Re: Discursive formations contra Ideology

Not sure how you would use them in relation to midwifery (sounds
intriguing), but a good supplement to BC are F's lectures in Rio de Janeiro
on the history of medicine (available in Dits et ecrits) and the volume by
Foucault et. al., Les machines a guerir. Unfortunately, apart from
Foucault's introduction to the latter (The Politics of Health in the
Eighteenth Century - in the Foucault Reader), none of this is in English
translation.

If your French is good, then there is a conference organised by the Centre
Michel Foucault in Caen, 14-17 April 1999. I'm speaking on the medicine
lectures in a paper called 'Medicine, Police, Espace'.

It would be interesting to hear more about your project.

Best wishes

Stuart


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Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 22:45
Subject: Re: Discursive formations contra Ideology


>Hey all.
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>I'm working on a project examining criminalization of midwifery as the
>subjugation of an esoteric knowledge, as well as the collision of political
>and medical discourse.
>Any ideas on texts I can use, except the obvious BC?
>Thanks for any ideas -
>J.
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