Joining Youth Cultures
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- Created on: 30-04-17 11:23
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- Joining Youth Cultures
- Functionalists- Suggest that there is no clear rite of passage in the UK so a youth culture becomes a RITE OF PASSAGE.
- Interactonists- say it helps to establish an identity
- They take on values of their youth culture and hold onto them for years to come.
- Mac an Ghail claims that males join youth culture to assert Masculine values
- Marxists suggest people join youth cultures to rebel against a capitalistic society
- Cohen suggests the media exagerates youth cultures and offers an exciting lifestyle.
- Interactionists say they help people achieve a higher status
- Mac an Ghail claims that males join youth culture to assert Masculine values
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