Sex, and society’s attitudes to it, plays an important role in social control and order. How it is spatially institutionalised is key.
Led by Jack Self
Reading list for Session 6:
- Chinese Ghost & Love Stories, Pu Songling — 1640. Foxes in the form of prostitutes, wicked spirits and zombie wives abound in these Chinese cautionary tales about breaking social convention over love.
- Discipline & Punish Vol. 1, Michel Foucault — 1975. Social control and observation through the penal system. Tied in with Foucault’s problematic sexual identity and practices.
Attendees of Book Club receive 20% off the reading list books at the AA Bookshop
AA Members: the AA Library now have a shelf for the Book Club reading list books