiueornno paenacdno lohniisatlro arpibhoeygt,w een
aE uropbeoaunr goerodiesrt hcaeon ldo mnainaalg eomfse enxtu aasl ity,
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claiMmyts a.is bsko tmho rheu mblea maboniudt:ns i amyet,lor eaFdo u­
cauwlotr'aksg ainswti twihhs iscuheg srh aep fporly eedas rosm,e times
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aso nlmya rgsiuncaclI ea msi sn.t erienis dteiyenfidtnt ghe imopfhu ilss e
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thitnhskea mteh iansbg eo fre.1
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ofu sm igthhti inttka kmeosrc eo urtaoag dem ail ta ocfsk u roeo-tfiend­
tentthi,an bt eginnfiwen go fa rsueus wr he awti clolm oeu atat lSlo.m e
migahrtg tuhesa utc ha damni ssioonn lbcyeeo nujlodby yse odm eone
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compellveedn thIuwitros eu sbl.edt om isrechoogwmn uiczhe his recur­
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negataiboownuhstai wtta nso wte,rp ea orfat" htinkoiulntog u tdh"na ott
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begintnodi ingghe oswwt e m iguhsthe i isn siognht thrsee lationship
betwtehe"enrt utohft" h see alnftd h dei scoounsr esxeu ality. Foucault
seemteodd i smtihvseas l oufse u cah percoBtju.lt a ybianrtgeh s ec ope
anldi moifht isws o rikis m posiswfie bt lheia nbko iuittn l inteearrm s
ast haeb andonomf.fe oren xta mtphl"eera ,c haeolmoegtihacoshad el "
develhoinpsee gwde nealporgoijceaclt .
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buitit s ancoc itdheFanottu caausDl atn,Di eeflte erilttl ,s tbhelega asnt
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posmionrgqe u eosnttsih aIn caanns waenirdng laroimnigtlotyti hnegr s,
igsr ounodnte hdse u ppoofr tt hostheo uwtghhhoet qutehsetmi­ons
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beyohnidtm op osqeu esttihhoanitiss n sighotmsi saspnirdoo nvusos k e
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studaenndt sc oliltteo aoogknau l eeis f,io tfos w nIt. h atnhkse t udents
inm y gradsueamtie"n hTaerB ,o dPyo liotfEi mcpsi irnew ,h"iIc h
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thIen stoiftt huHetu em aintaitteh sUe n iveorfMs iicthyi gan.
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botahc hallaennadgn ie n isrpatJiuolAnid:aa mwsh,o hsee alstcheyp ti­
cisamb oFuotu cawuolrftkor' csem det oc ornofhnitls a passe swa ehsli ls
contriGbwuetWnir oingw;hh to,es net shiuaasnmid n telgleencemraols ity
sustamietn herdo ugwhhoocu otn,v imnech eodw mFuocuhc maiuglhtt
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louasnd di sceerynteio nomgket hroiutfigsnh af rolm N;i cDki rwkhso,
urgmeedt ot urtnhoe r igeisnsiaanlyat b oo ok;C oJmeaarnFo rfie;d erick
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