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Stereotypes, Identity and Gender in Literature, 2005.
A comparative analysis of the recurring themes in the novels Thomas King's "Green Grass, Running Water" and Shyam Selvadurai's "Funny Boy."
2,589 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper examines how the use of stereotypes in Shyam Selvadurai's "Funny Boy" and Thomas King's "Green Grass, Running Water" is very effective in clearly enunciating the dichotomy between traditional cultural expectations and contemporary transcendence of societal norms. Other themes examined in the two novels include racial identity and gender/sexual identity.
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"The primary example of stereotyping in the novel is King's continual mention of Indians versus rangers and cowboys. In one of the Creation stories, First Woman saves herself and Ahdamn by wearing a black cloth that disguises her as the Lone Ranger. She told the rangers that her Indian friend was named Tonto, and that he had helped save her from the Indians. "Okay, says those rangers, but don't say we didn't try to help. And they gallop off, looking for Indians and buffalo and poor people and other good things to kill."(71) King reversed the stereotype by presenting the rangers as the inarticulate savages, which was traditionally used as an image to portray the Indians."
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Identity, Gender and Academic Theory, 2005.
A review of a number of articles discussing identity, gender and academic issues.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper briefly summarizes articles by Stuart Hall, Michael Foucault, Judith Butler and Lisa Duggan. The paper responds to set questions pertaining to identity, gender, the body in relation to the human being and gaps between academic theory, culture and social reality. The paper discusses the articles broadly towards critical responses.
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"Responses to Readings in Relation to Questions I Stuart Hall. "Cultural Identity and Diaspora", in J.E. Braziel and A. Mannur. (ed) Theorizing Diaspora. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1988), 233-246. Stuart Hall notes the rise of a Caribbean cinema that he sees as indicative of various 'Third Cinemas', addressing post-colonial subjects, in contrast with Western depictions of the Afro-Caribbean or Asian of Caribbean origin. He notes which identities have come to be enunciated, as opposed to projected upon non-Western groups to observe them, and writes in terms of identity, and also, in terms of identity as a production, or an unfinished project that is continually debated, in our day. (p. 234)"
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Gender Identity, 2007.
An analysis of the impact on individuals of labeling gender identity within society.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses gender identity and the way that the need to classify, label and categorize gender identity has polarized the push toward civil rights for all genderqueers. It discusses the impact of the pressure to conform to gender roles and expectations that come from early childhood. It concludes by discussing society's view of those that it attempts to categorize into specific gender identities and the need for more flexible ways to consider gender and sexuality.
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"One of the most salient points that Wilchins raises in Queer Theory, Gender Theory is that gender seems to have become even more polarized since the LGBT movement has gained momentum. Yet neither Wilchins nor one of the authors who contributed to Genderqueer can aptly explain why gender cuts so deeply to the core of human identity and why the "ick factor" exists to begin with. The authors do explain that eliminating the "ick factor" depends on a wholesale paradigm shift beginning with language and discourse and gradually affecting media manifestations, education, and political policy changes. For example, butch women should no longer be labeled as "freaks," whether they are gay or straight. A woman who chooses to slip back and forth between butch and femme roles need not fear the repercussions of her style of dress, and a man who does the same would also be able to express his gender without having to label himself or describe his sexual preferences."
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Gender and Ethnic Identity in Asian American Film and Literature, 2002.
A look at the issues of gender and ethnic identity in Asian American film and literature through the review of the films " Double Happiness" and "The Wedding Banquet" and Maxine Hong Kingston's novel " The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghost
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 106.95
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This essay looks at the issues of gender and ethnic identity in two films and one novel, Double Happiness, The Wedding Banquet, and Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. These works provide the framework from which a reconsideration of ethnic and gender identity can take place. In these works, this reconsideration of identity centers on balancing old structures of identity with new experience and searching for a potential empowerment and confluence in the balancing the formation of a new identity.
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Gender and Identity, 2004.
An analysis of the impact of gender on an individual's identity.
3,308 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper contends that entire fields of sociology and psychology have arisen to address the question of gender's impact and influence over individual identity and how this shapes society. The paper discusses three main theories that dominate the field, each with many facets and even occasionally overlapping claims: The existentialist who claims that biological sex contributes specific and perhaps universal elements to identity formation; the socializationist who claims that it is society which forces gender upon the identity of the individual; and the post-modernist position which, in its purest form, denies that in the face of human freedom there can be a coherent and consistent meaning either to gender or to group identification.
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Introduction
The Theories
Major Theory Critiques
Renovation of the Theories and Conclusion
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"Perhaps the most important question facing any human, be they male or female, is that of the discovery of their own identity. The majority of child development theories, from Freud onward, have dealt with the way in which children must learn to disengage their own identity from that of their parents (mothers in particular) and discover who they are as adults. Yet this process is far from over when one reaches physical maturity, and one may even see many other psychological theories, from Maslow to the existentialists, as exploring the stages through which one continues to define one's true identity as distinct not only from one's parents but also from one's biological and social circumstances. It is somewhat ironic that the word identity which was originally used to note categories of same-ness and unity (Connell 2002) is now so vitally bound up with defining distinctness. At the risk of making a rather sweeping generalization, it may not be inappropriate to say that the search for individual identity is one of the hallmarks of modern Western civilization. In the quest for individual identity, which has become increasingly politicized and psychologically centralized as wider social or class-based unities have decayed, one's individual identification becomes a new basis for political and social activism. (Connell 2002) "
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Gender Identity Disorder, 2007.
This paper discusses current treatment strategies for patients affected by gender identity disorder.
2,716 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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The paper provides a review of the literature and recommendations for practitioners. The paper shows how gender identity disorder (GID) treatment for children is inclusive of individual and group therapy and also separate individual and group therapy for parents. The paper relates that GID treatment for adults is also inclusive of therapy in addition to hormone therapy and reassignment surgery. The paper discusses how the research indicates that there is still a great deal that is unknown about GID. The paper maintains that practitioners must attempt treatments that have realized some positive outcomes.
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Introduction
Definition of Gender Identity Disorder
Children with GID
Treatments for Children With GID
Adults with GID
Treatments for Adults with GID
Conclusion
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"The Natioanl Institutes of Health explains that the symptoms of GID in children include a disdain for their own genetalia, a desire to be the opposite sex, depression, rejection, isolation and anxiety. The symptoms of adult with GID include wanting to destory their genitals, dressing as the opposite sex, the desire to live their life as the opposite sex, rejection, depression and anxiety(Gender Identity Disorder). Now that we have garnered a greater understanding of GID, let us focus on the impact of GID on both children and adults and the treatments that are available for both children and adults."
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Gender/Ethnic Identity, 2002.
A review of issues of gender/ethnic identity in two films and one novel.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper is an outline of gender/ethnic identity. In this essay, I will explore gender and ethnic identity in two films and one novel, "Double Happiness", "The Wedding Banquet", and Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts".
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Sex and Gender Identity, 2005.
Position paper arguing that gender identity should be determined socially and not biologically.
1,723 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper takes a look at the complex issue of gender identity. The author of the paper argues that the categories of "man" and "woman" should be viewed from a social perspective and not a biological perspective. An actual legal case involving a married couple, one of whom is a transsexual, is discussed and referenced to help support the author's argument. The author concludes that identity should be considered in a "social" content, rather than a biological one.
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"Imagine this. You are Josyln, a twenty-seven year old female transsexual. You and your husband, Julius, were happily married for nine years. This is Julius' second marriage, and the both of you are raising his two children from a previous marriage. Julius works overtime to pay for your newly built dream home. One afternoon an intoxicated cab driver collides head-on into Julius, killing him instantly. You file suit against the cab company for negligent hiring under a wrongful death statute as Julius' surviving spouse. Prior to settlement, the cab company requests that you to consent to genetic testing because no state recognizes same-sex marriages. You consent, confident that you are a woman. You have the outer image of a female, have all the organs of a female, and have spent three years in psychological counseling prior to your surgery."
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Gender Identity in Women, 2004.
A discussion of the concept of gender identity in women through various stages in their lives.
1,897 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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An exploration of gender identity of women as their lives evolve from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. The paper discusses various factors that influence the development of this essential self-concept. It discusses the role of society, peers, family, and one's cultural surroundings, which all impact the development of gender awareness.
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"Gender identity involves not only sexuality and sexual proclivities?as in the establishment of the sexuality of the transgendered. Female gender identity arises from how a woman interacts in and with society. Traditionally, conformation to society?s norms was considered paramount. Society says that a young woman should be: assigned female at birth, be feminine, see herself as a woman, and be attracted to men. Therefore, consider the definitions of some basic concepts. Gender refers to the sociocultural facet of being male or female. Sex refers to the biological side of things. Gender Identity is an individual?s sense of being male or female. Gender role is the set of expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, feel, and behave."
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Gender Identity, 2001.
This paper looks at the issue of gender identity in two novels.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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Louise Erdrich, in her book Love Medicine, and John Neihardt, in his biographical novel Black Elk Speaks, both address the importance of gender in the daily lives of their characters. This paper compares the role of gender identity to each of the main characters in these novels and how the society in which they live influences their outlook.
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"Louise Erdrich, like many of the characters in her novels and short stories, is part Native American, part something else ? in her case, her family is a mixture of a German-American father and a Chippewa mother. Erdrich's parents worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as teachers on a nearby North Dakota reservation and she recalls that her father regularly recited memorized poetry ? Frost and Byron ? to her and her six siblings and it is no surprise that Erdrich started her literary career as a poet, supporting herself by working at a Kentucky Fried Chicken and on road construction crews. "
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Gender and Identity Formation, 2006.
This paper studies gender and identity formation in Robinson's "Housekeeping" and Baldwin's "Blues for Mister Charlie".
3,105 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that both the novel "Housekeeping" by Marilynn Robinson and the play "Blues for Mister Charlie" by James Baldwin deal with coming of age identity, conflicts amongst marginalized peoples and long-simmering community conflicts that come to a boil after the homecoming of one of the protagonists. The writer describes how Robinson's text is framed around the coming of age of young women growing up in rural Idaho in the mid-1900s. The girls experience a crisis of feminine identity after they are deprived of their mother, who commits suicide at the beginning of the book. The writer also looks at "Blues for Mister Charlie", that deals with the Black experience of isolation in America. The play centers on the difficulty of young Black people, men and women, who must force their lives and souls to conform to the norms of the White 'Mister Charlie.'
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"For Black women, however, Baldwin has slightly less concern in terms of how the norms of their identities are formulated, even though women have a powerful stage presence over the course of the play. Thus Baldwin tends to reduce the importance of the Black female experience of marginalization in America for the Black community as a whole. It is how Black men formulate their new identities within oppressive structures that the author claims as his play's main concern. Continually, "Blues for Mister Charlie" stresses the commonality of all Black oppression and the investiture Black men and women have in creating a positive Black masculine ideal.
The play was written in response to the Emmett Till lynching of real life, a lynching spawned by a Northern Black youngster whistling at a White Southern women. Finding a way to create Black male sexuality in a way that is empowering, and will not bring the wrath of society down upon its head is Baldwin's concern."
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Gender Identity.
This paper applies the philosophy of John Locke's theory of "self" to the issue of gender identity as represented by the legal case of Littleton vs. Prange.
1,685 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that Locke argued that everything the individual knows, believes, and entertains is made up of ideas of sensation and reflection and nothing else. This means that individuals are not born "homosexual" or "heterosexual," rather that this is learned behavior. The author points out that the ruling in Littleton vs. Prange contradicts Locke's theory because the court's ruling follows society's incorrect traditional view that one's sexual identity is biological rather than social. The paper relates that Locke held that the perception of ideas through the senses and retention of ideas in memory are passive powers of the mind, beyond our direct voluntary control and heavily dependent on the material conditions of the human body.
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"In "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding II", Locke defined the person in terms of function rather than by reference to its underlying nature, maintaining that the identity of a conscious person is independent of the identity of whatever substances happen to compose it at any time. This means that the person's identity is not a result of their "underlying nature," which is if they are genetically born "male" or "female." According to Locke, an appropriate account of personal identity must arise from careful analysis of the concept of the person. What he means by "concept" is comparable to what the person truly "feels" and what they have expereinced."
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Constructing Gender Identity in the Poetry of Katherine Philips, 2002.
An analysis of gender identity in several poems by the 17th century poet, Katherine Philips.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 55.95
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By examining and analyzing several of Katherine Philips's poems, the author of this paper shows how Philips? poetry was most notable for its creative construction of gender and female sexuality, but surmises that the vision was secretly expressed inside the conventional language of female friendship.
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"This is a point in Philips? poetry where she moves into the more conventional realm of Platonic love?a safe and respectable realm in the 17th century?but also a point at which she begins to manipulate her audiences? ideas of what that realm really is. For example, Philips implies that ascending towards Platonic love (i.e., spiritual or ideal love) allows friends or lovers to imagine an alternative reality for themselves, different from the one in which they now find themselves. This realm would give the two women the freedom to live out their ?Fate? (l.7). In fact, in Philips? poem ?To my Excellent Lucasia,? she writes that her connection to Lucasia is ?As innocent as our Design, / Immortal as our Soul? (ll.23-4)."
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Regional and Gender Identity, 2004.
This paper discusses regional and gender identity in Zora Neale Hurston?s ?Their Eyes Were Watching God? and Kate Chopin's ?The Awakening?.
1,145 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses that both of these stories written by feminists deal with women who are being oppressed and ultimately become independent, not only of the men in their lives, but also of the whole of society. The author points out that the vernacular used is very specific to the region. ?Their Eyes Were Watching God? takes place in the South. The paper relates that, while ?The Awakening? does not really focus on race, it does focus on gender and a woman?s role in society. In addition, ?Their Eyes Were Watching God? focuses on a woman?s role in a black society.
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"It is interesting that though both Janie and Edna come to awakenings toward the end of their stories, they both think or seem to think that at first, their awakenings are based on the love of men in their lives, and how the men make them feel. Janie?s relationship with Tea Cake is a perfect example, ?Janie is deliberately forgetting some of the truth. She constructs the truth in a way that will maintain and justify her dreams. When Tea Cake hits her, it is the ultimate betrayal, because he has not lived up to her idyllic view of him. She continues to think of him as the perfect man because it is the version of the ?truth? that she likes the best. It is only after he has been killed that her voice finally becomes strong and assertive."
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Gender and Identity, 2002.
Looks at the way in which gender contributes to the formation of one's identity.
2,048 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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The paper begins by making a distinction between the terms "sex" and "gender" by asserting that the term "gender" has to do with the social and cultural characteristics associated with a particular gender, rather than the biological definition associated with the term "sex". Using this distinction, the paper then goes on to examine how gender roles came about and to what extent they influence our identity.
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"Indeed, the question of the way in which gender contributes to the formation of one?s identity is one that remains exceptionally difficult to solve from any particular perspective, as indeed, the two are so uniquely intertwined, or so it would seem, that it is exceptionally hard to say how and where the differ without employ a stringent and complex series of definitions surrounding the two words. As we must first realize in consider the sorts of terms that will be employed, gender must not be confused, equated to, conflated with, or be taken as a synonym for sex."
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