POST MODERNISM-
This (its theory) started out in the 1980's due to the digital revolution. The invention of the internet is what has now created globalisation.
Individual pick and mix their beliefs and cultures.
eg; karma
pick and mix creates cultural hybridity.
CONSUMERISM-
social variables have now changed to consumerism. People consume to create their new identity/culture.
structuralists-key words-
macro-big scale
numbers- quantitative methods
WHAT?
positivists
social facts
objective
deterministic
consensus-key words-
structuralists
functionalist
"humans are bad and society makes us good"
society is fair and social inequality is good.
gender role socialisation (GRS)
FAMILY IS THE PRIMARY AGENT OF GRS
Canilisation- GRS is reinforces through the toys children play with and the activities children are taught to do.
-Dunscome and Mardan.