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IDENTITY (pt2) - Coggle Diagram
IDENTITY (pt2)
DISABILITY
"it is society that disables physically impaired people because the disabled are excluded from full participation in society by the stereotypical attitudes of the able-bodied"- Oliver
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Shakespeare: disabled people are often socialised into seeing themselves as inferior, forming a strong collective identity is difficult as they are often isolated from one another, lack of positive role models in media + the public, disability in a largely able-bodied society often leads to reactions of pity, avoidance or awkwardness
Zola: sociologist disabled through polio- vocabulary we use to describe is borrowed from discriminatory able-bodied society e.g. dis-abled, dis-figured, de-formed
learned helplessness + self-fulfilling prophecy: Watson: perceptions of disabled people based on stereotypical ideas about dependency Scott: blind people developed blind personality, became dependent because the were expected to
Murugami: a person first- see disability as a characteristic not their whole identity, base identity on what they are able to do instead
Longmore: disabled represented on television as evil, monsters, inhuman, dependent, dangerous + deviant
NATIONALITY
Anderson: 'nation'= 'imagined community'; national identity is socially constructed through symbols such as the flag + anthem
Kumar: long history of imperialism- interests of empire + unity repression of ordinary expression of nationalism
Madood: found Asians + African Caribbeans did not feel comfortable w/ British identity- felt unaccepted
Curtice + Heath- 6 million adults identify as English British,
globalisation undermining British identity: hybrid types of British identity slowly emerging - interaction global + Global culture
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Sardar: changing national identities suggests the world is in a global identity crisis, argues to develop a more confident British identity must embrace diversity
CLASS
THE UPPER CLASS
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socialise set of values: respect of tradition, conservative, anti-change, authority/ hierarchy
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MIDDLE CLASS
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usede in broad way to describe range of non- manual workers e.g. surgeons, doctors, barristers, accountant etc
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M/C is changing: fragmentation, identity shaped by their job, value cultural capital
WORKING CLASS
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Willis: work defining life- mental/ physical bravery, physical strength/ masculinity
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NEW W/C: works as means to end rather than source of identity, changing gender roles, more likely to define themselves on hobbies + recreational activities than work
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UNDERCLASS
Murray: happy to be part of dependent culture- lazy, immoral, dependent etc
irresponsible parenting, young careless pregnancy, young absent fathers, poor role models
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AGE
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AGEISM + DISCRIMINATION: often expressed in terms of stereotypical prejudices Pilcher: old people often seen in derogatory or condescending way