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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Huffer, Lynne, 1960–

Mad for Foucault: rethinking the foundations of queer

theory / Lynne Huffer.

p. cm.—(Gender and culture series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14918-1 (cloth: alk. paper)—

ISBN 978-0-231-14919-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)—

ISBN 978-0-231-52051-5 (e-book)

1. Foucault, Michel, 1926–1984. 2. Homosexuality.

3. Postmodernism. 4. Queer theory. I. Title.

HQ76.25.H843 2009

306.769601—dc22

2009012554

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