Psych 354 / Soc 326                                                                                                                                  Dr. Chuck Hill

Diverse Identities                                                                                                                                         Spring 2008

 

 

COURSE MEETS:       11:00-11:50  MWF in Science 304 for lectures and discussions

                                                      and 7:00-9:00 PM Thurs.. in Deihl 118 for films

 

OFFICE HOURS:          3:00-4:00 TuTh in Science 205, or by appointment

                                                      (email chill@whittier.edu or call 562-945-6051 or ext.4805)

 

                 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

                  Theory and research on processes of identity formation and change. Topics include gender, ethnic, racial, national, religious, social class, geographic, school, occupational, sexual, family, health, age, political, and other identities.  Analyzes stigma, prejudice, discrimination, and conflict from a global perspective. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or SOC 100 or junior standing.  One semester, 3 credits.

 

COURSE GOALS:

 

                  1.  To understand processes of identity formation and change.

                  2.   To appreciate the identities of others.

                  3.  To understand ones own identities.

 

                  In addition, for those taking the course as a pair with BSAD 423 International Marketing, the pair provides an interdisciplinary perspective and satisfies the old Comparative Knowledge and new Connections 1 liberal education requirements.

 

                  To accomplish these goals, we will read and discuss theories, research, and personal experiences.

 

TEXTBOOKS:

                  Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 5th ed.

                  Reading Summaries written by the instructor

 

ON RESERVE:

                  First Person Accounts on reading list

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

 

a.  Attend class regularly and participate in class discussion.  Two points will be awarded for each dayÕs attendance.  Be sure to sign the attendance sheet on days when there is no class exercise form, as well as on Thursday evenings for the films.  Please arrive on time, turn off cellphones, and use laptop computers only for taking notes.

 

b.  Complete all class exercise forms assigned in class.  Two points will be awarded for each form in addition to the two points for attendance.

 

c.  Do the assigned readings before coming to class. You are expected to read all of the assigned chapters in the textbook and all reading summaries, plus those First Person Accounts for which you signed up.

 

d. Sign up as a expert for four of the First Person Accounts.  All four must be for different dates, and should include identities different than your own as well as identities similar to your own. You will hand in a typed one-page reaction to each reading on the day that the reading is discussed in class. In your paper, discuss identity issues raised by the reading; name a theoretical concept that is relevant, and explain how it applies to the reading. Be prepared to discuss the reading in class.  Each reading reaction is worth up to 5 points.

 

e. Watch evening films.  Films relevant to the course will be shown on Thursdays at 7 PM in Deihl 118. The dates of specific films are attached to this syllabus.  Film sessions will count for attendance, so sign the attendance sheet before you leave.

                  Write a one-page reaction to each film in which you discuss identity issues raised by the film. Name a theoretical concept that is relevant, and explain how it applies to the film.  Each film reaction is worth up to 5 points and is due within one week after the film is shown.  You are required to write a reaction paper for each of the 12 films.

 

f.  There will be two exams:

 

                  MIDTERM       Friday March 28   (review March 26)

                   FINAL               Monday May 19   8:00-10:00   (review May 12)

 

g.  Complete the Study Questions prior to the review sessions.  Before each exam there will be a review session to discuss study questions which you had difficulty answering. But there will not be time to discuss all study questions, so come knowing which questions you can already answer.  The study question answers will be collected before each exam; up to 10 points will be awarded for each set that is complete.  You must write out the answers yourself.  Xeroxed answers and multiple printouts of the same or very similar computer files will get zero points.

 

h.  There will be two longer papers in addition to the class exercise forms and one-page reaction papers. The papers are described below, and are due on the following dates:

 

                  JOURNAL ARTICLE PAPER               Monday March 17

                  SELF IDENTITY PAPER                          Friday May 9

 

i.  Journal Article Paper:

                  Find a journal article that reports research on some aspect of identity.  The article must describe the results of a research study, and must be published in a professional journal.  It must have been published in the past year.

                  Possible ways of finding the article include the following:  browse through psychology and sociology journals in the Wardman library; download the full text of an article (not just the abstract) from the Internet; or search PsychInfo or SocioAbs on the Internet and then find the article in a library such as Whittier, Cal State Fullerton, or UCLA.  Electronic journals and abstracts are available from the Whittier College library homepage, using any computer on campus that has Internet access.

                  Xerox or download the entire article, including ALL of the references.  Sign up for the article in a notebook at the desk on the first floor of the library. No two students can use the same article, so whoever signs up first claims the article.

                  Write up a 2-3 page paper in which you do the following:

(i)  Give the complete citation for the article.

(ii)  Identify the theoretical perspective and the hypotheses tested.

(iii)  Describe the research methodology, including the size and characteristics of the sample, the procedures, and the measurement of the independent and dependent variables.

(iv)  Summarize the findings.

(v)  Explain what was most interesting about the article.

                  Your paper should be double-spaced, and should use side headings.  Do not use a cover sheet.  Put your name on the BACK of the last page.  Attach the copy of the journal article.  Keep a copy of the paper on a floppy disk or flash memory drive, in case it is lost. Points will be awarded for each of section of the paper, plus writing technique.

 

j.  Self Identity Paper

                  Think about your various identities.  Think about ways in which your identities have changed, and identity issues that you have dealt with or are still dealing with. Think about theories and theoretical concepts that do or do not fit each of your identities and identity issues.

                  Write a 10 page paper in which you do the following for EACH type of identity discussed in class -- gender, ethnic/racial/national, religious, social class, geographic, school, occupational (including career goals), sexual, family, disability/illness, age, political, hidden/false/lost.

a.  Identity the type of identity.

b.  Discuss your various identities in that category.

c.  Describe any ways in which your identities in that category have changed, or you would like to change or expect to change in the future.

d. Identify issues in that category that you have dealt with or are still dealing with.

e.  Identity theories and theoretical concepts that might apply to your identities in that category. For each theory that you identity, explain how it does or does not apply to you.  Pay particular attention to alternatives and steps.  Illustrate theoretical concepts with examples from your life.

f.  For each category mention how reference groups (such as relatives, friends, classmates, teammates, or others) relate to your identities in that category.

                  If you do not feel comfortable discussing a particular identity, think about why you are uncomfortable about it.  If you feel strongly about it, try to discuss as much as you do feel comfortable about.  If you wish, you may state that you prefer not to discuss it further, so that it is clear that you have thought about it.  But you must mention the identity or you will lose points.

                  At the end of your paper, add a paragraph in which you discuss ways in which this course has helped you to understand your identities better.

                  Those in the paired course BSAD 423 International Marketing will also add a section in which they discuss ways in which their identities affect marketing strategies.

                  Your paper should be double-spaced, and should use a side heading for each type of identity.  Do not use a cover sheet.  Put your name on the BACK of the last page.  Keep a copy of the paper on a computer disk or flash memory drive in case the paper is lost. Points will be awarded for each section of the paper, plus writing technique.

 

k.  Diverse Identities Week March 15-25

                  You are required to attend three events of your choice during Diverse Identities Week. You may attend up to three additional sessions of your choice for extra-credit.  For each event you attend, write a one-page reaction paper in which you describe the event, your reactions to it, and how it relates to the course.   Each event reaction paper is worth 2 points.

                  Additional events for extra-credit during the semester may be announced in class. 

 

GRADING:

                  The possible points for each activity will be approximately as follows, depending on the length of the exams and the number of class exercise forms:

                  Midterm                                                     60                          

                  Final exam                                               85                          

                  Journal article paper                        20                                            

                  Self identity paper                             20        

                  First Person reactions                     20

                  Film reactions                                       60

                  Diverse Identities Week                  6

                  Study Questions                                  20        

                  Attendance                                               98                          

                  Class exercise forms                        36                          

                  TOTAL POSSIBLE                       425

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READING ASSIGNMENTS

*  Textbook chapters (read before class)    

#   In Reading Summaries (read summaries before class)

$   First Person Accounts (on reserve; sign up for four)

 

                  Note that the readings reflect the views of particular persons, and do not necessarily represent everyone with that identity.  If you have that identity, or know other persons with that identity, reflect on ways in which the readings do or do not apply to your experience or to the experiences of people you know.  Share these reflections in class discussions.

 

2/8          INTRODUCTION

(Syllabus)

 

2/11       IDENTITY FORMATION

#Cahill, Inside social life, 4th ed.:

                  ch. 5  Mead, The self as social structure

#Brown, The Self, 3rd. ed.:

                  ch. 4  Self Development

#Hormuth, Ecology of the Self, 1991

                  ch. 6 Sociological approaches to the self-concept and change

 

2/13       IDENTITY CHANGE: THOUGHT REFORM

(Conformity,  Social Comparison Theory, Reference groups)

#Schein, Brainwashing, from Bennis et al, Interpersonal dynamics, 1968

#Goffman, Characteristics of total institutions, from Asylums, 1961, p. 14-35

 

2/15       IDENTITY CHANGE: RELIGIOUS CONVERSION

(Name changes)

#Kanter, Commitment and social organization, ASR 33(4):499-517

#Lofland, Doomsday cult, 1966

                  ch. 3 Dispositions

                  ch. 4 Situations

#7 Denzin, The recovering alcoholic self, ch. 7 in Cahill 2nd ed.

 

2/18       IDENTITY NEGOTIATION

(Stereotyping)

#Cahill, Inside social life, 4th ed.

                  ch. 12 Goffman, Presentation of Self

                  ch. 16 Goffman, Facework

#Goffman, Cooling the Mark, from Bennis, Interpersonal dynamics, 1968

 

2/20       STIGMA

(Teasing, harassment)

#Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity, 1986

                  ch. 1 Stigma and social identity

                  ch. 2 Information control and personal identity

 

2/22       SOCIAL EXCHANGE

#Blau, Exchange & Power in Social Life, 1984, p. 115-125

#Goldberger & Veroff, The culture and psychology reader, 1995

                  ch. 19 Fiske, Controlling other people: the impact of power on stereotyping

#Hochschild, Emotion work and feeling rules, ch. 10 in Cahill, 2nd. ed.

 

2/25       GENDER IDENTITIES

(Money, Freud, Kohlberg, Skinner, Bandura)

#Cahill, Fashioning gender identity, ch.6 in Cahill, 2nd ed.

#Cahill, Inside social life, 4th ed.

                  ch. 29 Thorne, Borderwork among girls and boys     

#Lott & Maluso, The social psychology of interpersonal discrimination, 1993

                  ch. 1 Introduction

                  ch. 2 Sexism

 

2/27       CULTURAL DIMENSIONS I

#Smith & Bond, Social psychology across cultures, 1994

                   ch. 3 Culture

#Goldberger & Veroff, The culture & psychology reader, 1995

                  ch. 15 Triandis, The self and social behavior in differing social contexts

                  CULTURAL DIMENSIONS II

#Gudykunst et al, Culture and interpersonal communication, 1988

                  ch. 2 Cultural Variability

 

2/29       GUEST: Dr. Alanoud

 

3/3          CULTURE & IDENTITY

#Phinney, Ethnic Identity in Adolescents and Adults: Review of Research,

                Psych Bull 108(3):499-514, 1990

#Goldberger & Veroff, The culture & psychology reader, 1995

                  ch. 20 Berry, The psychology of acculturation

                 

3/5          ETHNIC PREJUDICE

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 4th. ed.

                  ch. 1 Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations

                  ch. 2 Explaining Ethnic Relations

                  ch. 3 The Anglo-Saxon Core and Ethnic Antagonism

 

3/7          THE MYTH OF RACE

#Lieberman, ÒRaceÓ 3rd. ed. and 2001: A race odyssey, Am. Anthro. Assn., 3rd. ed.

#Root, Racially mixed people in America, 1992

                  ch. 2 Spickard, The illogic of American racial categories

#Calvalli-Sforza et al, The great human diasporas, 1996:

                  ch. 5  How different are we?

 

3/10       AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITIES

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 5th. ed.

                   ch. 5 African Americans

#Cahill, Inside social life, 4th ed.

                  ch. 30 Anderson, The black male in public

Schoem, Inside separate worlds, 1991

                  $Gordon, A history of survival p. 64-92;

                  $Campbell, An individual perspective 110-126,

                  $Fair, Me--Who I am proud of 127-141,

                  $Hall, Susu, and menÕs voices, too 142-162,

                  $Reynolds, A conflict of soul, 163-180,

                  $Diamond, Inner strength, 181-202,

                  $Austin, Reflections 235-252

#Ponterotto et al, Handbook of multicultural counseling, 1995

                   ch. 6 Choney et al, The Psychology of Nigresence: revising the Cross model

 

3/12       NATIVE AMERICAN IDENTITIES

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 5th. ed.

                  ch. 6 Native Americans

#Ponterotto et al, Handbook of multicultural counseling, 1995

                  ch. 5 Ivey, The Acculturation of American Indians

#Lerch & Bullers, Powwows as identity markers, Human Organization 55(4):390-395,

                  1996

Divakaruni, Multitude: Cross-Cultural Readings for Writers:

                  $Allen, Where I come from is like this, p. 410-416

Garrod, Adolescent portraits, 1992:

                  $Case 4: Someday my elders will be proud

 

3/14       LATINO IDENTITIES

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 5th. ed.:

                  ch. 7 Latinos

Shoem, Inside separate worlds, 3rd. ed.:

                  $Valdez, Surviving in the barrio p. 21-33,

                   $Manjarrez, Mis palabras 50-63,

#Ponterotto et al, Handbook of multicultural counseling, 1995:

                  ch. 8 Sodowsky et al, Hispanic Identity Development

#Peplau & Taylor, Sociocultural perspectives in social psychology, 3rd. ed.:

                  ch. 11 Ethier & Deaux, Negotiating social identity when contexts change

 

3/15-25  DIVERSE IDENTITIES WEEK

In addition to class, you are required to attend three events of your choice.  You may attend up to three additional events for extra-credit.  Write a one page reaction to each.

 

3/17       JOURNAL ARTICLE PAPER DUE

 

3/17       ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITIES

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 4th. ed.:

                  ch. 8 Asian Americans

#Ponterotto et al, Handbook of multicultural counseling, 1995:

                  ch. 7 Cross, Ethnic Identity of Asians in the United States

Kirszner & Mandell, Common Ground, 1993:

                  $Wong, The struggle to be an all-American girl, p. 42-44

                  $Tan, Mother Tongue, 348-354

Garrod, Adolescent portraits, 1992:

                  $Case 5  Distilling my Korean-American identity

 

3/19       WHITE ETHNIC IDENTITIES            

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 5th. ed.:

                  ch. 4 White Ethnic Americans (Irish, Italian, Jewish)

#Ponterotto et al, Handbook of multicultural counseling, 1995:

                  ch. 9 Helms, An Update of HelmsÕs White

                                     and People of Color Racial Identity Models

                  ch. 11 Rowe et al., Racial/Ethnic Identity and Racial Consciousness

 

3/21       RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES

*Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 5th. ed.:

                  ch. 9 Arab Americans

Schoem, Inside separate worlds, 1991:

                  $Wexley, I never quite fit in p. 34-49,

                  $Shapiro, Bean soup 95-109,

                  $Blonder, Jewish identity 203-222,

                  $Goldman, IÕm not really Jewish 253-275

#McCarus, The Development of Arab-American Identity, 1994:

                  Haddad, Maintaining the faith of the fathers, p. 61-84

 

3/24       MULTIRACIAL IDENTITIES

#Ponterotto et al, Handbook of multicultural counseling, 1995:

                  ch. 10  Kerwin & Ponterotto, Biracial Identity Development

#Goldberger & Veroff, The culture and psychology reader, 1995:

                  ch. 24 Root, Resolving ÒotherÓ status: identity development of biracial individuals

#Root, Racially Mixed People In America, 1992:

                  ch. 16 Gibbs & Hines, Negotiating ethnic identity:  Issues for Black-White                                                       biracial adolescents

                  ch. 19 Mass, Interracial Japanese Americans

#Root, The Multiracial Experience, 1996:

                  ch. 1 Root, A bill of rights for racially mixed people

Goldberger & Veroff, The culture and psychology reader, 1995:

                  $ch. 25 Moraga, La guera

                  $ch. 26 Jordan, Report from the Bahamas

                  $ch. 27 Madrid, Diversity and its discontents

 

3/26       REVIEW FOR MIDTERM

 

3/28       MIDTERM

 

3/31       SPRING BREAK

 

4/7          ADOPTION ISSUES & STEPFAMILIES

#Root et al., The multiracial experience, 1992

                  ch. 5 McRoy et al, Transracial adoptions: In whose best interest?

#Kim, International adoption: a case review of Korean children,

                   Child Psychiatry & Human Development 25(3):141-154,1995

 

4/9          SOCIAL CLASS IDENTITIES

(Status incongruities; status and forms of address)

#Lott & Maluso, The social psychology of interpersonal discrimination, 1995:

                  ch. 5 Bullock, Classism

#Cahill, Inside social life, 1998

                  ch. 14 Snow & Anderson, Salvaging the self from homelessness

                  ch. 27 MacLeod, The hallway hangers and the brothers

                  ch. 23 Anderson, Group and status relations on the corner

 

4/11       GEOGRAPHIC IDENTITIES

(Nations, hometowns, sports teams, regional accents & stereotypes)

#Donner, Assimilation and localism, Sociological Inquiry 68(1):61-82, 1988

#Stevenson & Alaug, Football in Yemen: Rituals of resistance, integration, and identity,

                  International Review for the Sociology of Sport 32(3):251-265, 3rd. ed.

#Hummon, City mouse, country mouse, Qualitative Sociology 9(1):3-25, 1986

#Cuba & Hummon, A place to call home: identification with dwelling, community, and         region, Sociological Quarterly 34(1):111-131, 1993

 

4/14       GLOBAL ISSUES I

(Causes of conflict)

#Aguirre & Turner, American ethnicity, 3rd. ed. [not in 4th ed.]

                  ch. 10 American Ethnic Tension in Global Perspective

#American Psychologist 53(7), July, 1998

                  Cairns and Darby, The conflict in Northern Ireland

                  Rouhana & Bar-Tel, ...The Israeli-Palestinian case

 

4/16       GLOBAL ISSUES II

(Reducing conflict)

#American Psychologist 53(7), July, 1998

                  Smith, The psychocultural roots of genocide: legitimacy and crisis in Rwanda               

                  Rogers et al, Sri Lanka: Political violence and ethnic conflict

 

4/18       STUDY ABROAD

(Culture shock, reverse culture shock -- panel discussion)

 

4/21       SCHOOL & ATHLETIC IDENTITIES

(Cliques, friends, athletes, gangs, delinquents)

#Fine, Culture creation and diffusion among preadolescents, ch. 26 in Cahill, 2nd ed.

#Cahill, Inside social life, 4th ed.:

                                    ch. 13 Adler & Adler, The gloried self

#Lavallee, et al., Retirement from Sport and the loss of athletic identity,

                  Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss 2(2):129-147,3rd. ed..

#de Klerk & Bosch, Nicknames as sex-role stereotypes, Sex Roles 35(9-10):525(17), 1996

 

4/23       OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITIES & CAREER GOALS

(Professional socialization)

#Cahill, Inside social life, 1998:

                  ch. 11 Smith & Kleinman, Managing emotions in medical school

#Vangelisti, Adolescent socialization into the workplace, Youth & Society 19(4):460-484,

                  1988

#Kerckhoff, The status attainment process, Social Forces 55(2):368-381, 1976

#Martin et al, Gender and medical socialization, Journal of Health & Social Behavior

                  29(4):333-343, 1988

#Mortimer & Simmons, Adult socialization, Annual Review of Sociology

                  4:421-454, 1978

 

4/25       SEXUAL IDENTITIES: HETEROSEXUALITY & HOMOSEXUALITY

#Lott & Maluso, The social psychology of interpersonal discrimination, 1995:

                  ch. 4 Fernald, Heterosexism

#Horowitz, Passion, submission and motherhood: the negotiation of identity by                   unmarried innercity Chicanas, Sociological Quarterly 22(2):241-252, 1981

#Adams, Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal? Journal of Abnormal

                  Psychology 105(3):440-445, 1996

#Troiden, The formation of homosexual identities, Journal of Homosexuality 17:43-73,

                  1989

#Cox & Gallois, Gay & lesbian identity development, Journal of Homosexuality

                  30(4):1(30), 1996

#Morales, Ethnic minority families and minority gays and lesbians,

                   Marriage & Family Review 14:217-239, 1989

Garrod, Adolescent portraits, 1992:

                  $Case 2  Working through my adolescence (heterosexual M)

                  $Case 7  To be the best (heterosexual F)

                  $Case 8  A step in the only direction (gay M)

                  $Case 12 Loving women (lesbian F)               

 

4/28       SEXUAL IDENTITIES: BISEXUALITY & TRANSGENDERISM

(also Homoeroticism in the military; sex in prisons)

#Mason-Schrock, Constructing transsexual selves, ch. 15 in Cahill, 2nd ed.

#McWhirter et al, Homosexuality/Heterosexuality: Concepts of sexual orientation, 1990:

                  ch. 1  Bullough, The Kinsey scale in historical perspective

                  ch. 13 Herdt, Developmental discontinuities and sexual orientation across cultures                

#Reiss, The social integration of queers and peers, in Becker, The other side, 1964

#Blumstein & Schwartz, Bisexuality, JSI 33(2):30-45, 1977

 

4/30       FAMILY IDENTITIES

(Role conflict in women & men ; becoming a spouse, parent; divorce; name changes)

#Vaughan, Uncoupling, ch. 21 in Cahill, 2nd ed.

#Nippert-Eng, Sculpting the boundary between ÒhomeÓ and Òwork, ch. 30 in Cahill, 2nd ed.

#Lewis & Cooper, Stress in dual-earner families, Women & Work 3:139-168, 1988

 

5/2          DISABILITY, ILLNESS, & IDENTITY

(Body Image)

#Cahill, Inside social life, 1998:

                  ch. 18 Cahill & Eggleston, Wheelchair usersÕ interpersonal management

                                    of emotions

                  ch. 22 Clark, Sympathy biography and relationships

                  ch. 33 Goffman, The moral career of the mental patient

                  ch. 34 Karp, Taking anti-depressant drugs

                  ch. 35 Loseke, The two realities of wife abuse

#Charmaz & Paterniti, Health, Wellness, and Healing, 1998:

                  ch. 8 Murphy, The damaged self

Garrod, Adolescent portraits, 1992:

                  $Case 14 Forever an awkward adolescent (scoliosis) [ALL SHOULD READ]

Andersen & Collins, Race, class, and gender: An anthology, 1995:

                  $ch. 39  Chen, YouÕre short, besides! (handicapped identity)

Garrod, Adolescent portraits, 1992:

                  $Case 10 Guilt was everywhere around me (bulimia)

                  $Case 13 The simple beauty of a conversation (stutter/abuse)

                  $Case 15 Proud of the strength I had (abortion)

#Goldberger & Veroff, The culture and psychology reader, 1995:

                  ch. 22 Fine & Asch, Disability beyond stigma, p. 539 only

 

5/5          AGE IDENTITIES

#Lott & Maluso, The social psychology of interpersonal discrimination, 1995:

                  ch. 6 Ageism

                  ch.7 Multiple variables in discrimination

#Settersten & Mayer, The measurement of age, age structuring, and the life course,

                  Annual Review of Sociology 23:233-61, 3rd. ed.

#Bjelland, Aging and identity management in a Norwegian elderly home,

                  Human Relations 38:151-65, 1985

#Charmaz & Paterniti, Health, Wellness, and Healing, 1998:

                  ch. 16 Abel, The caregiversÕ perspective

 

5/7          POLITICAL IDENTITIES

#Merelman, The adolescence of political socialization, Sociology of Education

                  45(2):134-166, 1972

#Sullivan et al, The development of political ideology, Youth & Society 7(2):148-170,

                  1975

#Dalhouse & Frideres, Intergenerational congruency: The role of the family in political                attitudes of youth, Journal of Family Issues 17(2):227-248, 1996

 

5/9          SELF IDENTITY PAPER DUE

 

5/9          HIDDEN, FALSE, OR LOST IDENTITIES

(Deception, con men; acting, stage names; pen names)

(Internet identities, personal ads, phone sex; anonymous sex)

(Death stages, breakups, divorce, lost friendships, unemployment, retirement, assimilation)

#Jacobs, Getting narced: neutralization of undercover identity discreditation,

                  Deviant Behavior 14(3):187-208, 1993

#Kellogg, Method Acting, WSP200, 1995

#Honigman, The masked face, Ethos 5(3):263-280, 1977

#Hamers et al, Communication of HIV serostatus between potential sex partners in                   personal ads, AIDS Education and Prevention 9(1):42-48, 3rd. ed.

#Earl, Married men and same sex activity: a field study on HIV risk among men who do                 not identify as gay or bisexual, Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 16(4):251-

257,  1990

 

5/12       REVIEW FOR FINAL

 

5/14       READING DAY (no class)

 

5/19       FINAL EXAM  MONDAY 8:00-10:00 AM

DIVERSE IDENTITIES FILMS                           SPRING 2007

 

All films are shown at 7 PM on Thursdays in Diehl 118.

 

 

FEBRUARY 14

                  A Class Divided -- Follow-up interviews 14 years later with students who participated in Jane Elliott's classroom experiment in which students were given privileges and stereotypes based on having blue eyes or brown eyes. Prejudice.

 

FEBRUARY 21

                  Fakin' da funk (1998) -- An Asian American, adopted by an African American family, thinks he is Black, but his new peers in LA treat him differently. Ethnicity, stereotypes.

 

FEBRUARY 28

                  Mi Familia (1995) -- Three generations of a family that migrated from Mexico to Los Angeles. Ethnicity, family, prejudice.

 

MARCH 6

                  The Joy Luck Club (1993) -- Four Chinese women who immigrated to America, and their daughters raised in America. Ethnicity, gender, friendship, family, and conflicts between cultures.

 

MARCH 13

                  American History X (1998) -- A powerful film about a white supremacist, his experiences in prison, and his brother's involvement in a white supremacist group. Prejudice, ethnicity.

 

MARCH 20

                  Devil's Arithmetic (1999) -- A contemporary teenage girl who doesn't understand the significance of being Jewish is transported back in time to the Holocaust. Religion, prejudice.

 

MARCH 27

                  Mississippi Masala (1992) -- A man of Asian Indian descent raise in Uganda is forced to leave when the Africans gain independence. In the US, his daughter begins dating an African American, creating problems on both sides. Ethnicity, geographic identities, biracial dating.

 

APRIL 10

                  Taylor's Campaign -- Documentary about homelessness in Santa Monica.

 

 APRIL 17

                  Get Real (1999) -- Sensitive portrayal of the problems of being gay in high school.. Sexuality, school identities.

 

APRIL 24

                  Butterflies Are Free (1972) - A blind man, attempting to live independently, and his relationships with the girl next door and his overprotective mother. Disability, family, romance.

 

MAY 1

                  On Golden Pond (1969) — Relationships between an eighty-year-old man, who is angry at being old, and his loving wife, a lonely boy, and his resentful daughter. Age, family, friendship.

 

MAY 8

                  Priest (1995) — Conflicts between celibacy and sexuality experienced by two Roman Catholic priests in Ireland. Religion, sexuality, hidden identities.