SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lookism, Class Discrimination, Ageism
18 Jul 2016
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Identity categories are socially constructed -> they cannot be constructed outside power relations. Power links to: literacy level, socioeconomic status, age, sexual orientation, culture/ethnicity, gender identity, language, religion, mental/physical abilities etc. Analyzing hierarchies and systems of domination in society. Not having to understand identities as either or. At any moment one may feel more salient or meaningful in a given person"s life, but they are overlapping and cumulative in their effect on people"s experiences. Context is important: historically, they have taken varying forms from one society to the next; and within any given society, the connections among them shift. Social constructions -> not permanent, stable and homogenous but are multiple, dynamic, fluid, shifting, complex and contingent. Are negotiated (within situational and historical constraints and contexts) A production: never complete, always in the process and always constituted, not outside representation (relational)
