Essay Topic
For this assignment, I want you to identify at least two specific ruling texts that shape
your current, everyday existence of gender. Do these texts form a discourse? If so,
how? Does this discourse impact your rational, strategic action? If so, how? Are they
supported through bureaucratized, structural contexts? How do the texts you identify
become discourses within the social structures and institutions you inhabit? What
truth is told? How is your gendered and behavioral actions monitored and surveilled?
your current, everyday existence of gender. Do these texts form a discourse? If so,
how? Does this discourse impact your rational, strategic action? If so, how? Are they
supported through bureaucratized, structural contexts? How do the texts you identify
become discourses within the social structures and institutions you inhabit? What
truth is told? How is your gendered and behavioral actions monitored and surveilled?
take the theory of ruling texts and identity at least two ruling texts that shaped/formed/informed your gender identity. Then, take a look at Foucault’s theory of discourse. Are these texts a form of discourse? Do they employ versions of biopower and surveillence? If so, how?
Instructions below
And remember, as discussed in the readings and video, ‘text’ doesn’t necessarily
mean a book or magazine – it can be anything visual or that contains a narrative.
Advertisements, video games, etc. are also examples. Please provide a copy or link of
the ‘text’ you are using
mean a book or magazine – it can be anything visual or that contains a narrative.
Advertisements, video games, etc. are also examples. Please provide a copy or link of
the ‘text’ you are using