Writing-Based Inquiry Seminars:
Descriptions for Spring 2008
(please note: section topics and descriptions are subject to change)
Title: Creating Identity
Course: WBIS 188
Section: 031
Instructor: Helmers
Creating Identity will look at the many ways that Americans create images of themselves: as individuals, as families and even as nations. By looking at a wide variety of topics we will explore how language and images are used to manufacture a self.