Shelley Tremain, Ed.: Foucault and the Government of Disability (Book Review‪)‬

Shelley Tremain, ed. Foucaultand the Government of Disability. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 332 pp. + index. $28.95. The first thing to say about Foucault and the Government of Disability is that it is the best book on disability and Foucault ever done. The second thing to say is that it is also the only book on Foucault and disability. So the question arises, why did it take so long to see a significant volume linking this thinker with this identity category? Shelley Tremain, for her part, has written on Foucault for a long time, but her influence is only now being felt. So this book, collecting many excellent essays on governmentality, institutions, sexuality, and so on, is a welcome addition to the intellectual life of disability studies. With it, we may well hope, Foucault's insights will find a more direct appeal to those who are involved in disability studies.