The Hisotry of Youth Cultures
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- The History Of Youth Cultures
- The origins of youth culture in 1950's Britain
- Gardiner claims there were youth cultures in the 1920s
- Marwick suggested that youth culture was a product of a set of social and economic circumstances particular to the 1950s
- Early 50s Britain was emerging from the devastation of the World War 2 which meant that people were still experiencing rationing of clothes and foodstuffs
- Imported American music and fashion captured the imagination of young people who watched American films and enjoyed American popular music such as Rock and Roll
- Spectacular youth cultures
- Marwick suggested that youth culture was a product of a set of social and economic circumstances particular to the 1950s
- Gardiner claims there were youth cultures in the 1920s
- Early 50s Britain was emerging from the devastation of the World War 2 which meant that people were still experiencing rationing of clothes and foodstuffs
- Teddy Boys
- Listened to Elvis Presley's music
- Elaborate quiffs in their hair and wore expensive fashion items such as crepe-soled shoes and drape jackets
- Drug choice was Alcohol
- Associated with Flick Knives and guns left over form the war
- Viewed with suspicion and fear by many people
- The movement died away after racist rioting by the Teds in 1958 and was replaced in popular culture by the MOds and Rockers
- Spectacular youth cultures
- What were the social conditions that enabled the Teddy boys and other early youth cultures to develop
- Growth economy
- Lewis 1978 has pointed out that the rebuilding of the country and the growth of the manufacturing industry for new goods such as cars, televisions and washing machines meant that young working-class people had jobs and money to spend on cultural products such as records and clothes
- High disposable income for young people
- Most people left school at 15 and most males did national service which meant that they were able to save, they were also away from the influence of family life, whilst at the same time having money and time for fun
- Delayed adulthood
- People moved from school straight into employment but the average age of marriage was the mid-twenties therefore they had the freedom to delay adult responsibilities such as family life whilst at the same time having money and time for fun
- Leisure
- Hours of work were shorter meaning people had more leisure time to themselves. They were able to go out and had the cash to afford to buy motorbikes and scooters and therefore were able to travel around
- Targeting of teenagers
- Media companies realised that they had a whole new target market of young people with freedom and money. Films and music products, dance halls and coffee shops sprang up and all were pitched at the new teenage market. A outer space and rebel without a cause which had glamorous young actors such as James Dean as role models
- Multi-culturalism
- Fowler 2008 claims that people were aware of other cultures
- Immigration into Britain such as new music styles from the Caribbean
- Fowler 2008 claims that people were aware of other cultures
- Growth economy
- The origins of youth culture in 1950's Britain
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