an amorphous space located somewhere “inside” the human body, generating conviction (“That’s just how I feel inside”), satisfaction (“I felt all warm inside”), and even identity (“I have to be who I am inside”),
self-cultivation → individualization of Americans as you feel less control of your outside, the interior is something you can control e..g. feel civically active without needing to engage in public affairs
what is within my locus of control? what is my inexplicable inner imperative
identity: form of interiority e.g. from judith: gender is an act, which constructs the social fiction of its own psychological interiority
https://keywords.nyupress.org/american-cultural-studies/essay/interiority/