functionalist view of youth cultures

Question 1

outline the functionalist view of youth cultures - ceremonial function

Answer 1

• a rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a persons progress from one status to another
• functionalists argue that youth cultures because in western society because there is no clear / defined point when a person becomes an adult
• in some cultures children have rituals were they become fully adult however in western this function is a youth culture

Question 2

cultural examples of rituals when someone becomes an adult

Answer 2

hamer tribe in ethiopia - bull riding signifies the transition to manhood
bullet ant gloves - tribe in the Brazilian amazon

Question 3

young people join subcultures because of … pressure

Answer 3

media pressure
stanley cohen
media exaggerate youth cultures and maint them as an escape to mundane lifestyles.