identities Flashcards

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social class- scott

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upper class practice social closure to keep their wealth

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social class- kenway

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upper class girls are critical of state educated girls

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3
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social class- bourdieu

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middle class have cultural capital

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social class- saunders

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middle class practice conspicuous consumption

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5
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social class- goodwin

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middle class ‘yummy mummies’ dress theur kids in designer to portray their wealth and gain status

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social class- willis

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working class ‘lads’ are fatalistic and follow in their dads footsteps

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social class- mac an ghail

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working class faced high unemployment and loss of identity

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social class- murray

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underclass are lazy and workshy

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social class- jordan

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underclass want to work but can’t

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10
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social class change- pakulski and waters

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we are now defined by what we buy rather than our social class

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social class change- offe

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there are no more jobs for life

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social class change- skeggs

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people have instrumental attitudes towards work- it’s a means to an end

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gender- oakley

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family socialises us into hegemonic gender roles- canalisation, manipulation, verbal appellations, domestic activities

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14
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gender- mcrobbie

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girls are involved in bedroom culture

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gender- ferguson

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content analysis of media and found a ‘cult of femininity’ where women are persuaded to focus on appearnace, marriage and family

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16
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gender- skelton

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hidden curriculum promotes the patriarchy

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17
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gender- willis

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lads follow in dads footsteps and adopt anti-school subculture

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18
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gender- mac an ghail

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working class boys faced crisis of masculinity

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19
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gender- adkins

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vertical and horizontal segregation takes place in workplace

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20
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gender change- connell

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there are new, different forms of masculinity. e.g. suborinate masculinity, hypermasculinity

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21
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gender change- abbott

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men care more about their appearance

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22
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gender change- nixon

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‘new man’ came about after launderette advert in 1985, men bought things to improve their appearance

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23
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gender change- mort

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men now being sexualised in the media

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24
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gender change- jackson

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ladettes- heavy drinkers, aggressive, loud

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25
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ethnic identity- cashmore and troyna

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rastafarians ‘turned inwards’ resisting racism

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ethnic identity- ghuman

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Asian parents push children to conform to Asian culture

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ethnic identity- anwar

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culture clash between Asian parents and westernised kids

28
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ethnic identity- coard

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education is ‘ethnocentric’ and focuses on British history

29
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ethnic identity- gillborn

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black Afro- Caribbean boys face institutional racism in education

30
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ethnic identity- sewell

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black Afro- Caribbean boys have hypermasculine role models

31
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ethnic identity change- Back

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black, white, Asian youths sharing cultures in South London

32
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age identity- parsons

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family socialises people into their age identity

33
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age identity- griffin

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youths labelled by media as dysfunctional, suffering a deficit, deviant

34
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age identity- mcrobbie

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bedroom culture participated in by girls

35
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age identity- sewell

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black boys adopting hypermasculine identity

36
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age identity- brannen

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middle age are a ‘pivot generation’ facing a dual burden

37
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age identity- saunders

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middle age are targeted as a consumer group because of conspicuous consumption

38
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age identity- carrigan and szmigin

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elderly are stereotyped as being smelly and incontinent

39
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age identity- johnson

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elderly face institutional ageism in the workplace

40
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age identity- voas

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the elderly turn to religion for comfort

41
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age identity change- blaikie

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elderly are now valued and targeted as a consumer group for the ‘grey £’

42
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age identity change-clarke and warren

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old age is now a period for active ageing and making friends

43
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age identity change- pilcher

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different phases of life are becoming more blurred

44
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sexual identity- mccormack

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6th formers have pro-gay attitudes

45
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sexual identity- weeks

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straight people don’t talk much about their sexuality but for homosexual people it’s a big part of their identity

46
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sexual identity- plummer

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homosexual men are comfortable with labelling because they want to be in subcultures with other homosexual men

47
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disabled identity- scope.org.ik

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2/3 of people felt ‘awkward’ talking to disabled people

48
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disabled identity- medical model

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focuses on disability being a medical problem which is part of people’s identities

49
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disabled identity- social model

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focuses on disability as a social problem- design of buildings and discrimination

50
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disabled identify- barnes

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disabled people are stereotyped in negative and oppressive ways in the media

51
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disabled identity- shakespeare

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disabled people have ‘victim mentality’ and lack of positive role models

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national identity is significant- phillips et al

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national identity is reinforced through national curriculum and history lessons

53
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national identity is significant- schuden

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all british people are socialised into a common national identity through various means. e.g. eurovision, world cup

54
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national identity is significant- giddens

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people assert their own culture to resist globalisation and westernisation ‘reverse colonialism’

55
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national identity is LESS significant- kumar

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missionary nationalism- english people find it hard to define what being english means

56
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national identity is LESS significant- fairweather and rogerson

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computer software, advertisements and antisocial behaviour promote western norms, values and ideals

57
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national identity is LESS significant- hall

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countries display 3 reactions to globalisation- cultural homogenisation, cultural hybridity, cultural resistance

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disabled identity is DIFFERENT to able bodied- shakespeare

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disabled people socialised into a ‘victim mentality’

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disabled identity is DIFFERENT to able bodied- barnes

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mass media reps of disabled people are oppressive and negative. e.g. undateables are presented as sexually abnormal

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disabled identity is DIFFERENT to able bodied- scope.org.uk

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2/3 of people feel awkward talking to disabled people

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disabled identity is SAME as able bodied- murugami

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disabled people can construct their own identities so they see themselves as a person 1st and their disability as a characteristic

62
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disabled identity is SAME as able bodied- barnes

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increasingly, disabled people are presented as ‘normal’. e.g. paralympics

63
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sexual identity- weeks

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straight ppl don’t see their sexuality as a big part of their identity whilst homosexual people do

64
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sexual identity- mccormack

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6th formers have pro-gay attitudes

65
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sexual identity- plummer

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once gay men have been laballed as ‘homosexual’, they seek out subcultures where homosexual traits are the norm. shows how peer groups reinforce sexual identity