Gender and Youth Cultures: Girls and Young Women Flashcards
What ideology do McRobbie and Garber follow?
Marxism
What did McRobbie and Garber suggest about magazines like ‘Jackie’?
They provided girls with ‘codes’ of life
What were the ‘codes’ about?
Fashion, Beauty, Self-care, Getting a boyfriend, maintaining friendships
Why did bedroom culture fit in with girls lives?
It was low commitment when girls had to do a lot at home from a young age
What is an example of a female youth culture that resisted patriarchy?
Riot Grrrl
Which sociologist said that the media creates moral panics around secondary school girls?
Jackson
How did the media label these secondary school girls?
Ladettes’
What did the media say about the ‘ladettes’?
What did the media say about the ‘ladettes’?
What did Batchelor say about why girls join gang cultures?
For a sense of belonging
What form of sociology had studies of deviant youth cultures before Batchlor gone through?
Malestream sociology
What was the impact of malestream sociology on studying deviant youth cultures?
Only saw the cultures from the boys perspective
Why is bedroom culture unlikely for girls in gangs?
They may have dysfunctional families or poor quality living spaces
What did Archer say about why working class girls joined youth cultures?
Said they joined as a resistance to being labelled as low status
How did the girls in Archer’s study dress?
They wore branded clothes and spent a lot of time on their everyday appearance
What did Archer find about how the students saw non-branded clothes?
Saw them as worthless and ugly
