| Foucault and Family Relations: Governing from a Distance in Australia Contributor(s): Voyce, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498559697 ISBN-13: 9781498559690 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Political Science | Law Enforcement |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 2019016297 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Foucault and Family Relations: Governing from a Distance in Australia analyzes how notions of property ownership were instrumental in maintaining family stability and continuity in rural Australia, outlining how inheritance and divorce laws functioned to govern the internal relationships of families to assist the state to 'rule from a distance'. Using a selection of Foucault's ideas on the "family", sexuality, race, space and economics this books shows how "property" operated as a disciplinary device, which was underpinned by "technical ideas", such as surveying and cartography. This book uses legal judgments as a form of ethnography to show how property, as a socio-technical device, allowed a degree of local freedom for owners. This aspect of property allowed the state to stimulate ideas of local freedom to assist in "ruling from a distance," demonstrating how the rural family as a domestic unit became a key field of intervention for the state as the family represented a bridge to larger relationships of power. |