Age & Disabled Identity Flashcards
Parsons- youth- family
Family primary socialisation
Prepare to be independent and function in society
Transfer norms and values
Eg. Chores
Link: influences identity as changes how well they function in society and what morals define them as a person
Heintz-Knowles- Youth- Media
Majority of characters in entertainment engage in anti social activities with positive outcomes
Girls show physical affection
Boys more likely to show aggression
Creates socially constructed stereotypical ideas
Creates a moral panic
React to it live up to the label (self fulfilling prophecy)
Link: influences identity as they portray behaviours that are expected of them at an impressionable age
Sewell- youth- peers/education
Antisocial subculture on hyper masculinity
Reward highest status to people who objectify women, are violent or wear designer clothes
Anti school subculture
Peer pressure to reject authority
Get rich quick attitude and believe police are racist anyway so use illegal methods
Eg. Wear designer clothes and sell drugs
Link: influences identity as youth shape identity around role models, they can easily be roped into bad behaviour or becoming criminals
Brannen- middle aged- family
Responsibility and expectation
Dual burden
Looking after kids and parents
Pivot generation (switching between care)
Eg. Financial burden of care home and food prices
Link: influences identity as they define identity strongly on roles of responsibility and expectation at this stage in life
Saunders- middle aged- media
Media targets them as consumers as they have highest disposable income
Define identity by what they own
Conspicuous consumption
Influenced by advertisement
Eg. Sports cars
Link: influences identity as they build identity based on what they consume and excessive spending
Hoskinson- middle aged- peers
Associate with people who share norms and values
Sense of belonging to subcultures
Goths feel so intertwined into subculture
Hard to leave friendships
Toned down looks to maintain job
Link: effects identity as identify as part of a small community which share same values
Willis- middle aged- work place
Introduce yourself as your occupation
Manual workers see this as key identity and passes on in family
Link: influences identity as they see it important part of who they are to be a blue collar worker
Parsons- old- family
Disengagement theory
Lose important social role in family
Their children spend time with partners and children
‘Harvest the fruits of their labour’
Younger people take on their roles
Eg. Go abroad instead of staying close to grandchildren
Link: influences identity as they aren’t defined as strongly by family as they have their own time to focus on themselves
Landis- old- media
One dimensional stereotypes Grumpy old man Feisty old woman Lonely Mentally deficient Sickly Eg. Madagascar old woman Link: influences identity negatively as they are assumed to be grumpy Wisdom
Clarke&Warren- old- peers/postmodern
Active ageing
Fighting the stereotype
Want to embark on furthering new interests
Learning for enjoyment and self development
Redefining identity
Eg. Walking groups
Link: redefining identity in a positive way to fight stereotypes together
Johnson- old- workplace
Institutionally ageist
Excludes due to stereotypical assumptions - incompetent
Eg. Won’t hire at computer company as they assume their mental sharpness deteriorating
Link: identity influenced by lack of ability to take on employee roles
Voas- old- religion
Generational effect- they were brought up in a religious era
Ageing effect- more spiritual as get closer to death
Religion used to be prioritised
Find comfort in religion
Link: influences identity as they partake in religious activities and may define themselves as ‘Muslim’ or ‘Christian’
Featherstone&Hepworth- new age identities
Dedifferentiation- differences in stages of life become less clear (blurring/merging)
- eg. Children wearing makeup, adults getting Botox, flexible fashion
Deinstitutionalisation- institutions less closely associated with maintaining stages of life course
- eg. Media (cosmetic audience could be anyone), education (adult students), family (later births)
Link: age does not influence identity because public can’t even tell how old you are anymore/ activities becoming less age restricted so no one is restricted by their age
Shakespeare- disabled- media/peers
Lack of positive role models in public life and media
Society reacts with pity, avoidance and awkwardness
Leads to victim mentality
Isolated from each other so forming collective identity is difficult
Link: disability influences identity as they struggle to identify with others as they are excluded to those they share characteristics with
Barkes- disabled- media
Representation in media
- pity/charity (adverts, comic relief)
- victims (joker & five feet apart)
- villains (Captain hook, joker)
- burden (comedy tv, documentaries about benefits)
- sexually abnormal (undateables)
Link: disability influences identity as they feel they are always given abnormal roles and never viewed as normal in media
Murugami- disabled- family
Can construct self identity
Accepts impairment and sees them as independent of it
Disability as one characteristic
Reconstruct normal
Very few people are completely able bodied throughout their whole life
Link: disability influences identity because it teaches them to accept themselves and have a confidence in their identity and see themselves as normal
Postmodern view- de-differentiation
The process by which the differences between different stages of the life course become less clear (age categories blurring/merging)
Eg. Adults getting Botox, children wearing makeup
Postmodern view- deinstitutionalisation
The process by which the institutions of society become less closely associated with maintaining different phases of the life course
Eg. Family (later births), media (promoting makeup and cosmetics younger)
Dual burden (middle age identity)
Suffering the responsibility of care for both your parents and your children
Eg. Children of grandparents
Pivot generation (middle aged identity)
Process of constant switching between dual burden of taking care of children and parents
Active ageing (old age identities)
Inclusion into activities like making new friends, indulging into new interests and embarking further learning. This period of life provides new opportunities and can be seen as an active and engaged stage of life
Biological determinism of age
The chronological measure of duration of a person’s existence
Rites of passage
Ceremony or ritual that accompanies the changes of status that occur in a life cycle
Age boundaries
Age set which you are allowed to do something
Moral panic (youth)
Wide spread dear among society often caused by exaggeration in media
Anti-school subculture (youth)
Group of students who rebel against norms of schools and defy authority
Mid life crisis (middle age)
Adults coming to a realisation during a period of their life
Conspicuous consumption (old age)
Individuals who buy products with disposable income to show off, not for necessity
Ageism (old age)
Often in the workplace, expressed through stereotypical assumptions of one’s competency in relation to their age
Disability
Mental or physical impairment which has a substantial or long term affect
Disability discrimination act 2005
An act which attempted to end discrimination in institutions such as the work place, education etc
Victim mentality
Self fulfilling prophecy can lead to disabled people viewing themselves as victims and using this as a reason for failure
The social model
Model that outlines the social and physical barriers which prevent inclusion for disabled people and deny access for them
Eg. Designs of a building
Master status
The most important characteristic that defines an individual
Willis- youth- education
Anti school subculture
Blaikie- old- postmodern
Grey £
Become the most important consumer group
Now portrayed positively in advertisement
Eg. Cruises
Link: age does not influence identity because they aren’t excluded as a consumer group due to age
