WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Intersectionality, Racialization
23 Oct 2016
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Analyzes identity formation and social positions as relational, and it makes visible the multiple positioning that constitutes everyday life and the power relations that are central to it. September 21, 15: more than on category should be analyzed and these (cid:498)multiple axes of differentiation(cid:499) intersect in historically specific contexts, analysis of the individual is integrated with institutional/system analysis, members within a category are diverse. Individuals are unique; we cannot make assumption and generalize: a dynamic interaction exists between individual and institutional factors. Four words/phrases that identify you: student, female, white, canadian. Four words/phrases that identify someone else: student, male, white, brown hair. Gender is one of the first ways we identify others and ourselves. For example, when someone is pregnant, everyone wants to know if the child is male or female. Males and females are treated very differently from the beginning (jack in the box study).
