1.1 Age & Identity Flashcards
sociologists look at age as being what?
socially constructed
as age is socially constructed what are there expected of people in an age group?
certain norms of behaviour
what 4 age groupings are there in society?
childhood
youth
middle age
old age
(criticisms) some argue youth culture is just what?
a media creation
(criticisms) as opposed to being rebellious as they are portrayed, what are most youths?
conformists who get along with their parents
(support) old age is a homogenous category associated with what?
dependency and loneliness
(support) youth is a time associated with what?
growing up
rebelling
fun
excitement
(criticisms) what is most powerful for all groups as sources of identity?
class, gender, ethnicity above age
childhood is what?
socially constructed
in the UK how is childhood seen?
time of innocence and dependence
(childhood) in some countries what will children be doing at age 12/13?
working, fighting as soldiers or getting married
(childhood) how does the UK have a contradictory view of children?
portrayed as little angels but little devils
Gardner et al parents are choosing to do what now compared to 25 years ago?
spend more time with their children
Gardner et al - what are parents increasingly concerned about? and how are they reacting?
perceived risks their kids are exposed to
responding with increased monitoring and control
Frank Furedi refers to parents increased monitoring as what?
paranoid parenting
(youth subcultures) Functionalists think youth subcultures help young people, how?
offering collective support of a peer group while trying to find themselves
(youth subcultures) clothes, music and hair styles become what in youth subcultures?
symbols of resistance
(youth subcultures) Marxists argue youth subcultures express deviant behaviour as a form of what?
resistance and rebellion against wider society
(youth subcultures) what does Jefferson say youth subcultures are a way of?
hitting back at society
(youth subcultures) postmodernists look at what regarding youth identities?
increasing diversity
(youth subcultures) Postmodernists say old youth identities are fading and young people follow lifestyles based on what?
their individual taste and choices
(youth subcultures) what do youths have the option of choosing from according to postmodernist, polhemus?
a supermarket of style
Postmodernists admit there are still some recognisable subcultures e.g goths, but what do they say about them?
Short lived
Postmodernists say most young people chose what type of approach to style?
Pick n mix