Identity & Constructed Self

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Development of a conceptual foundation for an interdisciplinary inquiry into the gendered self as read through the lenses of French feminism, Lacanian and other neo-Freudian psychoanalytic thought, deconstructionist theory, and contemporary media studies. Focuses on how human subjectivity is grounded in situated narratives of the self and explores current applications of gender theory within and outside of academia in terms of race relations, sexuality, social justice, political discourse, and pedagogy.