Marxist Analysis of Youth Cultures 35 Mark Question Plan

Question 1

What must you start the answer with?

Answer 1

An Introduction

Question 2

What must you end the answer with?

Answer 2

A Conclusion

Question 3

What must you do at the end of every supporting paragraph explanation?

Answer 3

Link it to the question

Question 4

P1 Point

Answer 4

Marxists argue youth cultures are formed to resist capitalism

Question 5

P1 Supporting Study

Answer 5

Charles’ Study of Grime

Question 6

P1 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 6

All of the people in this youth culture were working class and not benefitted by capitalism

Question 7

P1 Criticism Theory

Answer 7

Functionalism

Question 8

P1 Criticism Study

Answer 8

Durkheim

Question 9

P1 Criticism Study Explanation

Answer 9

Marxists have ignored the sense of belonging that comes with youth culture

Question 10

P2 Point

Answer 10

Marxists believe young people make youth cultures to cope with their problems

Question 11

P2 Supporting Study

Answer 11

Brake

Question 12

P2 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 12

He created the concept of “magical solutions” that young people used to try and solve their problems

Question 13

P2 Criticism Theory

Answer 13

Feminism

Question 14

P2 Criticism Study

Answer 14

Barton

Question 15

P2 Criticism Study Explanation

Answer 15

Barton argued that the “magical” solution of late skinheads of being violent was not socially acceptable

Question 16

P3 Point

Answer 16

Youth cultures are formed to resist social change

Question 17

P3 Supporting Study

Answer 17

Jefferson’s Teddy Boys

Question 18

P3 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 18

They acted violent towards immigrants in Britain to try and resist how this could affect their job prospects

Question 19

P3 Criticism Theory

Answer 19

Functionalism

Question 20

P3 Criticism Study

Answer 20

Parsons

Question 21

P3 Criticism Study Explanation

Answer 21

Marxists fail to look at how youth cultures act as a bridge to help young people transition to adulthood

Question 22

P4 Point

Answer 22

Deviant Youth cultures have a close relationship with social class

Question 23

P4 Supporting Study

Answer 23

Cohen and Clarke’s Late Skinheads

Question 24

P4 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 24

The young men in this youth culture were trying to keep the little identity they had where they lived due to immigration

Question 25

P4 Criticism Theory

Answer 25

Postmodernism

Question 26

P4 Criticism Study

Answer 26

Thornton

Question 27

P4 Criticism Study Explanation

Answer 27

Spectacular youth cultures have been replaced with neo-tribes, which do not have as heavy of a committment to norms and values

Question 28

P5 Point

Answer 28

Working class anti-school subcultures help youths to resist middle-class school norms and values

Question 29

P5 Supporting Study

Answer 29

Willis

Question 30

P5 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 30

The 11 young men in the culture were all working class and acted deviant as they felt they couldnt relate to the norms and values of school

Question 31

P5 Criticism Theory

Answer 31

Feminism

Question 32

P5 Criticism Study

Answer 32

Jacksons Laddettes

Question 33

P5 Criticism Study Explanation

Answer 33

Too malestream-focused, need to observe that young women also can resist the norms and values of school