Identity

Question 1

2 types of identity

Answer 1

individual and social identity

Question 2

what shapes identity

Answer 2

gender, ethnicity, sexuality, location, nationality and class

Question 3

hybrid identities

Answer 3

an identity made up of different types of identity

Question 4

Nayak (2003)

Answer 4

white wannabes

Question 5

Modood (1997)

Answer 5

ethnicity has cultural descent and a sense of identity

Question 6

Burdsey (2004)

Answer 6

researched british asian footballers and how they negotiate different elements of cultures to form an identity

Question 7

code switching

Answer 7

using different identities around different people

Question 8

sex vs gender

Answer 8

sex is biologically determined, gender is socially constructed

Question 9

legislation

Answer 9

abortion act, equal pay act, sex discrimination act

Question 10

Faludi (1993)

Answer 10

men feel less masculine because women are going into higher professional roles

Question 11

Sharpe (1970)

Answer 11

women had a change in career aspirations from health and social care to things like mechanics

Question 12

what is class measured by

Answer 12

income, power, influence, education and interests

Question 13

how many classes to marxists believe there are

Answer 13

2, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

Question 14

Murray

Answer 14

studied the underclass, who live on benefits and have no desire to help themselves

Question 15

Lewis (1965)

Answer 15

the culture of poverty- it is passed down through generations

Question 16

Joseph (1970)

Answer 16

underclass parents dont give children enough support, leading to them also being in poverty

Question 17

Rex and Tomlinson (1979)

Answer 17

racial minorities form a separate underclass worsened by hostilities from white societies