Socialisation
Socialisation is the process whereby an individual learns the norms and values of a culture. Giddens and Sutton (2017) provide […]
Culture and Identity
identity
Media
Captain Tom’s 100th Birthday: A Quintessentially British Occasion?
Today is Captain Tom’s 100th Birthday, an event broadcast live to the nation by BBC Breakfast between 8.00 a.m. to
The Quantified Self by Deborah Lupton: A Brief Summary
‘This book is about contemporary self-tracking cultures, analysed from a critical sociological perspective. It explores how the practices meanings, discourse,
Sex and gender
Man Disconnected #2: Why are young men in crisis?
Man Disconnected by Zimbardo and Coulombe is about the challenges young men face in our technological age. This post summarizes chapters
Sociology key terms
What is Socialisation?
Socialisation is learning the norms and values of a society.
Ethnicity, Race and Ethnicity
An Introduction to Ethnicity
ethnicity is cultural, and often contrasted to ‘race’ which refers to biological differences.
Sex and gender
An Introduction to Sex, Gender and Gender Identity
The aim of this post is to provide a very brief introduction to the very complex topic of sex, gender
Book summaries, Culture and Identity
From Pilgrim to Tourist – Or A Short History of Identity, Zygmunt Bauman
If the modern problem of identity was how to construct an identity, the postmodern problem of identity is how to
Culture and Identity
What is Individualisation?
where individuals are forced to spend more time and effort deciding on what choices to make.
Neoliberalism and The New Right
What is the Neoliberal Subject?
What are the key aspects of the neoliberal subject? Below is a brief summary of some of the key theorizing