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1
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Age is biological

A

Chronological

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Bradley’s 5 generational stages of life
Socially constructed

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  1. Childhood
  2. Adolescence
  3. Young adulthood
  4. Middle age
  5. Old age
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CHILDHOOD
Socially constructed

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•UK time of innocence
-backed by Child Acts
•other countries not shared
-child labour and marriage

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ADOLESCENCE
Socially constructed

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•UK fun, rebellions
•Hamar Tribe - youth ends adolescence begins

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ADOLESCENCE
Functionalist views
Abrams

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•Abrams - young people all part of same youth culture. Learning how to be part of adulthood
-emerged 1950s rock and roll

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ADOLESCENCE
Functionalist views
Clarke

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•Youth based on rebellion subcultures
-unfair to stereotype

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ADOLESCENCE
Functionalist views
The two functionalists

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Abrams and Clarke

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ADOLESCENCE
Postmodernist views

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Polemus - supermarket of style - pick n mix

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YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Wallace Public and Private markets

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Public - voting
Private - sex

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YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Hockey and James

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Adulthood revolves around living with sexual partner, freedom, financial control

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MIDDLE AGE
Sociologist Victor

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Distinctive phase of life
-no age boundaries
- state of mind

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MIDDLE AGE
Sociologist Bradley

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Good - runs the country
Bad - ageism. midlife crisis

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OLD AGE
Sociologist Pilcher

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As life expectancy increases distinction between old age
1. Young old (65-74)
2. Middle ole (75-84)
3. Old old (85+)

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OLD AGE
Why are the elderly not valued

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•not fit for work
•retirement - depression, poverty, loneliness

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AGE DISCRIMINATION
(2)

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  1. Ageism based on stereotypes
    -need help from younger generations
    -old bat
  2. Institutionalised eg 70+ banned from duty duty
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16
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CHANGE IN AGE IDENTITY
Why is it changing?

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Life expectancy increase

17
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CHANGE IN IDENTITY
SOCIOLOGISTS
5

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  1. Pilcher
  2. Blaikie
  3. Aries
  4. Postman
  5. Palmer
18
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CHANGE IN IDENTITY
1. Pilcher postmodernist

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Postmodernist - old people now have IVF and start families, access tech and early retirement

19
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CHANGE IN IDENTITY
2. Blaikie

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High pressure to remain youth
Glastonbury 2013 Rolling Stones hyper

20
Q

CHANGE IN IDENTITY
3. Aries

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Past, childhood didn’t have innocence

21
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CHANGE IN IDENTITY
4. Postman

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Childhood is disappearing due to media

22
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CHANGE IN IDENTITY
5. Palmer

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Childhood is toxic because of media, strict schools, consumer culture

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