Ppt Subcultures And Group Membership

Question 1

Social Groups

Answer 1

A number of people who share interests and have things in common as well as physically or socially interact with each other

Question 2

Primary Groups

Answer 2

Refers to small, informal collections of individuals who interact with each other in personal, direct, and intimate ways

Question 3

In-Group Membership

Answer 3

Members share a common bond, ideologies common background, resemble other members of the group. Provides togetherness

Question 4

Friendship/Family Group

Answer 4

Example of an in-group that exerts an influence on dress and appearance

Question 5

Secondary Groups

Answer 5

A group to which an individual has limited emotional ties, whose members interact with each other in formal ways, and whose members often come together for practical purposes

Question 6

Reference Group

Answer 6

A group of individuals that serve as a model for behavior

Question 7

Cause-Related Dress

Answer 7

A term used to describe items of dress that have text, symbols or images that express an opinion or an affiliation with a cause

Reflect in-group status

Support of the cause it represents all individuals who wear the items

Question 8

Out-groups

Answer 8

A group to which people feel they do not belong

Question 9

Gangs

Answer 9

Self-formed association of peers with members that engage in criminal activities

(A name, a symbol, tattoo or other physical marking, style or color of clothing, hairstyle, hand sign, or graffiti)

Question 10

Subculture

Answer 10

1. Smaller in size than the dominant culture in which they exist
2. Large group doesn’t meet needs

Question 11

Cosplay Group

Answer 11

1. A combination
2. Fans of popular culture (e.g., television, movies, games)
3. Assume appearance of their favorite characters (i.e., wear costumes)
4. And engage in a performance

Question 12

Subcultures

Answer 12

1. Distinctive; opposition
2. Tightly/loosely
3. “Anti-fashion”

Question 13

Early Subcultures

Answer 13

1. Dandyism/Mods — refinement
2. Bohemian—flamboyant (early 19th c) against industrialization; escape inhibitions
   2.5 Early French bohemians, 1950s beatniks, 1960s hippies
3. Clothing important

Question 14

Youth Subculture Styles

Answer 14

1. “Hooligans” in Britain, “greasers” in USA
2. Later: teddy boys, mods, rockers, skinheads, punk
3. Americans: Hell’s Angels, Heavy Metal

Question 15

Gender and Subculture

Answer 15

1. Punk — included women
2. Primarily males — Zoot Suit riots
3. Goth — both genders

Question 16

How does mainstream culture react to subcultures?

Answer 16

1. Initial response is often fear
2. Dominant culture can meet the unmet needs
3. Dominant culture assimilates the sub cultural style (commodification)
4. Entrepreneurs commodify the style
5. After commodification, the subculture loses its initial power (this happened with punk)