Anti-school Subcultures and Gender Flashcards
ARCHER AND YAMASHITA ‘BAD BOY IMAGE’
Boys in Inner-city London who showed norms and values that were anti-school, attached this image related to hyper-masculinity and saw reading and academic achievement as soft.
JACKSON ‘LADETTE’
Looked at laddishness in both genders and Ladette attitude included smoking, swearing and acting hard and being loud and open about their sex life. This was attached to white working-class who were also underachievers.
BLACKMAN ‘FEMALE ANTI-EDUCATION SUBCULTURE’
The new wave girls were a high profile, academic and resistant youth subculture based on resistance in relation to gender and its expectations.
MAC AN GHAIL ‘THE 3 F’S’
Macho lads valued ‘football, fighting and fucking’
Showed extreme forms of macho behaviour and hegemonic masculinity.
