PSY BEH 104S Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Indian Movement, Cynthia Enloe, Gender Symbol
14 Dec 2016
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The people vs. elites: belonging to a community. Identity politics (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e (cid:272)lai(cid:373)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) as a (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) of a(cid:374) opp(cid:396)essed o(cid:396) (cid:373)a(cid:396)gi(cid:374)alized g(cid:396)oup as a politi(cid:272)al poi(cid:374)t of depa(cid:396)tu(cid:396)e. (cid:863) Ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a (cid:862)(cid:373)ajo(cid:396) fa(cid:272)to(cid:396) i(cid:374) politi(cid:272)al (cid:373)o(cid:271)ilizatio(cid:374). (cid:863) (kathryn woodward, p. 195: appealing to identity. Clai(cid:373)s the g(cid:396)oup"s u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue(cid:374)ess capacity to give birth. Example: women are more caring and peaceful because of their biological advocate peace. P(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373): does(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t fo(cid:396) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ho ad(cid:448)o(cid:272)ate (cid:449)a(cid:396) o(cid:396) fo(cid:396) (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ho: non-essentialist position. Identities seen as relational and dynamic, not static multi-dimensional fluid and evolving. Examples: working-class feminists; gender queer feminists; feminists of color (chicana feminists, black feminists, asian american feminists); trans-gender feminists: key concepts. Nation-state and identity politics: nation ho(cid:396)izo(cid:374)tal po(cid:449)e(cid:396) st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e; (cid:862)the people(cid:863) State vertical power structure; the governing body: nations and states. A nation is a large group or collective of people with common characteristics attributed to them including language, traditions, customs, habits, ethnicity, territory.
