In a 750 or more word essay (MLA format), make and prove a claim relating identity (or notion of self) to possessions/purchases/brands/fashion etc… Refer/relate your experiences to any of the ideas and examples from the texts we have covered in class (you may use as many as you like).
For Argumentative or Analytic Essays
1. The thesis is the litmus test for all the claims made in the body of the essay
2. Make claim, add support from text, explicate relationship between claim, support, and thesis
3. Note: claim offered in terms of the text
4. All claims (whether in support of thesis or used to refute opposing arguments) should “prove,” in specific terms, the thesis

3 Examples–
The articles “Labels, Clothing, and Identity: Are You What You Wear” and “Fashion & Social Identity: A Cultural Phenomenon” stress the link between one’s identity and fashion choice. These articles expose fashion’s relationship with personal and social identity markers such as sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and sub-culture. For my own part, I recognize the role my fashion has played in expressing (both for myself and to the world) my…

The articles “We Are What We Buy” and “Buying the Self” stress the link between one’s identity and brands/possessions. These articles indicate that one “constructs” the extended self through the symbolic value of brands/possessions.

The article “The Role of Possessions” focuses on identity creation, maintenance and preservation through possessions and relates that construction of self to three stages of life: youth, mainstream, and elderly. Possessions during these stages of life mark certain social and personal characteristics that are important in expressing one’s identity to oneself and others.

aticles to be used: 1. https://vimeo.com/75776128
2. http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=7782
3. http://www.salon.com/2008/06/03/buying_in/
4.http://www.businesspsych.org/articles/280.html