Youth,deviance and subcultures

Question 1

Berger

Answer 1

Youthfulness is a personal quality and attitude to life.
a youthful person may be thrill seeking, spontaneous, playful, energetic and implusive

Question 2

pilcher

Answer 2

youth is centred on moving away from the family

the youth are vulnerable and need protecting from becoming deviant.

Question 3

Davies

Answer 3

argues the youths are increasingly more likely to follow the values of there parents.
becoming conformist mainstream conservative and consumption orientated.

Question 4

Roberts

Answer 4

transitions into adult hood vary depending on time and place
3 types of transitions
abrupt
gradual
lengthy

depend on culture economy and education

Question 5

Hall and Jefferson

Answer 5

saw the creation of the teddy boys as an attempt to recreate a sense of a working class community

mostly made up of young working class men who felt threatened by immigration
par took in non utilitarian violence often in defence of ‘territories’

Question 6

Patrick

Answer 6

studied how non utilitarian violence was used as an initiation into gangs in Glasgow

Question 6

Albert cohen

Answer 6

saw the link between status frustration, the working classes and delinquent subcultures

Lower class boys strove to emulate middle class values and aspirations but dues to lack of cultural and financial capital are unable to thrive in the school system.

these boys create this status in there peer groups by behaving badly subverting school rules.

Question 7

Hebdige

Answer 7

used semiotic analysis to study punks
punks use symbols to reject hegemonic and mainstream values.