THEORIES ON YOUTH SUBCULTURES

Question 1

Parsons

Answer 1

Youth developed through capitalism- bridge analogy

Question 2

Eisenstadt

Answer 2

Youth culture as a way of bringing people into society

Question 3

Abrams

Answer 3

Spending power define youth culture- targeted by media

Question 4

McRobbie and Garber

Answer 4

Research on girls in youth subcultures reinforced stereotypes- passive girlfriends

Question 5

Skinheads

Answer 5

Exaggerated working class masculinity- identity under threat

Question 6

Teddy boys

Answer 6

Excluded from affluence- had not done well at school- Edwardian style jackets mimic middle class

Question 7

Mods

Answer 7

More affluent, used money to show resistance to middle class

Question 8

bricolage

Answer 8

Hebdige- describe punk culture

Question 9

Brake

Answer 9

spectacular subcultures were ‘magical solutions’ to combat issues faced by WC

Question 10

Club cultures in the late 1980s and 1990s

Answer 10

No clear gender, ethnicity or class distinctions

Question 11

Redhead

Answer 11

subcultures are formed through the media

Question 12

‘new media’

Answer 12

Describes the role that social media plays

Question 13

Maffesoli

Answer 13

neo tribes- less fixed memberships

Question 14

Thornton

Answer 14

The social logic of subcultural capital- club cultures are nt a single culture

Question 15

Bennett

Answer 15

Study on clubs in Newcastle- found that clubs were based around fashion lifestyle etc but not value

Question 16

Polhemus

Answer 16

supermarket of style

Question 17

Becker

Answer 17

labelling relates to power

Question 18

Cicourel

Answer 18

justice is ‘negotiated’ , reflecting how deviance is socially constructed

Question 19

Lea and Young

Answer 19

Three explanations for crime- relative deprivation, marginalisation, and subculture

Question 20

Lea and Young - relative deprivation

Answer 20

People tend to feel more deprived in relation to other, especially with social media

Question 21

Lea and Young- marginalisation

Answer 21

Excluded, powerless, and lack of way to voice their frustrations
Young people are more likely to feel marginalised due to their lack of power

Question 22

Lea and Young- marginalisation

Answer 22

The experience of relative deprivation and marginalisation may lead to youth subcultures being formed to deal with feelings of frustration

Question 23

Relative deprivation, marginalisation and subculture

Answer 23

Lea and Young

Question 24

Youth have spending power

Answer 24

Abrams

Question 25

Youth culture is about ‘letting off steam’

Answer 25

Eisenstadt

Question 26

Youth culture formed through capitalism

Answer 26

Parsons

Question 27

Bedroom culture

Answer 27

McRobbie and Garber

Question 28

People tend to feel more deprived in relation to each other

Answer 28

Lea and Young

Question 29

Study on clubs in Newcastle- found no distinct gender, ethnicity or class distinctions

Answer 29

Bennett