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In what ways do social factors shape our identities? What is identity? One of the Collins on-line dictionary definitions of Identity is "the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognised". Our identities are made up with various factors, colour, race, class, gender, status, to name a few. People can have more than one Identity which can change with time and with whom you are in contact with. This essay will look at some of the different factors that make up a person's identity. (Woodward et al 2004) Turner and his colleagues claimed that a person's identity is formed by the person deciding what social category they would fall into "self-categorisation" for example a male would generally see himself as male so would see himself in the category of man rather than woman. (Turner et al 1987) Louis Althusser claimed that a person's identity is formed when people are drafted into...

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