The self, Identity and Difference
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- Created on: 09-04-18 11:31
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- The self, Identity and Difference
- Identity
- Personal identity = name, age etc.
- Hard to change facts about yourself.
- The way we see ourselves and the way others see us.
- social identity = class, gender, ethnicity etc.
- Less fixed i.e. social mobility
- Identity is linked to the roles you perform in society and the social groups you belong to.
- Personal identity = name, age etc.
- Structuralists
- Functionalists
- Social institutions allocate people different roles
- Merton institution have manifest (intended outcomes) and latent functions (hidden outcomes)
- Trumpbour - wealthy students are prepared for higher earning jobs and opportunities than WC students.
- Marxism
- Identity is based on class position
- Cultural consumption causes people to develop different class identities.
- Feminism
- Patriarchal society had influenced gender identity.
- Difference feminists - women should be treated as a diverse group with many identities.
- Functionalists
- Postmodernist
- We can construct our own identities.
- Identity is becoming more unstable as people can choose their own lifestyle and identity.
- This leads to diversity
- But...To consume people need money so identity is still linked to class
- Dramaturgical model
- Goffman - identity is deliberately constructed.
- Goffman - society is a stage.
- When in front of the stage you carefully control the impression you give out to others
- When backstage you stop performing that certain role
- Cooley - the way you think other people see you affects your behaviour and self image.
- 'Looking glass self'
- Labelling theory
- I.e. Self fulfilling prophecy
- Strong labels (criminal) can become someones master status
- People then change their behaviour to fit the label
- Becker - people who are labelled as deviant become outsiders
- Wilkins - deviant outsiders often then join subcultures, creating more difference between them and society.
- Labelling theory is a kind of interactionism
- You can either choose to accept of reject the label
- Identity
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