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This document outlines an assignment for a Women's Studies course. Students must write a 3-page paper analyzing their own "mestiza consciousness" or developing a new metaphor for identity. They can choose to either 1) define "mestiza consciousness", analyze how it applies to a character from assigned readings, and then analyze how it applies to their own experience, or 2) create an original metaphor for identity, then analyze a character and their own experience through that lens. The paper draft is due on October 1st and the final version is due on October 15th. Late papers will not be accepted.

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Assignment 1

This document outlines an assignment for a Women's Studies course. Students must write a 3-page paper analyzing their own "mestiza consciousness" or developing a new metaphor for identity. They can choose to either 1) define "mestiza consciousness", analyze how it applies to a character from assigned readings, and then analyze how it applies to their own experience, or 2) create an original metaphor for identity, then analyze a character and their own experience through that lens. The paper draft is due on October 1st and the final version is due on October 15th. Late papers will not be accepted.

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v Sample Assignment #1

Women’s Studies 223


Lecturer: Jody Cardinal
Fall 2001

Paper 1: WHAT IS YOUR “MESTIZA CONSCIOUSNESS”?


Full Draft Due: Monday, October 1
Final Version Due: Monday, October 15
(Except in emergencies, no late papers will be accepted on either date.)
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is
l to analyze how well the ideas and theories discussed in class apply to your personal
experiences of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and other identity categories
l to think more deeply and in more detail about specific course readings
l to develop skills for writing well-organized and effective academic essays
Format for both versions: 3 typed, double-spaced pages
l Full Draft: The full draft submitted on 10/1 must be a high-quality draft, 3 pages
minimum. It is not an outline or a very rough draft. It should represent your best
effort at the assignment and be comparable to what you would turn in for grading.
I will review all drafts and then give them to your Writing Fellow who will make
comments and schedule a conference to discuss your paper with you.
l Final version: Remember to submit both your first version with your Writing
Fellow’s comments and your final version on 10/15. An evaluation of your revision
process will be included in the grade.
Assignment: Choose one of the following topics:
1. Mestiza consciousness paper: Answer all of the following questions:
l How does Gloria Anzaldúa define “mestiza consciousness”?
l Choose one of the characters or authors from the list on the back of this sheet.
Using specific examples from the readings, analyze how and to what extent your
chosen character or author has a “mestiza consciousness.”
l Using specific examples from your personal experience, analyze how and to what
extent you have a “mestiza consciousness.”
2. Develop a metaphor for identity: Gloria Anzaldúa and Sonja Curry-Johnson
develop metaphors to explain how multiple and conflicting aspects of identity can
be joined to form a functional whole. Anzaldúa uses the metaphor of the
borderlands, while Curry-Johnson uses the metaphor of a tapestry. For this topic,
do all of the following:
l Explain your own original metaphor for the way in which conflicting aspects of the
self can be linked together to form a functional identity.
l Choose one of the characters or authors from the list on the back of this sheet.
Using specific examples from the readings, analyze how and to what extent your
chosen character or author has the type of identity described by your metaphor.
l Using specific examples from your personal experience, analyze how and to what
extent you have developed the type of identity described by your metaphor.

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