Functionalist view on youth culture Flashcards
Parsons (1942)
- Youth is a rite of passage and acts as a transition point .
- A bridge between childhood and adulthood.
- A time to explore and experiment ready for adult life
Eisenstadt (1956)
-Youth could be a risk of feeling stress and anomie.
- Youth culture , with shared norms and values brings a sense of belonging.
- It’s a time for experimenting and rebelling.
-Youth culture creates cohesion and integration
Abrams (1956)
- Believed that youth culture was actually created by the media
- Youth had more money in their pockets
- Consumption based youth
what’s an evaluation for parsons
outdated
feminists : lack of evidence of females during their rite of passage
Feminists Mcrobbie and Garber : Bedroom culture
- girls against patriarchy
what’s an evaluation for abram’s
marxists (Hall and Jefferson)
Abram’s ignores W/C which don’t have a lot of spending power
- youth cultures as an expression of W/C resistance to capitalism
- Hall : moral panics causing crime “folk devils “ doesn’t promote social solidarity and cohesion
evaluation for eisenstadt
changing nature of youth culture + examination of how social change may have an impact on the role of youth cultures such as the growth of the media , globalisation , the changing roles of women
- Teddy boys ( Jefferson)
• Trying to be like their middle class superiors
what’s other evaluation points
- postmodernists :
• youth culture and neo tribes present an opportunity for youth to create their own styles and identities ( Willis) - feminists :
youth cultures allowing girls freedom to explore their identities away from boys in a patriarchal society ( Mcrobbie and garber )
what did rosak say (evaluation )
- A huge social divide emerging between older and young people.
- Age was becoming more significant than social differences based on class , ethnicity and gender
what’s a study showing rite of passage ( Maasai warrior initiation )
Maasai people have a rite of passage for boys transitioning into warriors for example boys being removed from their families , long braided hair is shaved off and they’re allowed to marry