Category Archives: Identity and Identification

Alexander on flattening difference and form

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Michael

Jonathan Alexander’s the CCCC blog is a great reflection on the ways in which readers and writers “flatten difference.” While teaching Judd Winick’s graphic novel Pedro and Me I became concerned about what my students were taking away from their … Continue reading →

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584: Weekly Position Paper #3: Where Are Transformative Collective Identity Movements?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Michael

In “Transformation vs. Resistance Identity Projects: Epistemological Resources for Social Justice Movements,” Sandra Harding builds on Manual Castells’ theory of a Net society and his three types of collective identity in order to theorize the import of standpoint theory in … Continue reading →

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Bizzaro: “Men as Cautious Feminists” (2005)

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Michael

I’m reading Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture, edited by Jacqueline Jones Royster and Ann Marie Mann Simpkins, for class. Excellent book! I just read “Men as Cautious Feminists: Reading, Responding, Role-Modeling as … Continue reading →

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584: Weekly Position Paper #1: Bohjalian’s Trans-sister Radio

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Michael

warning: this post has spoilers for the book, not that I think the book is worth the warning, but you may Throughout Trans-sister Radio, representation is a key issue: community members refuse to let Dana represent herself and refuse to … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Diversity, Introduction

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Michael

I started reading Walter Benn Michaels’s book The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love identity and Ignore Inequality last spring, but never got far or around to finishing it, so tonight, having decided to take a night off … Continue reading →

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