Queer, Post modernism, Inter/actionist theorists

Queer Theory

No stable features of identity and gender/sexuality is fluid (Not predetermined)

Eve Kosfsky Sedgwick - Sexuality

Amount of sex, time thinking about sex, and degree of emotional connection with their partner

Jean Baudrillard - Hyperconsumption

Consuming at rates beyond our needs or means

Jean Baudrillard - Simulation

Fake/unrealistic version of a product

Jean Baudrillard - Hyperreality

When a simulation is indistinguishable from reality

George Herbert Mead - Symbolic interactionism

We interact with each other based on the shared meaning of symbols that stem from culture and tradition

George Herbert Mead - Socialization

How individuals learn social structures

Used to understand the self and how to set us apart from others

George Herbert Mead - Generalized other

What society expects of us in different situations and how we adapt our behaviour to meet them

George Herbert Mead - Significant others

Close people around us that influence our behaviour, sense of self, and values

(teach us generalized other)

George Herbert Mead - How is the generalized other achieved

Imitation → Children mimic behaviour without understand meaning

Play stage → Children begin to take on individual roles

Game stage → Children create organized games where each role must be understood

Rational Choice Theory

People act in service of achieving their goals limited by:

Access to resources

Restrictions imposed by social structures