Youth Subcultures

Question 1

Disappearance of childhood due to the media

Answer 1

Neil Postman (1982)

Question 2

Youth

Answer 2

Varies between cultures and is socially constructed

Question 3

Youth culture

Answer 3

Youth share a particular set of norms and values that are distinct from adults and children

Question 4

Youth subculture

Answer 4

Distinctive group of youths within the wider youth culture, who stand out in terms of style, dress, music, etc.

Question 5

Spectacular youth subcultures

Answer 5

Highly visible youth subcultures of the 1950s to ’70s

Question 6

Mods

Answer 6

• Parka jackets, straight leg jeans, unsettled hair
• Ska, northern soul
• Rose scooters - Vespa/Lambretta
• Rivalry with rockers

Question 7

Rockers

Answer 7

• Leather, studs, boots, styled hair
• Rock and roll - e.g. Elvis
• Rode motorbikes
• Rivalry with mods

Question 8

Teddy Boys

Answer 8

• Smartly dressed, bootlace tie, styled hair
• Rockabilly
• Known for fighting
• Working class

Question 9

Punks

Answer 9

• Leather, studs, boots, makeup, skinny jeans, fishnets tights, mohawks, liberty spikes

Question 10

Skinheads

Answer 10

• bomber jackets, oxblood boots, straight leg jeans, union jack, shaved/bald head
• Reggae
• Initial influence from black culture
• Patriotic
• Neo-nazism

Question 11

Define:

Delinquent subculture

Answer 11

• A group involved in deviant behaviour
• Go against societies norms and values

Question 12

Define:

Criminal Subculture

Answer 12

• Group who break the law
• Go against norms and values and commit serious offences

Question 13

Define:

Gang

Answer 13

• A group of people, particularly youths, who regularly associate together
• Meaning changed by media and politicians to be associated with violence

Question 14

Define:

Anti-school subculture

Answer 14

• A group of students who oppose the education system
• Reject and reverse norms and values of the school system

Question 15

Behaviour of delinquent subcultures

Answer 15

• Vandalism
• Drinking/smoking
• Loitering
• Anti social behaviour

Question 16

Behaviour of criminal subcultures

Answer 16

• Drug dealing
• Terrorism
• Human trafficking

Question 17

Behaviours of gangs

Answer 17

• Knife crime
• Drug dealing
• Violence

Question 18

Behaviour of anti-school subcultures

Answer 18

• Issues with authority
• Issues with education
• Skipping school

Question 19

CCCS

Answer 19

• Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
• Subcultures formed from feelings of deprevation and frustration
• Neo-Marxist

Question 20

Marxist view on youth subcultures

Answer 20

Resistance to capitalist system and social class depravation

Question 21

Brake (1980)

Answer 21

Youth subcultures are “symbolic solutions”

Question 22

Youth subcultures are “symbolic solutions”

Answer 22

Brake (1980)

Question 23

Name:

Studied skinheads

Answer 23

John Clarke (1976)

Question 24

Name:

Studied teddy boys

Answer 24

Tony Jefferson (1976)

Question 25

# Name: Studied punks

Answer 25

Dick Hebdige (1979)

Question 26

Upper class youth deviance

Answer 26

Bullingdon club

Question 27

Skinheads

Answer 27

* Emerged from mods * Uniform appearance made them harder to identify, sense of community * Exaggerated working class masculinity

Question 28

Teddy boys

Answer 28

* Post WWII economic boom * High employment - disposable income * Less disposable income than peers * Syle of dress to make them look higher class

Question 29

Punks

Answer 29

* Resisted mainstream style of dress * Reused broken or damaged items * Highly political views and music