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Identities - chapter 1/book 2 (Gender identity -The identity category…
Identities - chapter 1/book 2
Identity categories
Gender
Race and ethnicity
Class
Gender identity -The identity category usually represented as female /male or woman /man
Social identity -an identity given by connections to other people and social situations (often contrasted with personal identity ), some examples are collective identity, is referring to groups or categories of people;situated identity, is given by the immediate situation so liable to change; and relational identity is usually given by a two sided, possibly unequal relationship
Identities of race and ethnicity the category of marked identities that has a historical basis and refers to (imagined)differences of colour. origin, religion and so on.
Unmarked identity - parts of a pair of unequal relational identities in which that on marked identity is taken for granted as normal but the market identity never goes unnoticed and usually carries a negative valueRacist rhetoric speaking or writing especially for public audience which talks about society has divided into completely separate closed and on equal groups that can supposedly be distinguished by the physical appearance and origins of the people in the inferior groups
Racist rhetoric - speaking or writing especially for public audience which talks about society as divided into completely separate closed and unequal groups that can supposedly be distinguished by their physical appearance and origins of the people in the inferior groups
Class
Class identity
A group or collective identity that links economic inequality and social differences including superior or inferior status and differences of family background and lifestyle
Class differences are reinforced and perpetuated sometimes under new names for example chav
Goffman and Garfinkel
Social identities are made through behaviour and performance
Change in different situations
Jonathan Raban
Conducted identity work
Street people
The performance of identity in talk practices and behaviours including how the individual positions him or herself
Identity position or subject position- a temporary identity giving a particular view of the world and the relationship to people in other positions. people can position themselves or be positioned by others
Othering
The social process through which the difference of other people is marked and then negatively valued identity becomes established
Can be at a global level for example rich West Poor East
Family Identities
Identities of family and origins connect people to groups and places real and imagined
Representations of families for example in photographs and stories can be part of the performance of identities and can reinforce ideas of what is normal marginalising or excluding some people and experiences
Personal family identities are linked to social identities