Subculture and Gender Flashcards
MCROBBIE AND GARBER ‘GIRLS AND SUBCULTURES’
Mod girls paid more attention to their appearance and intelligence, female mods were more visible than other females in other subcultures
In the 1950’s there were restrictions on girls and high expectations of marriage.
‘Teeny Bopper’ subculture in the 1970’s centered teenage girl bedrooms.
‘Bedroom culture’ showed females getting together and gossiping.
What is said about women going out at night?
There’s an increase in women going out at night, they are going out more often and would feel worse if there were restrictions than their male counterparts.
HOLLAND ‘BOYS’
‘Community Pub’ retains some importance for student and local men, while local women appear to be largely absent here.
HOLLAND ‘GIRLS’
Many women are crossing the public/private divide as women come closer to the public sphere and insist on a place exclusively independent from men.
(Changing roles for females in subcultures)
BENNETT ‘LOOSENING OF BOUNDARIES’
Neo-tribes are less gendered and the loosening of boundaries within and between contemporary youth subcultures opens up space for girls to develop identities.
MCROBBIE ‘ACTIVE GIRLS’
Girls become more active in consumer cultures, there;s changing focus to teenage girls in magazines.
In the 1970’s-1980’s there was more a self-confident sexuality.
MCROBBIE ‘BLACK RAGGA’
Girls using music to dance in sexually explicit ways, ridiculing male sexism and opening their own cultural space.
REDDINGTON ‘ACTIVE FEMALE MEMBERS’
Active girls in spectacular subcultures showed Vivienne Westwood’s influence on punk subcultures and Punk offered an outlet form of resistance for women during this time.
THORNTON ‘GIRLS AND INCOME’
Showed girls had a less disposable income, married earlier and earned less than their males counterparts.
The teenage market was dominated bu boys and girls invested more time to improve at school.
THORNTON ‘MAINSTREAM CULTURE’
Looked down on by those with subcultural capital - when styles move from ‘underground’ to ‘hip’ and it’s feminised by society.
