Paper 1 Section B Flashcards
What is a subculture
A culture within a culture
Have distinct norms and values
What do youth subcultures stand out in terms of:
Style
Dress
Music taste
Attitudes
What does spectacular youth subculture mean and examples
Highly visible subcultures who had flamboyant styles and confrontational attitudes
Examples: teddy boys, mods, punks, rockers, skinheads
Where were spectacular subcultures studied
Birmingham university
Who were the teddy boys
Came about in 1950s
They were excluded from wealth and had not done very well at school or only had dead end futures to look forward to
Hung around local cafes
What did the teddy boys wear
Wore Edwardian style, brightly coloured jackets which symbolised they were trying to be like their middle class superiors, suede shoes and bootlace ties as they tried to represent cowboys who were their cool role models
Who are the skinheads
Their attitude was macho, aggressive and racist
Argued that they felt their working class identity was under threat to poor economic conditions
Linked to football hooliganism
What do the skinheads wear
Extreme version of manual workers clothes:
Rolled up jeans, braces and big boots
Who are the mods
Usually working class
Not overly macho
Drove Vespas or lambrettas
Influenced by music such as soul and rhythm and blues- bands such as The Jam
What did the mods wear
Italian suits, fishtail parkers and Fred Perry polos
Who are the punks
They emerged as a resistance against the media and fashion industries which often told youths how to be
Had political elements with bands such as The sex pistols singing about poverty
What did the punks wear
Used ordinary objects and put them together is a new way
E.g wear ripped clothing, piercing bodies with safety pins, bin liners became tops, bondage and fetish clothes were worn as everyday items
Hair was coloured and shaped in extreme ways
Who are the rockers
Came about in 1960s
Rode round on motorbikes listening to rock and roll music- referred to as ‘biker culture’
Often unskilled, manual labourers
What did the rockers wear
Black leather jackets, jeans and boots
