youth subcultures: paper 1 sec b key words

Question 1

hegemony

Answer 1

ideological dominance that the bourgeoisie have over the prolateriat

Question 2

subcultural capital

Answer 2

being ‘in the known’ about what is popular on the club scene and used to gain status and separation from mainstream

Question 3

youth subculture

Answer 3

share a particular set of norms and values, different from adults and children, stand out in terms of style, dress, music taste and attitudes

Question 4

spectacular youth subculture

Answer 4

describes some of the highly visible subcultures of the 50s-70s. eg. mods, punks, skinheads. They had a very flamboyant and instantly recognisable style and often had confrontational attitudes

Question 5

hamar tribe

Answer 5

• ceremony which qualifies to marry, own cattle sand have children
• a hamar man comes if age by leaping over a line of cattle
• marks passage from childhood to adulthood

Question 6

rite of passage

Answer 6

a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someones life, the transition between childhood and adulthood

Question 7

bedroom culture

Answer 7

creation of spaces of resistance and identity within the confines of a home, met female friends in these private spaces to forge their own subculture, often centered on pop music, fashion and makeup

Question 8

assimilation

Answer 8

the absorption and integration of people, ideas and culture into a wider society or culture

Question 9

neo-tribes

Answer 9

alternative term for subcultures used by maffesoli to refer to loosely organised groups with no fixed membership to deep commitment

Question 10

delinquent subcultures

Answer 10

old-fashioned term to describe

Question 11

criminal subcultures

Answer 11

actively involved in criminal behaviour, which may be quite organised, such as drug-dealing or dealing in stolen goods. Cloward and Ohlin argued that not everyone will have access to such criminal cultures

Question 12

gangs

Answer 12

more commonly used by the media and police is to refer to a group who cause harm to the community and are involved in persistent criminality. often with violence a key element of group identity or solidarity. a gang will often have a name, a hierarchy and a set of rules relating to a membership

Question 13

anti-school subcultures

Answer 13

groups of pupils who reject norms and values of school and reverse them. seen as negative to do well academically, recieve praise and good marks, and do homework. instead, they value troublemaking, disrupting the class and being cheeky