چکیده:
Identity is seen as a cultural and social construct, which indicates how we have been
embodied and how we might represent ourselves. The knowledge that identities are
the outputs of discourses is a familiar characteristic of some societal concepts.
Gender, as an identity or a sense of our identity we build for ourselves, rather than
something we are born with, is a constructed cultural category and is based on
power relations and social norms that are part of a social system. Through gender as
well as cultural studies, this paper will curiously look at the motion of mobility of
self (identity) as it has been constructed in culture. The researcher also wants to note
that the discursive practices such as the normal beliefs, social systems, and
substantial behaviors of a cultural, religious, or social group view identity not as a
kind of recognition with a group having common characteristics but as a
construction among hidden cultural, political, and ideological intentions. Therefore,
it is said that identity is in process and can be shaped by culture, media, and public
opinion.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Our Sense of Identity: ³Who am I?´ Gender and Cultural Studies Hossein Sabouri, Assistant Professor of English Literature, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran Email: sabouri@tabrizu.
The identity of male and female is shaped by the social and cultural expectations accorded to women and men, whereas sex is marked by a person¶s genetic or reproductive organs.
As a researcher, I want to note that the discursive practices such as the normal beliefs, social systems, and substantial behaviors of a cultural, religious, or social group view identity not as a kind of recognition with a group having common characteristics but as a construction among hidden cultural, political, and ideological 217 The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, Winter and Spring, 2019, pp.
The contemporary period of world history is a vital point of change in gender relations and situations 220 The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, Winter and Spring, 2019, pp.
By presenting how masculinity and femininity are constructed within some discourses, semiotic, social, and unconscious, cultural studies makes it possible to raise questions on gender and gender identity.
How identity is constructed in the society and how it affects female relations are a representation of the suppressive situation of twentieth-century women¶s lives which women experienced due to the nature of their gender and the dominant culture in which they live.