RELS 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Close Reading, Pronoun, Gilles Deleuze

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 161
• Professor: Ian Alexander Cuthbertson

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Second critical analysis assignment is due on march (cid:884)(cid:885)rd. Shape our sense of self and belonging (cid:523)where/with whom(cid:524) Differences are constructed and result in cross-cultural divides. Popular culture contributes to both identification and differentiation. We can trace the role popular culture plays between the two. )dentity is something we do, not something we are. We are active, and passive, in identity formation (cid:498)we make our identities but not under conditions of our own choosing(cid:499) When there is an enemy or perceived threatening other, identity is least questioned. (cid:498))dem(cid:499), latin for (cid:498)same(cid:499). )dentity, which we often perceive as something individual/unique, is rooted in similarity and difference. Some subjects or groups are more bound to their identity categories than others, just as some identity choices are more celebrated than others. Virtual worlds, like real worlds, have varying parameters of identity formation. )ndividuals cannot become any identity they choose and the opportunities are not equal.