Age Identity

Question 1

Hockey and James (1993)

Answer 1

they draw a comparison between childhood and old age whereby they both lack personhood. They used the term ‘infantilisation’ to describe how children and the elderly are both seen as helpless and vulnerable

Question 2

Postman (1982)

Answer 2

argues childhood emerged only due to the spread of literacy which enabled adults to better shield children from aspects of adult life e.g sexuality and disease

Question 3

Changing age identities: Featherstone and Hepworth (2005)

Answer 3

argue that media images of ageing have been the source of negative stereotypes and identities