Critical Articulations of Race Gender and Sexual Orientation engages scholarly essays poems and creative writings that examine the meanings of race gender and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. Each chapter in this volume critically yet creatively interrogates the notion of identity as socially constructed yet interconnected and shaped by cultural associations expanding on the idea that we as individuals live in an identity matrixour selfconcept experiences and interpretations originate or are developed from the culture in which we are embedded. The shaping of an individuals identity communication and worldview can be read shaped and understood through life art popular culture mass media and crosscultural interactions among other things. The aptness of this work lies in its ability to provide a meaningful and creative space to analyze identity and identity politics highlighting the complexities of identity formation in the twentyfirst century. show more