Age And Disabled Identities Flashcards
What are the two ways age can be defined
Chronologically (measure of time of existence), or stages within a ‘life course’
Socially constructed
Concept constructed or created with society
Rite of passage
Ceremony and ritual which may accompany the changes of status that occur in course of life
Parsons
CHILD / YOUTH IDENTITY
In all societies, childhood is a period when socialisation into society’s culture takes place. Children learn norms and values associated with different social roles
What does parsons say the family’s two main functions are?
Primary socialisation of children
Stabilisation of the adult personalities of the population of society
Griffin
CHILD / YOUTH IDENTITY
The media may portray youths as a social problem in 3 ways:
Dysfunctional, suffering a deficit, deviant
Dysfunctional
Doesn’t function effectively
Suffering a deficit
Hard-done-by, angry about education
Deviant
Norm and law breaking
Heintz-Knowles
CHILD / YOUTH IDENTITY
Conducted a content analysis to study the way children are portrayed in entertainment television = children motivated by peer relationships and romance, engage in anti-social behaviour, minority groups are under-represented
Brannen
MIDDLE AGE IDENTITY
Researched informal care responsibilities and roles and suggested that for many people, middle age is a time when they shoulder many caring responsibilities. Caring for children + elderly parents
-pivot generation
Pivot generation
Middle aged people carry the responsibility of caring for children and their parents = swing between the two
Dual burden
Caring for both children and parents is a double responsibility suffered by the middle age population
Mc Robbie
CHILD / YOUTH IDENTITY
Suggests bedroom culture where females feel a sense of security when in their bedrooms and choose to spend leisure time there
Sewell
CHILD / YOUTH IDENTITY
Suggests the peer group is the main reason why young African Caribbean boys under achieve in education and are often involved in crime.
Willis
CHILD / YOUTH IDENTITY
12 working class young boys identify as the ‘lads’, anti-school subculture influenced by home backgrounds, defined themselves as manual workers
Saunders
MIDDLE AGE IDENTITY
Suggests that media targets middle age as they are the group with the highest disposable income and often define their identity by what they own.
Hodkinson
MIDDLE AGE IDENTITY
Studied goths and said looks and style are important parts of subcultures and that thus sense of belonging could continue into middle age
Mac an Ghaill
MIDDLE AGE IDENTITY
Said once manual workers had been made redundant, felt a loss of identity from their tight knit communities associated with their job. Their loss of role as a breadwinner led to them feeling a loss of status and identity
Disengagement
Refers to how people may leave social roles when they get older
Parsons (old age)
Suggests that elderly have less status in society and lose their most important social role within the family. Suggests the disengagement theory leading to the old age identity being socially constructed.
Carrigan and Szmigin
OLD AGE IDENTITY
Suggests that the number of older consumers in society has increased but they are less likely to be portrayed in advertisements than younger people.