Age And Disabled Identities Flashcards
Parsons -youth
Childhood is when socialisation into societies culture takes place and they learn norms and values which enables them to contribute to society as adults He believed the family has 2 main functions the primary socialisation of children and the stabilisation of the adult personalities of the population of society
Griffin -youth
The media portray youths as dysfunctional, suffering a deficit and deviant
Heintz knowles -youth
Content analysis of children’s tv programms and found children are motivated by peer relationships and least by school and religion, they don’t deal with important issues, most have anti social behaviours and boys are more likely to show physical aggression where girls show affection
Brannen-middle
Calls the middle aged the pivot generation and they have a dual burden as they care for their children and their elderly parents . Traditional suffered most by the mother
Saunders middle
The middle age is targeted as consumers as they have the higher disposable income and they define their identity by what they own (conspicuous consumption)
Hodkinson middle
Peer group may create and reinforce middle age identity through inclusion. He studied goths and found people were very committed even into middle age as their social lives are intertwined. It is also quite middle class as they have a positive view of academic achievement so they carry on their careers
Willis middle
the workplace may reinforce a middle age identity as it is the dominant source of their identity. Young working class boys (lads) are socialised by peer group into anti school sub cultures. Especially for manual jobs, boys and their fathers used manual labour jobs as a key source for identity
Mac an ghail middle
Studied working class area and found boys from working class subcultures followed their fathers into manual labour jobs. Macho lads as had ability to perform heavy, physical labour and it became a way for them to shape their identity but de industrialisation led to a crisis of masculinity
Parsons old age
The elderly have less status in society as their children have grown up and they have retired, they loose their most important social role in the family . Disengagement is when elderly people disengage with their previous roles and harvest fruits of labour and enjoy recreational activities (functionalist as they have finished raising children and don’t hold jobs others need)
Cardigan and szmigins old age
Studied old people in advertising and suggested that whilst older customers have grown in numbers and affluence they are less likely to be in advertising and if they are it is in negative portrayals such as being smelly and incontinent
Sontag old age
There is a double standard of ageing in tv where women are required to be youthful where men are not
Landis old age
Supports age concern, identified a number of stereotypes and they are depicted as one dimensional like grumpy old man, feisty women, depressed or lonely, wise, busybody, mentally deficient, sickly, having second childhood E.g dumbledore, Carl from up, Catherine rated character
Clarke and Warren old age
Old age may be a time to make new friends and engage in new interests. Inclusion into activities may define old age identity, this is Active ageing. Age can be in stages rather than chronological. there is a university of the third age where they learn about enjoyment and self development
Johnson old age
Ageism occurs in the workplace. He says it is institutionalised into practices in society. It is expressed through stereotypical assumptions about someone’s competence
Voas old age
Older people are more likely to identify as religious because of the generational effect (brought up in more religious era) or the ageing effect (more spiritual as closer to death)
