Studies that can be used in the Post Modernist Analysis of Youth Cultures Flashcards
Who created the idea of zombie categories?
Beck
What are zombie categories?
The idea that some concepts live on in society when their reality is now dead
Who created the concept of neo-tribes?
Maffesoli
What are neo-tribes?
Youth cultures with no fixed style and low committment
Who created the concept of liquid modernity?
Bauman
What is liquid modernity?
Where people constantly change their style and are able to
Who created the idea of a supermarket of style?
Polhemus
What is a supermarket of style?
Young people are able to pick and mix from different cultures to choose what they like the most
Who attended a summer rave and found 5 tribes?
Sharkey
What did Sharkey suggest?
Young people can be part of youth cultures but they are usually in a collection of other subcultures
What did Bennet claim?
Young people have “pick and mix” styles and adapt to something that suits themselves
What did Thornton find?
Cultures in clubs are ‘taste cultures’
What are ‘taste cultures’
Cultures that revolve around shared taste in music style and dance culture
What term did Thornton create?
Subcultural capital
What is subcultural capital?
Something that people gain for knowing what is “in” and “out” in their culture
Who created the idea of global youth cultures?
Livingstone
What are global youth cultures?
Cultures which take influences from their own area and from other parts around the world
Who made the idea of a global village?
McLuhan
What did Polhemus say youth cultures now triumphed over?
A triumph of style over substance
Who created the concept of new bedroom culture?
Livingstone
What is new bedroom culture?
Cultures where young people can be more interconnected through the use of new technologies
Name two postmodernists who focus on deviant youth cultures
Katz, Lyng
Who created the idea of Transgressions?
Katz
What are Transgressions?
People get involved in crime due to the thrill of almost being caught or having power over others
Who made the concept of edgework?
Lyng
What is edgework?
The idea of committing crime with the thrill of getting away with it or the uncertainty present with being caught
What did Lyng say about the efficiency of CCTV?
It only helped to make more deviance as it made committing crimes and getting away with it more challenging
