Beyond the gaze: post-foucauldian surveillance in fictive works | IUP Islandora

Beyond the gaze: post-foucauldian surveillance in fictive works. (2010). Beyond the gaze: post-foucauldian surveillance in fictive works.

Download PDF

Metadata

MODS Metadata


Title	Beyond the gaze: post-foucauldian surveillance in fictive works
Abstract	This dissertation illustrates the evolution of surveillance theory as well as the social and political implications that have emerged as a result of continual developments in digital technology through the analysis of fiction and film. Moving forward from the foundation of surveillance studies that Foucault established, this dissertation traces the Foucauldian concepts of panopticism, their application to literature and film, as well as the evolution of these theories in a modern context. In addition, the dissertation will define post-Foucauldian surveillance and offer projections as to how these developments will continue to evolve and affect society. Currently, there is a void in scholastic research concerning the application of post- Foucauldian theory in regards to contemporary digital technologies that permeate the physical and virtual spaces that we occupy. As a result, this dissertation will demonstrate the evolution of the post-Foucauldian model, one that is the most appropriate articulation of twentieth and twenty-first century literary representations.
Date	2010

Details

Title: Beyond the gaze: post-foucauldian surveillance in fictive works
Personal Name(s): Dickey, William Michael
Orchard, Christopher R.
Corporate Name(s): Indiana University of Pennsylvania
English.
Note: Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Orchard, Christopher R. Committee members: Kenneth Sherwood; Thomas Slater.
Topical Subject(s): Modern language
Comparative literature
Philosophy
Film studies