Identity and Justice

Catalog description

Theory of symbolic interaction which provides a vocabulary, observational methodology (i.e., dramaturgy) and a set of grounding concepts that allow students to explore identity in its everyday practices. Explores the transformation and emergence of identities in public discursive spaces and the political impact of identity as it is deployed (invoked) and interpreted (imputed) among interactants in the social world. Establishes the position that identity operates as a central constitutive function in the construction of meaning and, subsequently, our ideas and attitudes about justice.