Emergence Of Youth Subcultures

Question 1

Fyvel

Answer 1

Emergence of youth subcultures
- claims that the absence of fathers during WW1 meant that the boys were not properly socialised and disciplined and therefore become deviant and thrill seeking

E. G teddy boys - formed because young men wanted excitement after boredom of WW2 (rationing)
- deviant and gang minded

Question 2

Abrams

Answer 2

Emergency of youth subcultures
- calls this “affluence without responsibility” - young people such as the Teddy Boys and Mods started spending money on clothes, music and going out (mods could afford vespers (scooters)

• mothers stayed on in work after being forced to during the war- meant boys had more money to spend on themselves - disposable income