Sex scandals, racial domination and the systemic correlation of power-modalities in foucault
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Apostolidis, Paul Constantine. (2011). Sex scandals, racial domination and the systemic correlation of power-modalities in foucault. Journal of Political Power. 4(2), pp. 179 - 198. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2011.589177
| Authors | Apostolidis, Paul Constantine |
|---|---|
| Abstract | This essay explores relations between discourses of sexuality and race in US society today through an analysis of recent sex scandals, in a manner informed by Foucault and provoking further critical development of his theory. Sex scandal narratives demonstrate how sovereignty, discipline, and biopolitics currently combine to form a systemic correlation of power-technologies. This power matrix, in turn, enables strategies of racial domination through the war on terror, immigration control, and economic crisis management. Sex scandals both help bring these racial power-dynamics into view and reproduce them by fortifying the concatenation of power-modalities on which they rely. |
| Keywords | sex scandals; sexuality; race; biopolitics; Foucault |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal | Journal of Political Power |
| Journal citation | 4 (2), pp. 179 - 198 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| ISSN | 2158-379X |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2011.589177 |
| Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-79960982609 |
| Page range | 179 - 198 |
| Research Group | Institute for Social Justice |
| Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
| Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/87yy1/sex-scandals-racial-domination-and-the-systemic-correlation-of-power-modalities-in-foucault
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