Analysis: American Gender Identity

The biological level of analysis, the cognitive level of analysis, and the sociocultural level of analysis contribute to gender identity in the United States. The biological level of analysis focuses primarily on the genetic differences between males and females. For instance, regarding the biological level of analysis, one should take into consideration how human males have a different sex chromosome than human females. In addition, the physiology between males and females differ for the reason

to a dominant narrative that ultimately limits oppression to gender, consequently failing to recognize additional constructs such as race and class status which also constitute the complex nature of identity. Therefore, it is imperative to recognize that gender is necessary, but not sufficient as a category of feminist analysis because it is not a definitive facet of all women’s identities and lived experiences. To accept gender as an all-encompassing category of evaluation is to essentially

and the evolution of “whiteness” throughout American history. Jacobson focuses his analysis on the instability of racial identification over time and how race has been created and perceived throughout different stages of history. He states in his introduction that “one of the tasks before the historian is to discover which racial categories are useful to whom at a given moment, and why” (p.9) and while he is successful in some respects, his analysis is somewhat incomplete in providing a full scope

discipline of American Studies is focused on exploring and understanding power, American society, culture, and related attitudes and behavior. An interdisciplinary approach focusing both on the retelling of queer narratives in Latinx literature and heteronormative ideology directly links to disciplinary foundations of literary theory, social identity, and cultural conditions demonstrated both in the fields English and American Studies. One specific area of disciplinary focus has been identity emergence

scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw. It essentially provides the groundwork for analyzing many contemporary issues in gender studies and politics where there is an intersection between two or more identities that shape the experiences one may have of a certain issue. Many contemporary feminist scholars analyze issues through an intersectional lens as a collective attempt to dismantle the mainstream analysis of issue from a white, privileged perspective. The concept splits into three distinct branches when combined

A. Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (1989, 1995) 1. This theory is used to critically analyze relationship between language, ideologies, and society to reveal the portrayal of women in the film. 2. Fairclough (1995) clarifies that discourse is not only written and spoken language, but it also visual part that has meaning (p.54). 3. According to Fairclough (2010), in Critical Discourse Analysis, language is viewed as a social practice because it shapes and is shaped by society. 4. According

Intersectionality: Gender, Race, and Gangs Introduction In much of social science research, gender, race, class, and other dimensions of identity are treated as discrete variables, to be studied and measured separately. In recent years, however, feminist sociological theorists have argued that race, gender, class, and other axes of identity must be treated as overlapping and intersecting forms of oppression. Kimberlé Crenshaw, (1989) was among the first to articulate this theory, and coined

intersection of race and gender, or rather the dominance that patriarchal and racialized norms have on influencing American’s perceptions of poverty. The majority of the current literature on the subject of American’s support/opposition to economic redistribution tends to focus on identities such as race, class, and gender as separate entities. Applying the theories of hostile/benevolent sexism and racism, I argue that analyzing intersections of identities such as race and gender in conjunction, and as

Erika Lopez’s Flaming Iguanas is a well-crafted novel that addresses various constitutions of American identity, including race and ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. This critical analysis will address how Jolene reinvents the identity of “I” and how gender and sexuality complicate one’s idea of American identity. Jolene asserts selfhood through the use of her own voice; Jolene is the only character that expresses her thoughts and feelings, which demonstrates that she refuses to be mute in a patriarchal

slavery and its effects on African-Americans and their basic forms of existence—specifically motherhood. Morrison depicts the strong maternal bond between Sethe and her children. Most importantly, her use of Sethe’s controversial act of infanticide shows the lengths that Sethe will take to protect her children from slavery. Morrison’s depiction of Sethe’s motherhood shows how slavery has deconstructed the Eurocentric expectations and traditions of motherhood and gender for black women. Rather than victimize