How is your body impacted by dominate cultural attitudes towards race, color, national origin, religion, gender (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or transgender status), age, disability, and other considerations not mentioned here?
To answer this question, you’ll be writing a narrative essay, similar to those we’ve read. As part of this narrative, you’ll discuss your personal history as it relates to the prompt while also trying to connect your experiences to at least three of our readings. This means, we’ll need to incorporate quotes/paraphrase from at least three of our sources in our analysis of how our bodies have been impacted by dominant cultural attitudes.
Be mindful that our analysis should strive to highlight more than just narrative similarities. That is, maybe we haven’t had gastric bypass like Roxane Gay, but that doesn’t mean our relationship with our respective bodies isn’t similar. And, more to the point, that doesn’t mean we can apply the lesson Gay learned from her experience to our own. So, when composing this essay, think about how we might apply the lessons, or morals, from the articles we’ve read to our own experiences.
Compose an essay of at least 1,000 words.
Include a thesis statement and topic sentences.
Integrate specific examples from three different readings from this unit are integrated via quotation or paraphrase. These are then analyzed, or explained, so that it is clear how the reading connects with your personal experience. (This is often completed by comparing your experiences to those of the authors you’re discussing.)