youth subcultures
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- Youth Subcultures
- key words
- youth
- period of life between childhood and adulthood
- aged 15-25
- youth culture
- way of life which is different to that of adults and children
- youth subcultures
- smaller groups of youths within the majority section of the major culture
- common features: - oppositional to authority -norms and values go against societies norms and values
- Eg: goths, skinheads, hippies, teddy boys
- peer groups
- a set of people belonging to a similar grouping who share the same norms and values
- important between 5- 18 when in education
- spectacular youth subcultures
- based around flamboyant and highly visible styles and confrontational attitudes
- E.g: hippies skinheads and punks
- youth
- youth as a social construction
- youth is a relatively new concept
- from mid 17 century onwards
- when young people became dependent on adults and having special characteristics
- vulnerable and innocent
- rites of passages
- birthdays
- religious ceremonies
- socially constructed is the way we understand and view/ experience youth
- evidence for youth being socially constructed
- particular ways of dressing
- shoes, clothing and hairstyles
- ways they speak (slang)
- music style
- gathering in similar places
- particular ways of dressing
- youth is a relatively new concept
- emergence of youth subculture
- FYVEL
- Absence of fathers in ww2
- the youths hadn't been disciplined or socialised with a father figure so they became deviant and thrill seeking
- example: teddy boys
- the youths hadn't been disciplined or socialised with a father figure so they became deviant and thrill seeking
- Absence of fathers in ww2
- ABRAMS
- affluent without responsibility
- after the war people had more money. so youths had disposable income to spend on style and music.
- example: mods and rockers. now had money to buy bikes and scooters
- after the war people had more money. so youths had disposable income to spend on style and music.
- affluent without responsibility
- once the 2 world wars were over and conscription stopped in 1950. men no longer had to wear uniform.
- working class found themselves with money in their pockets and new influence of music and styles coming over from america.
- factors effecting the emergence of youth subcultures
- schooling
- prolongs the period of youth
- as it extends the period of time where children can grow up and not socialise without having the real world burdens
- prolongs the period of youth
- the media
- THORNTON
- youth gain knowledge and experience through the media
- subcultural capital
- youth gain knowledge and experience through the media
- THORNTON
- the economy
- schooling
- prolongs the period of youth
- as it extends the period of time where children can grow up and not socialise without having the real world burdens
- prolongs the period of youth
- school leaver age is higher
- means youth can gain money from part time jobs.
- can buy things that can defy them
- style
- music
- can buy things that can defy them
- means youth can gain money from part time jobs.
- schooling
- demographic change
- more youth so more chance for a subculture to emerge
- schooling
- FYVEL
- key words
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