Subcultures
- Created by: Rebekah Allanah
- Created on: 05-05-13 16:03
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- Subculture
- A group of people that share a set of norms and values that deviate from mainstream society
- Spectacular subculture
- Dramatic subcultures that attract the attention of the public and mass media through their distinctive dress and deviant behaviour
- Too much focus on these types?
- Paul Willis 1990 found only 13% of young people claim to belong to a 'spectacular subculture'
- The other 87% are 'ordinary youth' meaning the generally follow the the mainstream norms and values of society
- Paul Willis 1990 found only 13% of young people claim to belong to a 'spectacular subculture'
- Marxists
- Believe that subcultures are caused by class conflicts
- Most subcultures involved young working class boys. They believe this is because they are the bottom in society and have nothing to look forwards to
- Being in a subculture gives them the independence and status they wont have in later life
- Most subcultures involved young working class boys. They believe this is because they are the bottom in society and have nothing to look forwards to
- Phil Cohen studied skinheads and he believed their style was a reaction to the loss of working class communities and a way to reinstate their masculinity
- Believe that subcultures are caused by class conflicts
- Stan Cohen
- Believes the media over exaggerate spectacular subcultures by creating a moral panic.
- A moral panic is when the public has a strong reaction to a particular group of people or a certain event
- To create a moral panic it is almost essential to create a 'Folk Devil'. Which is an over simplified generaliza-tion of a particular social group.
- The people with the power to create folk devils and moral panics are moral entrepreneurs
- A person or organisation with the power to impose their morals and views and to create and enforce rules.
- The people with the power to create folk devils and moral panics are moral entrepreneurs
- To create a moral panic it is almost essential to create a 'Folk Devil'. Which is an over simplified generaliza-tion of a particular social group.
- A moral panic is when the public has a strong reaction to a particular group of people or a certain event
- Believes the media over exaggerate spectacular subcultures by creating a moral panic.
- Functionalists
- Believe that subcultures are an essential part of society
- Parsons believes they act as a bridge between childhood and adult life.
- Believe that subcultures are an essential part of society
- Postmodernists
- Believe that subcultures are a thing of the past
- Willis believes that there are many different styles and cultures in our society now and we can therefore create our own unique style
- This means it is impossible to categorise a person into a single subculture
- Willis believes that there are many different styles and cultures in our society now and we can therefore create our own unique style
- Believe that subcultures are a thing of the past
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