Youth culture and subculture emerged due to changes in the family as a way of bridging the gap between childhood and adulthood
Important in the transition as it teaches children how to be independent - teaches skills of money management and how to functi
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Eisenstadt
(functionalist)
Transition of child and adult, people experience feelings and stress and “anomie” ="let off steam"
Youth subculture = shared set of norms and values + sense of belonging.
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CCCS
(marxists)
It is a response and solution to being working class.
The young people who join subcultures also experience the same oppression and disadvantaged situation as working class adults
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Maffesoli
(neo marxists)
Subcultures “neo-tribes” as it found that young people flit between different subcultures= no longer fixed memberships or deep commitment
Young people go from tribe to tribe, picking up and dropping ways of dressing and music they listen to.
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Clarke
(marxists)
The youths felt as if their working-class identity was under threat due to economic conditions. Over exaggerated this as a form of resistance.
Marxists say this shows ownership of the culture and pride. (skinheads)
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Jefferson
(marxists)
Teddy boys emerged at a time of affluence and had some disposable income to spend on their appearance. As working-class youths they had no access to a successful career but could now (copy) the style of their middle-class superiors.
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Hebdige
Hebdige “bricolage”. E.g. using bin bags for tops
Punk was from resistance against mainstream media = attraction 2 working-class as rebelled.
Eventually the style (fashion, music, art) will be “incorporated” into mainstream- thus losing its credibility
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Thornton
Because youth are exempt from (mortgage, rent, bills) they usually have a lot of disposable income. Regardless of social class background they have the money and a short period of time in which they can enjoy being free from the commitments of adulthood.
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Brake
Youth subculture was a magical “symbolic solution” and not a practical 2 minorities.
Subculture gave young people an identity and feelings of strength that they could not achieve through conforming to societies norms. Rebelling!
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Card 2
Front
Transition of child and adult, people experience feelings and stress and “anomie” ="let off steam"
Youth subculture = shared set of norms and values + sense of belonging.
Back
Eisenstadt
(functionalist)
Card 3
Front
It is a response and solution to being working class.
The young people who join subcultures also experience the same oppression and disadvantaged situation as working class adults
Back
Card 4
Front
Subcultures “neo-tribes” as it found that young people flit between different subcultures= no longer fixed memberships or deep commitment
Young people go from tribe to tribe, picking up and dropping ways of dressing and music they listen to.
Back
Card 5
Front
The youths felt as if their working-class identity was under threat due to economic conditions. Over exaggerated this as a form of resistance.
Marxists say this shows ownership of the culture and pride. (skinheads)
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