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This chapter serves as the introduction to our edited volume Michel Foucault and Sexualities and Genders in Education: Friendship as Ascesis. Here we introduce to the reader Foucault’s 1981 interview with the French gay magazine, Le Gai Pied, titled “Friendship as a Way of Life.” The interview serves as a theoretical and political grounding for the chapters across our collection. More specifically, we elaborate on Foucault’s notion of a homosexual ascesis based on experimental friendships and situate his reflections within the context and concerns of critical studies of sexualities and genders in education.
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Carlson, D.L., Rodriguez, N.M. (2019). Foucault, Friendship, and Education. In: Carlson, D., Rodriguez, N. (eds) Michel Foucault and Sexualities and Genders in Education. Queer Studies and Education. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31737-9_1
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