HNRS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Performativity, Queer Theory, Longitudinal Study
27 Sep 2016
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The purpose of this article is to propose, based on abes and jones"s study, a more complex conceptualization of the model of multiple dimensions of identity that integrates intersecting domains of development. A social constructionist perspective on identity challenges the essentialist position that reifies dominant subordinate binaries presumed to be grounded in biology (e. g. , white non-white, men women, heterosexual homosexual; weber). Instead, social constructionism considers identity to be socially, historically, politically, and culturally constructed at both the institutional and individual levels. This feminist literature introduced a framework of intersectionality that recognized how socially constructed identities are experienced simultaneously, not hierarchically (mccann. Because minimal filtering occurs in formulaic meaning making, contextual influences and perceptions of identity are closely connected. Participants infrequently saw relationships between or among their multiple identities. Several of the participants were making a transition or on the brink of a transition between formulaic and foundational meaning making. Their stories reflected tensions and conflicts within their identity.
