families spare Flashcards
(16 cards)
Gender
Jackson
- A ladette is a woman who spends time drinking, smoking, swearing and disrupting lessons
- Secularisation and the creation of the contraceptive pill has led to this
Sexuality
McIntosh
The role of homosexual males in western society involves expectations and cultural characteristics
Sexuality
Plummer
Homosexuality career, once someone has accepted the label they will seek out others where homosexual characteristics are the norm
Sexuality
Rich
- Women’s sexuality is oppressed by men, through marriage and sexual violence
- Compulsive heterosexuality forced heterosexuality onto women
Ethnicity
Guhmann
Second generation British Asians continued to place importance on traditional values such as religion
Ethnicity
Gilroy
Black Atlantic ethnic identity is stronger than nationality as they have a shared experience of racism and discrimination
Ethnicity
Francis & Archer
Chinese families place more importance on education than any other ethnic group
Nationality
Kumar
England does not have a strong identity but other Celtic regions do
Nationality
Hewitt
White backlash describes the response of white working class people to multiculturalism and immigration
Nationality
Anderson
Nation is an imagined community created through the media
Age
Postman
Childhood is declining due to spread of media and visual culture
Age
Hockey & James
Children and the elderly lack personhood and are excluded, in care homes the elderly are often treated like children
Age
Featherstone & Hepworth
Media can create new identities and as as the population ages more positive images may emerge
Disability
Shakespeare
Disabled people are often socialised into seeing themselves as victims
- Medical model- person is problem
- Social model- society excludes the disabled
Disability
Murugami
Person first movement allows those living with disabilities to construct positive identities
Disability
Zola
Language used to describe the disabled is negative
