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The following is a selection of other secondary and introductory volumes which consider many of the same issues as this book.
Brown, G. and Yule, G. (1983) Discourse Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (An introduction to discourse analysis which aims to analyse the structure of language above the level of the sentence.)
Carter, R. and Simpson, P. (eds) (1989) Language, Discourse and Literature: An Introductory Reader in Discourse Stylistics, Unwin Hyman, London. (Essays which analyse literature drawing on linguistics and discourse analysis, and which attempt to formulate an analysis which can analysis structures in literature above the level of the sentence.)
Chouliaraki, L. and Fairclough, N. (1999) Discourse in Late Modernity: Rethinking Critical Discourse Analysis, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. (A challenging engagement with contemporary debates about critical discourse analysis.)
Couzens Hoy, D. (ed.) (1986) Foucault: A Critical Reader, Blackwell, Oxford. (A selection of essays engaging with Foucault’s work, many of them critical of some of his theoretical work.)
Diamond, I. and Quinby, L. (eds) (1988) Foucault and Feminism: Reflections of Resistance, North Eastern University Press, Boston. (A readable selection of essays, all of which try to use Foucault’s work for feminist ends but which significantly modify Foucault’s basic premises.)
Diamond, J. (1996) Status and Power in Verbal Interaction: A Study of Discourse in a Close-knit Social Network, John Benjamins, Amsterdam and Philadelphia. (An analysis which examines the relationship between power and discourse within a particular community from the perspective of discourse analysis informed by Foucault’s work.)
Dreyfus, H. and Rabinow, P. (1982) Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics, Harvester, Brighton. (Possibly the best introductory book about Foucault’s work; written in an accessible style with many quotations from Foucault, this book provides the reader with a structure for Foucault’s ideas.)
Fairclough, N. (1992) Discourse and Social Change, Polity, London. (A good introduction to Fairclough’s ideas and to critical discourse analysis.)
Foucault, Michel [1969] (1972) The Archaeology of Knowledge, trans. Sheridan Smith, A.M., Pantheon, New York. (In this particularly dense theoretical text, Foucault maps out the notion of a discursive formation, and describes the way that discourses emerge and are regulated. He describes the constitution of the archive and the statement here and he also describes the archaeological method.)
Foucault, Michel [1976] (1978) The History of Sexuality, Vol. I: An Introduction, trans. Hurley, R., Pantheon, New York. (This is by far the most accessible book by Foucault. He writes in a fairly informal way here and discusses sexuality and the way that we think about sexuality and repression giving a range of different examples, such as children’s masturbation, homosexuality and women’s hysteria. In this book more than any other he lays out his ideas on power relations and the way power functions in society.)
Jaworski, A. and Coupland, N. (eds) (1999) The Discourse Reader, Routledge, London. (A very wide-ranging collection of the major essays on discourse and discourse analysis.)
Kendall, G. and Wickham, G. (1999) Using Foucault’s Methods, Sage, London. (Although this book is written in a very irritating patronising style, the authors succeed in working with Foucault’s ideas and showing a student readership what can be done with his ideas.)
Macdonnell, D. (1986) Theories of Discourse, Blackwell, Oxford. (Provides an overview of the major theorists who have worked on the term discourse, including Voloshinov, Hindess and Hurst, Foucault and Pecheux.)
Mills, Sara (2003) Michel Foucault, Routledge, London. (An introduction to Foucault’s theoretical work overall.)
Potter, J. (1996) Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Construction, Sage, London. (A bridging text between discourse analysis and discourse theory which analyses the construction of facts within texts.)
Rabinow, P. (ed.) (1984) The Foucault Reader, Penguin, Harmondsworth. (A collection of the more readable essays and extracts of texts by Foucault.)
Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D. and Hamilton, H. (eds) The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, Blackwell, Oxford. (A series of essays which
deal with many aspects of discourse analysis; the volumes as a whole aim to provide an overview of current discourse analysis.)
Smith, D. (1990) Texts, Facts and Femininity: Exploring the Relations of Ruling, Routledge, London. (A feminist engagement with Foucault’s work and an exploration of what the notion of discourse can be used for in feminist work.)
Thornborrow, J. (2002) Power Talk: Language and Interaction in Institutional Discourse, Longman, Harlow. (A bridging text which attempts to put Foucault’s ideas to work in the analysis of conversation.)
Walsh, C. (2001) Gender and Discourse: Language and Power in Politics, the Church and Organisations, Longman, Harlow. (A feminist analysis of the way that people negotiate gender and discourse within an institutional context.)
Wetherell, M. and Potter, J. (1992) Mapping the Language of Racism: Discourse and the Legitimation of Exploitation, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead. (A social psychology exploration of the way that individuals work on the topic of racism in their speech.)
Williams, P. and Chrisman, L. (eds) (1993) Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead. (A collection of essays by most of the major theorists working within the area of post-colonial discourse theory.)
A full bibliography of Foucault’s works may be consulted at www.theory. org.uk which also contains some useful commentaries and links to sites. The Foucauldian website also contains an extensive bibliography: www.thefoucauldian.co.uk. Possibly the best bibliography can be found at www.nakayama.org/polylogos/philosophers/foucault/index-e.html.
