Socialisation, Culture and Indentity

Question 1

Simpson

Answer 1

Studied gay men in Manchester. Interviewed men in a gay area or Manchester called ‘the village’ and found this was a place gay men could be more overt about the sexuality. They used a set of norms and values in heterospaces and it involved de-gaying.

Question 2

Lury

Answer 2

Identified five features of a consumer culture:

1. A wide range of consumer goods are available
2. Shopping is seen as a leisure pursuit
3. Different forms of shopping available
4. Being in debt is accepted as a norm
5. The packaging and promotion of goods is a big business

Question 3

Ritzer

Answer 3

McDonaldization means local cultures are disappearing under pressure from fast restaurants, the negative impact is that cultures become homogenous around the world

Question 4

Les Back

Answer 4

Found that new hybrid identities were emerging amping young people in two council estates in South London. Different ethnicities lived together and they all took aspects from each other’s culture to create a hybrid

Question 5

Hobsbawn

Answer 5

He suggests that we are free to construct our identity from a range of consumer choices and that we are less bound by constraints such as class, gender and ethnicity from the past

Question 6

MacInnes

Answer 6

Argues there is no gene or brain pattern which makes men incapable of ironing, shopping, changing nappies or expressing their emotions

Question 7

McRobbie and Garber

Answer 7

Bedroom culture. Parents treat boys differently to girls, giving more sanctions to girls if they misbehave than boys. Boys are given more freedom whereas girls are forced to stay inside where it is safe.

Question 8

Furedi

Answer 8

He argues that parents have become paranoid and will try to protect their child from dangers rather than take care and stimulate them

Question 9

Murray

Answer 9

Single parent families are inadequate socialisers and single parent families are at the heart of the ‘underclass’