MIT OpenCourseWare
Identity and Difference
Art: Classical Antiquities Tray, 19th century, 19th… · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Jean Jackson
- Term
- Spring 2010
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 25 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21A.101J (formerly 21A.218J) Identity and Difference, Spring 2010, Prof. Jean Jackson — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- MIT lists a session calendar for this course, but it could not be verified well enough to build a sequence from it — materials are grouped by section instead.
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Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Study Materials
21 files
- Week 1 · Introduction to Course · Outlines Download
- Week 2 · Studying Identity and Difference: Concepts · Outlines Download
- Week 2 · Studying Identity and Difference: Concepts · Study questions Download
- Week 3 · Analytic Perspectives: Bodies · Outlines Download
- Week 3 · Analytic Perspectives: Bodies · Study questions Download
- Week 4 · Analytic Perspectives: What is “Identity?” “Difference?” · Outlines Download
- Week 4 · Analytic Perspectives: What is “Identity?” “Difference?” · Study questions Download
- Week 5 · Analytic Perspectives: Deviance · Outlines Download
- Week 6 · Deviance and Stigma: The Outer Limits of Identity · Outlines Download
- Week 6 · Deviance and Stigma: The Outer Limits of Identity · Study questions Download
- Week 7 · Sexuality · Outlines Download
- Week 7 · Sexuality · Study questions Download
- Week 9 · Gender · Outlines Download
- Week 10 · Religion; Social Class · Outlines Download
- Week 10 · Religion; Social Class · Study questions Download
- Week 11 · Ethnicity · Study questions Download
- Week 13 · Race · Outlines Download
- Week 13 · Race · Study questions Download
- Week 14 · Race, Gender, Ethnicity I · Outlines Download
- Week 14 · Race, Gender, Ethnicity I · Study questions Download
- Week 15 · Race, Gender, Ethnicity II · Study questions Download
Assignments
- “Helpful Tips for Writing Assignments.” Download
- “General Comments on Essays.” Download
- Van Evera, Stephen. “How to Write a Paper.” (Courtesy of Stephen Van Evera. Used with permission.) Download
- Cohen, Joshua. “Some Rules of Thumb for Writing Papers.” (Courtesy of Joshua Cohen. Used with permission.) Download
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Jean Jackson, 21A.101J (formerly 21A.218J) Identity and Difference, Spring 2010.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Spring 2010 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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