The History of Sexuality

For a gender (i.e. queer) theory class. I'm supposed to read this in ONE WEEK.

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‰ЫПWestern man has become a confessing animal. Whence a metamorphosis in literature: we have passed from a pleasure to be recounted and heard, centering on the heroic or marvelous narration of ‰Ычtrials‰ЫЄ of bravery or sainthood, to a literature ordered according to the infinite task of extracting from the depths of oneself, in between the words, a truth which the very form of the confession holds out like a shimmering mirage.‰Ыќ