Youth Subculture
1950's-70's
Teddy boys
mods
punks
skinheads
studied by CCCS
Functionalism
consensus
Marxism-Neomarxism
important to be integrated into society of a sense of belonging
to feel social solidarity with others
transitional stage childhood to adulthood
seek independence
sense of belonging from peers
Talcott Parsons- youth emerged due to changes in the family with the development of capitalism
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rite of passage
needed to learn skills
parson sees this stage as stressful to leave security of family
Eisenstadt- saw youth culture as a way of bringing young people into society
isolated phrase between childhood and adulthood
risk of anomie
provided noms and values with peers
let off steam
per dof rebellion is accepted and tolerated as normal
testing boundaries
recognition in 1950 when they recognised social conditions of that time made the transition from childhood to adulthood prticulery noticeable
the media was developing, young people had job opportunities
consumerism was taking off
Abrams- teenager consumer culture, spending power became the target of businesses and the media, so argued that you culture was created by the media
evaluation- generalising about youth
found differences by class, gender race, were not considered by functionalists
neo- marxist focused on impact of socialclasss, nd feminist focused gender differences in expectations to youth
most evidence came from white, middle class American Ames
questionable whether the the same transitional issues apply to western cultures
so their analysis is ectroncentric