SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Margaret Mead, Financial Independence, Structural Functionalism
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Adulthood: what are the markers of an adult in sct, skills, behavior involved, traditionally, new social identity achieved from: autonomy from parents, being married, having children. Ind does exist outside sct, core of us that can exist. Goffman: dramaturgical perspective: goff(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s theor(cid:455) that so(cid:272)ial life is like a stage a(cid:374)d ind are actors in it, performing roles for others. Ind distinct from roles, like actors, we perform when we come on stage: slip in diff roles at diff times/stages of life, much more room for agency, ind comes back in, still structure, not free. Identity we have, is the sum of our collective roles: social roles are predefined, but not necessarily fixed, but ind can change a role slightly, Presentation of self in everyday life: diff b/w core of ind and how ind present self in diff situation, role we choose to play and the roles we are allowed to play by others, 2 sides.
