Culture and Identity

This theme comprises the following topics:

• Different conceptions of culture, including subculture, mass culture, high and low culture, popular culture, global culture.
• The socialisation process and the role of the agencies of socialisation.
• Sources and different conceptions of the self, identity and difference.
• The relationship of identity to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexuality and social class in contemporary society.
• Leisure, consumption, and identity.

There is a lot of information here - and this is just one theme, so prepare yourself for a lot of studying!