Functionslism

Question 1

What is the Role of youth Culture? Parsons

Answer 1

-modern substitute for traditional coming of age ceremonies
-a prolonged ‘rite of passage’ into adulthood

Question 2

What functionalist belief does Parsons subscribe to?

Answer 2

Society is a self-regulating system,as society develops new problems it’s adjusts to help society cope

Question 3

According to Cohen how do working class boys resolve their status frustrations?

Answer 3

-reject mainstream middle class values
-form delinquent subculture as an alternate means of achieving status

Question 4

What are the values of deviant subcultures? Cohen

Answer 4

-malice
-hostility to outsiders
-vandalism
-truancy

Question 5

Evaluations for Cohen?

Answer 5

X-only explains the existence of working class male deviance

Question 6

What is the function of youth culture? Eisenstadt

Answer 6

-to socially integrate people into society
-provide a set of norms and values and to offer safe context for the release of stress and frustrations

Question 7

How does Eisenstadt compare the functions of youth culture in modern industrial societies vs non-industrial society’s

Answer 7

-in non-industrial societies adult roles are less complex
-in modern societies youth culture helps express frustrations without threatening social order-allows for temporary rebellion

Question 8

What divides society according to Roszac?

Answer 8

-age is the new division
-there’s a generational gap between the young and the old

Question 9

Why does Roszac disagree with functionalists such as Eisenstadt and parsons?

Answer 9

Feels that young people are not being integrated into societies norms but are forming their own norms and values

Question 10

What are some evaluations of Rozack theory?

Answer 10

X-Marxists like Phil Cohen argue that class does divide youth culture
X-feminists like mcrobbie also argue that gender is a dividing factor