Theorists Flashcards
What is Durkheim’s view on culture?
Culture is the social glue to create social solidarity and a value consensus.
According to Parsons, how does culture meet the needs of society?
Culture meets the needs of society by adaptation, goal attainment, integration, latency.
What does Marx say about the proletariat?
Proletariat are exploited by social inequalities for their labour.
What does Bryne say about the cycle of discrimination against women?
Cycle of discrimination against women is created by parents and teachers reinforcing sex stereotypes creating discrimination.
How are girls treated differently from boys according to Oakley?
Girls are treated differently from boys by people who care for them.
What are the 4 main ways primary socialisation creates gender roles according to Oakley?
Manipulation, different activities, verbal appellations, canalisation.
What do Heaton and Lawson say about the hidden curriculum?
Hidden curriculum reinforces male dominance and gender inequality by subject and activity segregation.
What is Mulvey’s perspective on media representation of women?
Media makes women sex objects through the male gaze.
What does Marcuse mean by ‘one dimensional man’?
One dimensional man: doesn’t think critically.
What is Gramsci’s concept of dual consciousness?
Dual consciousness: aware of exploitation but blames it on themselves.
What does Gerber mean by symbolic annihilation?
Symbolic annihilation: absence of representation in the media.
What is Cooley’s concept of the looking glass self?
Looking glass self: we are products of who we perceive others want us to be in interactions.
What does Mead mean by ‘I and Me’?
‘I and Me’: me is the socially constructed self and i is a reaction to me.
What is Goffman’s view on social behaviour?
‘Self in everyday life’: social behaviour is theatre, front stage, back stage, impression management.
What does Polhamus refer to?
Supermarket of style
How does Morris describe the relationship between biology and culture?
Biology shapes culture because sharing culture is based on the inbuilt or genetic need to continue life of the social group over time.
What is a key idea presented by Baudrillard?
Identity is shaped by what we buy.
What are the two types of value discussed by Baudrillard?
Symbolic value and use value.
What concept is associated with Baudrillard?
Hyperreality.
What does Lyotard suggest about identity and lifestyle?
We choose our identities and lifestyles through leisure.
