Foucault:
1. According to Foucault, how did discourse affect sexuality, and what
was the role of desire?
2. Who was allowed to talk about sex and how was it allowed to be talked
about? Where could these discussions take place? (Another way
of asking this is: What major institutions and processes played roles in
these
discourses, and what roles did they play?)
4. How did some sexualities became "contrary to nature" in the 19th
century?
5. pp. 40-44: What are some of the power mechanisms that affected discourses
of sexuality?
6. How was the concept "homosexuality" defined and interpreted?
7. pp. 45-end: How do power and pleasure interact or "spiral?"
Sedgwick:
1. Why is legal discourse of interest to Sedgwick?
2. What does Sedgwick say about ignorance and its uses?
3. What is the closet and how does Sedgwick see it operating socially?
4. What is the relationship between the personal and the political:
a. according to Sedgwick and b. according to yourself?