Cass's Homosexual Identity Formation: A Critical Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-253
Author(s):  
Kristopher M. Goodrich ◽  
M. Kathryn Brammer
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Homosexual Identity

Digital is Dead

2014 ◽  
pp. 220-236
Author(s):  
Santos Felipe Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Wall Street

This chapter draws from a 6-month participant-observation with an Occupy Wall Street group in Richmond, Virginia—Occupy Richmond—to deliver an ethnography of public discourse in postcolonial, queer, and multimedia contexts, as part of a critical analysis of imperialism in the digital age. The author develops techno-seduction as a term to deconstruct the lure of technological determinism that promotes static interpretations of democracy, participation, and the digital, in addition to considering how these interpretations impact intrapersonal and group identity formation. Finally, the chapter asks that we suspend our conception of the digital/non-digital dichotomy by thinking of the digital as dead, as a force that guides and influences our sociopolitical interactions, rather than as an isolated concept wholly separable from the non-digital.

Homosexual Identity Formation as a Developmental Process

1984 ◽  
Vol 9 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry L. Milton ◽  
Gary J. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Homosexual Identity

Homosexual Identity Formation:

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivienne C. Cass
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Homosexual Identity

scholarly journals Si Tenggang in the Postcolonial Arena: A Search for Identity and Sustainability in the Works of Muhammad Haji Salleh

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-181
Author(s):  
Md. Salleh Yaapar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Core ◽  
Poet Laureate ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Literary Heritage

Muhammad Haji Salleh is a famous Malaysian poet laureate as well as a foremost post-colonial intellectual. This article is a critical analysis of the persona and vision of the poet in his quest to construct his identity and to sustain the Malay language and literary heritage, as may be understood from his works and efforts since the 1970s. It is an expose of a laureate’s motivations behind his creativity. In dealing with Muhammad’s literary corpus, the article adopts a multi- and cross-disciplinary approach in combining literary criticism with elements of psychoanalysis, philosophy, politics, etc. These elements encapsulate the post-colonial quest of identity-forming, a subject that lies at the core of this article. The “empire writes back” perspective allows an in-depth analysis of motivation, migration and identity-formation as a way to reclaim resources –both tangible and intangible– from the colonisers. Thus, the discussion critically presents insights into the contexts and influences on Muhammad’s works, and in turn, his role in sustaining the Malay language and literary heritage. Keywords: Malay language, Malays literature, post-colonial quest, identity, sustainability

Naughty Girl, or Not a Girl? Behavior and Becoming in Les Malheurs de Sophie

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-283
Author(s):  
Polly T. Mangerson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Gender Fluidity ◽  
Counter Example ◽  
Gender Specific

Abstract This study presents a critical analysis of the classic nineteenth-century French children’s novel Les Malheurs de Sophie, written by the Comtesse de Ségur. The story follows the misadventures of a mischievous little girl in order to highlight the consequences of her naughty behavior and provide a counter-example for Ségur’s young female readers. In this article, Mangerson draws upon scholarship in both queer theory and early childhood psychology to demonstrate that Sophie’s inappropriate behavior can be interpreted by the modern reader as evidence of gender fluidity. Mangerson examines Sophie’s misuse of gender-specific toys, her curiosity to explore forbidden spaces, and her failure to conform to her peers. This study argues that this “naughty girl” is perhaps “not a girl,” and that her behavior is indicative of the process of gender identity formation, which is strongly influenced by socio-historical constructs of femininity.

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