Identity - Introduction

Question 1

Key terms:

Answer 1

Nature
Nurture
Achieved
Ascribed

Question 2

Identity is ____?

Answer 2

Fluid

Question 3

Marxist perspectives

Answer 3

•social class most important
-bougiouse and proletariat

Question 4

Neo-Marxist perspectives

Answer 4

•class is important but still have mobility
-can reject identities and social mobility

Question 5

Functionalist views (3)

Answer 5

•gender = sex. Biology
•important for shared values
•meritocracy
-privilege doesn’t exist

Question 6

Post-Modernists views

Answer 6

•pick n’ mix
-past linear. Not today

Question 7

Feminist views

Answer 7

•Feminine identity oppressed by patriarchy
•sometimes overlooks race, ethnicity, class, etc

Question 8

Feminist views -
What is contemporary feminism

Answer 8

Acknowledges other backgrounds eg race, class, etc

Question 9

Johal
Brasians

Answer 9

Asian culture at home, white identity around peers

Question 10

Nayah
White wannabes

Answer 10

White males taking influence from black culture
Eg. Eminem