Marxism + Youth

Question 1

Marxist perspective on youth subcultures

Answer 1

• Resistance against the bourgeoisie
• Youth not as affected by false class conciousness

Question 2

Difference between Marxism and Neo-Marxism

Answer 2

• Bourgeoisie control the media

Question 3

Gramsci

Answer 3

• Hegemony
• Ideological dominance of the upper classes

Question 4

CCCS and youth subcultures

Answer 4

• Social class and depravation attract people to subcultures
• Deviant behaviour in spectacular youth subcultures is restance to societies control
• Young people face the same negative experiences as their parents - style and attitudes are a response to this
• Different youth subcultures form in response to different economic situations

Question 5

Subcultures resisit ruling class

Answer 5

Skinheads
* Violence
* Working class identity
Punks
* unique appearance
* Violence
* Inclusivity

Question 6

Lea and Young

Answer 6

• Relative depravation
• Marginalisation

Question 7

Relative depravation

Answer 7

• What you have compared to someone else
• Increase with social media
• Particularly affects youth

Question 8

Marginalisation

Answer 8

• Feel excluded and pushed to edge of society
• Young people - lack power and respect
• Form subcultures to deal with frustration

Question 9

Marxism + youth evaluation

Answer 9

• Some youth join pro-capitalism subcultures
• Everyone experiences relative depravation, not all in a subculture
• Decline in political subcultures