youth subcultures

Question 1

where did the idea of youth originate from?

Answer 1

1950s post ww2 america

Question 2

what reasons can be given for the creation of youth subcultures?

Answer 2

fashion, music, later legal school-leaving age, economy, sexual revolution, drugs, rebellion against previous generation

Question 3

how is fashion a reason for the creation of youth subcultures?

Answer 3

globalized fashion in the media helps create a specific style associated with a youth subculture

Question 4

how does music help form youth subculture groups?

Answer 4

shared interest in particular genres, styles of lyrics

Question 5

how does an increased school-leaving age help the formation of youth subcultures?

Answer 5

it means that adolescents enter the work force later, therefore have a longer period to embrace youth without responsibility

Question 6

how does the economy influence youth subcultures?

Answer 6

when the economy is booming, there is more disposable income available to young people to spend on fashion, music etc

Question 7

how did the sexual revolution/ drug use increase influence the creation of youth subcultures?

Answer 7

-highlighted the notion of experimenting with identity
-form of rebellion against the previous generation

Question 8

subculture definition

Answer 8

a culture within a culture. shared norms and values with wider culture but also a few distinct values

Question 9

what did hebdige say about how subcultures can be identified?

Answer 9

members of a subculture often signal their membership by wearing distinctive clothes, footwear and hairstyles

Question 10

why do subcultures often develop?

Answer 10

to go against authority or social norms and values

Question 11

when did teddy boys first emerge?

Answer 11

1950s

Question 12

how did teddy boys dress?

Answer 12

-in second hand clothing of upperclassmen
-edwardian

Question 13

what social class were teddy boys?

Answer 13

middle/ upper middle. affluent

Question 14

what did jefferson 1976 say about teddy boys?

Answer 14

saw teddy boys as attempting to buy status

Question 15

what were the female version of the teddy boy youth subculture?

Answer 15

‘judies’

Question 16

what group cultivated the first british market for teenage leisure?

Answer 16

the judies in 1950s

Question 17

how were the judies recognizable as?

Answer 17

-go out in groups to the cinema/ dances
-collect magazines/ records

Question 18

what social class were judies typically?

Answer 18

working class or middle class

Question 19

how many people in the uk have been a member of a youth subculture at some point?

Answer 19

1 in 3 people

Question 20

name some 1950s youth subculture groups:

Answer 20

teddy boys, judies

Question 21

name some 1960s youth subculture groups:

Answer 21

mods, rockers, skinheads, hippies

Question 22

what did media coverage of mods and rockers spark in society?

Answer 22

moral panic about british youths

Question 23

what were mods and rockers labelled as?

Answer 23

folk devils

Question 24

folk devil definition

Answer 24

an individual that is perceived to be a bad influence on society

Question 25

moral panic definition

Answer 25

societal reaction to exaggerated media that shows oppositions to the norms and values

Question 26

what traits can be identified in the mods subculture?

Answer 26

-motor scooters -amphetamines and clubbing -r&b music -1950s modernist fashion

Question 27

what traits can be identified in the rockers subculture?

Answer 27

-british motorbike group -rock music -withdrawal from mainstream into their own lifestyles based off their sport

Question 28

what traits can be identified in the skinheads subculture?

Answer 28

-classism motivated -anti conservitivism -shaved heads -manual worker clothes, braces, drainpipe trousers, boots -influenced by jamaican music/ culture

Question 29

what social class were skinheads?

Answer 29

working class

Question 30

what country were skinheads influenced by?

Answer 30

jamaican rastafaris

Question 31

what traits can be identified in the hippie subculture?

Answer 31

-aiming for peace, love and freedom -psychadelic drugs use -folk music -celebrating nudity/ nature -rejecting consumerism/ capitalist ideals

Question 32

what did the hippie group provoke people to question?

Answer 32

authority

Question 33

what did the hippie group strive to promote?

Answer 33

peace, love and freedom

Question 34

name some 1970s youth subculture groups:

Answer 34

skinheads, punks, glam rockers, goths

Question 35

how did skinheads gain a bad reputation by the 1970s?

Answer 35

violence at football games and also racially motivated attacks

Question 36

what views did punks focus on?

Answer 36

-anti-establishment views -individual freedom

Question 37

what music styles did punks listen to?

Answer 37

punk rock, eg sex pistols

Question 38

what traits can be identified in punk subculture?

Answer 38

-punk rock music -rebellion motivated -edgy and outrageous fashion styles -extreme hairstyles or hair colours -piercings

Question 39

what traits can be identified in glam rockers subculture?

Answer 39

-rockpop music -flamboyant and androgynous fashion -glitter, platform shoes, crazy hairstyles -exploration of sexual and gender identities

Question 40

what sorts of music did glam rockers listen to?

Answer 40

combination of rock and pop styles. eg david bowie

Question 41

what were glam rockers associated with exploring?

Answer 41

gender and sexual identity

Question 42

what traits can be identified in the goth subculture?

Answer 42

-fascination with death -darker colours, neo-victorian fashion, eyeliner -rebelling against oppressive society norms and values

Question 43

what can goth subculture be seen as an alternative to?

Answer 43

punks

Question 44

name some 1980s youth subculture groups:

Answer 44

new romantics, casuals, soul boys

Question 45

what traits can be identified in the new romantics subculture?

Answer 45

-questioning conventional ideas about identity/ gender -resided in pubs/ nightclubs -eccentric fashion. mix of neoclassical/ glamrock

Question 46

what traits can be identified in the casuals subculture?

Answer 46

-football -hooliganism at games -dressed more elegantly than the working class football fans