AMS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intersectionality

• School: Miami University
• Department: American Studies
• Course: AMS 205
• Professor: A L Lison Wanger

Document Summary

Identity: what is identity, the fact of being who or what a person or thing is, the distinguishing character or personality of an individual, a close similarity or affinity, sameness of essential or generic character is different instances. Identity: cultural/social construct: what does it mean for something to be a cultural or social construct, culture, the knowledge that people in groups share and learn, which helps them to interpret and generate behavior. This knowledge can be transmitted/shared through a(cid:271)stra(cid:272)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s . Intellectual: spiritual, aesthetic, or (cid:373)aterial produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, art, literature, painting, sculpture, theater, to say that something is culturally and socially constructed means that it is not naturally occurring. Identities can be context specific: you must negotiate your identity depending on where you are and who you are with. Identification with two or more axes of depravation: different combinations of identity shape our experiences and opportunities in different ways, the power of stories.