Section A
1. Discuss the meaning of 'race' and its relationship to contemporary identities.
2. Discuss the social construction of youth and its consequences for young people's identities and cultural practices.
3. Discuss how social divisions (including 'race' or ethnicity, gender, and social class) are implicated in Australian national identity and definitions of 'Australian-ness'.
Section B
1. What is the role of individualisation in the construction of contemporary youth identities?
2. Compare and contrast arguments about 'the post-modern self' and 'individualisation' in terms of their consequences for the self.
3. What is the 'new individualism' and how does it relate to arguments about a 'consumer society'?