P1: Youth subcultures Flashcards
what is the marxists view on youth subculture:
lower groups tend to form groups like anti-school subcultures as they don’t have the motivation or opportunities that people in higher classes have. they are “materially deprived”. this makes them want to get back at society for putting them in that position.
what is the marxists view on youth subculture:
lower groups tend to form groups like anti-school subcultures as they don’t have the motivation or opportunities that people in higher classes have. they are “materially deprived”. this makes them want to get back at society for putting them in that position.
Spectacular Subcultures: Teddy Boys
came about in the 1950’s.
- Edwardian style, suede shoes, bootlace ties.
- they hadn’t done well in school and were know to have “dead-end furtures “
Skinheads:
-exaggerated WC masculine identities.
-macho and aggressive behaviours and often racist.
-big boots, braces and rolled up jeans
-felt their WC identity was under threat.
Mods:
-resisted against middle class identity
-influenced by soul , R&B, jazz
-wore fishtail parkers, suits and Fred Perry polos
-usually WC but more affluent
Drove vespas
Rockers:
- leather jackets, jeans and boots
-came about in 1960’s
-rode around on motorbikes
-often referred to as biker culture
-unskilled manual labourers.
Punks:
- resisted against mainstream media and fashion industries.
-wore ripped clothes, bin liners as tops
what is the functionalist view on youth subcultures:
see youth as a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood.
-says youth is a stage where individuals become dependent from their parents, getting part time jobs, spending more time away from their family.
-Parsons sees youth as a rite of passage.
what does functionalists Einstadt say about youth culture:
saw youth as a way of bringing young people into society.
-youth can provide a safe outlet for tensions that childhood to adulthood brings
-a stage of “letting off steam”
-period of rebellion
what does functionalists Einstadt say about youth culture:
saw youth as a way of bringing young people into society.
-youth can provide a safe outlet for tensions that childhood to adulthood brings
-a stage of “letting off steam”
-period of rebellion
Femisnistis explanations for youth subcultures:
argue the role of girls in subcultures has been ignored by other theorists.
what do McRobbie and Garner say about youth subcultures:
argued girls were absent rom most research on youth subcultures.
- says girls were often represented as passive girlfriends of male subcultures
-agrued that girls form friendship groups that are often close-knit.
what do postmodernists say about youth:
idea that gender is less significant, and feminist views are less relevant.
what do McRobbie and Garner say about youth subcultures:
argued girls were absent rom most research on youth subcultures.
- says girls were often represented as passive girlfriends of male subcultures
-argued that girls form friendship groups that are often close-knit.
what do McRobbie and Garner say about youth subcultures:
argued girls were absent rom most research on youth subcultures.
- says girls were often represented as passive girlfriends of male subcultures
-argued that girls form friendship groups that are often close-knit.
