Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Identity: how your
identity is shown in
society, and seen by
others
- Ethnicity
- Shared cultural
characteristics such as
religion, language and
lifestyle.
- Ghumann
- tradition, religion and family values played
an important part in the upbringing of
second-generation Asians in the UK.
- Winston James
- experience of racism unified
identities of African-Caribbeans
- their unified culture adopted
the label "black" to prevent
racism in the UK
- Hewitt
- attempts of ethnic equality had been met
with anger from the white community, who
view it as 'unfair'.
- changing ethnic identities
- Modood- found a number of generational differences over the
issue of identity, suggesting that second-generation ethnic
minorities from both African-Caribbean and Asian backgrounds
felt much more British than their parents, while still seeing their
ethnic origin as a key part of their ethnic identity.
- national identity
- National identity is often
expressed through supporting
your national team in sport, but
also through pride in the anthem
and flag, and through language.
- changing national
indentities
- Britain, having lost its empire
and feeling very small in a
global world, is unsure about
whether it should become
more American or more
European.
- Feminism
- supporting equality of all
females;ethnicity should not divide them
- Marxism
- conflict between people due to
ethnicity is needed, when there
is equality
- Functionalism
- society benefits all of any
ethnicity
- Postmodernism
- equality is slowly improving
- labelling theory
- Western cultures may
label those with an
ethnicity they
"disagree with"
- impression
management
- In communities of multiple ethnicities, many would keep to themselves
- looking glass self
- ethnic minorities would interact with others of
different ethnicities often in society
- Gender
- fluid and
changing
- social
construct
- Marxism
- popular and mass culture distract society from gender
inequality
- conflict theory
- gender inequality is necessary
- Functionalism
- Parsons
- females have an 'expressive role'
- males have an instrumental role (breadwinner, protector etc)
- society benefits everyone in different ways
- Feminists
- gender identity is socially constructed by patriarchal society.
- stereotypes
- Mac an Ghaill
- explores how boys learn to be men in their
peer groups, policing their own and others'
sexuality.
- 3 F's: football, fighting, f**king
- secondary socialisation can be
harmful to women; cause body
image issues
- Oakely
- manipulation
- canalisation
- verbal appellation
- different
activities
- Denscombe
- There has been an increase in female risk
taking behaviour for example, smoking,
drinking etc.
- laddettes
- Connell
- Hegemonic masculinity is the most
common type of masculinity and is
reinforced most strongly.
- subordinate masculinity
- marginalised
masculinity
- The crisis of masculinity
- loss of the
breadwinner
identity
- women working
more and earning
an income
- created to set labels, norms and
values to a person because of their
biology or sex.
- Gender roles
- Postmodernism
- norms and values in
gender are always
changing
- gender diversity is becoming visible;
altering modern days gender roles
- labelling theory
- gender roles are to be followed
- rejecting such roles can allow negative labelling for both genders
- impression management
- people are convinced that they must put on a persona to be
accepted into society
- looking glass self
- women are persuaded by agencies of socialisation that they must appeal in
a certain way
- Social Class
- a group who share a similar
economic and social situation
- Bourdieu
- cultural capital
- knowledge, attitudes, skills, education snd advantages to gain a higher status
- economic capital
- cash, assets
- social capital
- group membership, relationships, networks
- Mackintosh and Mooney
- A key feature of the upper class is their invisibility
- social closure
- may send children to boarding school etc
- Middle class
- professional or managerial careers
- university educated
- own house
- working class
- manual workers
- Skeggs
- working class
women felt
humiliated by the
ways others judged
and dismissed
them
- under class
- people usually on benefits
- Murray
- over generous benefits encourage some people to
develop a culture, or set of norms and values in which
they do not take responsibility for their own actions.
- changing class identities
- Offe
- we are all able to create our own identities
regardless of the social class of our families
and the particular level of qualifications or job
we may have at any one time.
- social class background remains the most
significant indicator of outcomes such as
education, health and life expectancy.
- Feminism
- gender inequality; women earn less power than men
- Marxism
- conflict between social classes caused by power
- society benefits rich and powerful;
this would mean the upper class is
benefitted most
- Functionalism
- society benefits everyone of all social classes
- Postmodernism
- modern life does not focus greatly on class status
- as diversity increases in how to gain wealth and income, the class system is dismissed.
- labelling theory
- social class is labelled by one's wealth and occupation.
- If a change in wealth and/or occupation occurs, they would be labelled differently.
- impression management
- those who are considered upper class would be expected to act a certain way
- looking glass self
- some people are comfortable in their social classes, whereas some
think about how they are perceived.
- sexuality
- a label given due to who,
on a category of gender,
one would find sexually or
romantically.
- The 'norm' in society would
be hetrosexual, but recently
society has become more
accepting of homosexuality
and bisexuality.
- Feminism
- heteronormativity is still the 'norm'
- women are sexualised for men in
the media
- Marxism
- society is distracted
by popular culture;
distracts from
issues with
non-hetrosexual
individuals.
- Functionalism
- the traditional nuclear
family is believed to be
best
- Postmodernism
- heteronormativity is
breaking down; more
rights to
non-heterosexual
individuals
- media starts
normalising homosexual
relationships
- labelling theory
- due to
heteronormativity,
people who are "out"
as non- heterosexual
are given the label of
their orientation
- impression management
- many homosexual individuals would
either conform to their social stereotypes
or hide them if they relate to such
- looking glass self
- young individuals would examine
how everyone uses
sexuality-relevant labels such as
'gay', and view themselves with
that meaning.
- Weeks
- "sexual identification is a strange thing"
- Rich
- Women's sexuality is oppressed by the patriarchy
- McIntosh
- claiming that homosexual
men fill a "homosexual
role" in Western cultures
- Age
- relates to
chronology
stages, such as
childhood and
adulthood, in a
person's lifetime.
- Feminism
- women are judged by factors such as age
- Marxism
- ageist conflict is necessary along with togetherness
- Functionalism
- age has no matter on social benefits
- Postmodernism
- more children are being taken seriously
- younger people are taking over
- labelling theory
- youth tend to break away from expectations by older generations
- impression management
- young people
act respectful,
civil in public;
possibly as a
front
- looking glass self
- children
and young
people
would look
up to older
people in
their lives
- Postman
- the creation of the "innocent child"
- Bradley
- middle age has
a higher status
in society than
youth and old
age