SOC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Masculinity, Frantz Fanon, Heterosexism
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Identity is b/w the poles of essentialism and social constructivism: essentialism- identity is fixed; precedes/transcends culture and politics, social constructivism- emphasizes the cultural/political places where social constructivism is produced. We are not defined by identity- conscious/unconscious parts that shape us. The history of identity some different theories. Identity is a major deal in contemporary society as people went out of traditional ways. Identity was a bigger deal from the 18th century on: debates about nature vs. nurture. Identity and the unconscious: psychoanalysis-studied by sigmund freud in the 20th century. Developed stages of the person that was useful for their integration into society. Identities were produced to manage fears and desires. Babies have no identity: they only have primal drives/instincts, realization that the world/mother is a separate being-major step in socialization; moving towards the other , freudian theory of psychosocial development.
