Youth Culture Flashcards
What is the definition of Youth culture?
The way adolescents live and the norms, values and practises they share.
What is the definition of counter culture?
A way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.
What is the definition of peer group?
A group of people who share similar interests and of a similar age.
What is the definition of adolescence?
The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
What is the definition of globalisation?
The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or staff operated on an international scale.
What is the theory of functionalism?
The theory that all aspects of a society serve a function and are necessary for the survival of that society.
Summarise the key sociologists of functionalism.
Parsons- Young people tried to detach themselves from their parents and achieve their own independence.
Eisenstaedt- That youth is a time of stress and anxiety caused by the changing norms of becoming an adult so young people rely on each other binding them together.
Roszak- Generation gap between young and old was huge.
Albert Cohen- Recognises the class divisions in youth culture.
What is the definition of Marxism?
The politician and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis of communism.
What certain characteristics do Marxists agree youth cultures share?
They are a form of resistance against capitalism and they exaggerate working class values.
Who studied the Teddy Boys?
Hall and Jefferson (1976)
Who studied the Skin Heads?
Cohen (1972) and Clark (1976)
Who studied the Punks?
Hebdige (1979)
What was Hall and Jeffersons theory?
That Teddy Boys style was an expression of contempt on middle- class values.
What was Phil Cohens theory?
That Skin Heads were racist to preserve their traditional but threatened working- class identity.
What was Hebdige’s theory?
That Punks were a response to the dominances of the media, fashion and music industry.
What was Brakes theory about youth culture?
Being a member of a youth culture allows people to believe that they will be different from their parents generation.
What was McRobbie and Garber’s theory?
Bedroom culture- girls are pushed to the margins of subcultures.
What was Thornton’s theory?
Subculture capital
What was Holland’s theory?
Changing roles of females in subcultures- girl power made girls ore visible through the media and resulted in sexualised females.
What is Reddington’s theory?
Participation of girls in subcultures was ignored by sociologists.
What is Archer’s theory?
Women feeling empowered let to girl gangs and lad culture.
What is Osgerby’s theory?
Compared to the 1950’s men did not feel the need to be chivalrous but instead became controlling.
What is the definition of interactionism?
Theoretical perspective that derives social processes from human interaction.
What are neo tribes?
A wide range of groupings untitled by shared tastes and styles.
