"Sue Middleton breaks through boundaries and makes fascinating new connections in this book."
—Maxine Greene, Teachers College, Columbia University

"The fact that reading Disciplining Sexuality made me think of my own personal experiences as a teacher says something about the nature of what she has accomplished in this book. . . . Sue Middleton demonstrates how the use of Foucault can help us understand and act on disciplining processes of which anyone who has attended school in any nation will have powerful memories."
—From the Foreword

Middleton presents a Foucauldian perspective in a manner that is clear and unmystified, demonstrating how the use of such a perspective can illuminate the way power works—negatively and positively—in daily events. Drawing on Foucault in combination with life-history narratives from the author’s research interviews and autobiographical experience, the text addresses: changing theories about sexuality, ideas about sex enmeshed in various pedagogies, and questions raised by the disciplining of sexuality as educational environments move into cyberspace.

Encouraging the reader to see why things we take for granted about sexuality and the body need to be rethought, this book resonates powerfully with memories and experiences that will strike a chord with educators and students around the world.