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What are the 5 feminist explanations of youth culture?

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  1. Sociology research has been accused of being malestream
  2. Girls form what is known as a ‘bedroom culture’
  3. More recently a different type of female youth cultures have been identifies these are labelled as a ladette culture
  4. The control of women within the music industry has a role to play in female youth cultures and self expression
  5. Some feminists argue there is a third wave feminism which has become the basis of a female youth culture
2
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Who argues that sociology research has been malestream?

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Frith and Garber

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What does Garber argue?

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That there was a problem of the invisibility of girls in sociology youth cultures because much of the research was carried out by male sociologists. At the time, girls would not or could not open up about their lives and experiences

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What does Frith argue?

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That girls were present in the youth cultures but overlooked because most of the ethnography was carried out by men in public areas. Girls were more controlled by their families therefore not present in street cultures

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What is used as AO3 for the argument ‘sociology research has been accused of being malestream’ ?

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Girl gangs - Batchelor

Ladette culture - Jackson

6
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Who argues that girls form what is known as a bedroom culture?

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McRobbie and Garber

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What is used as AO3 for the argument ‘girls form what is known as a bedroom cultures’ ?

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Postmodernist Maffesoli

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What do postmodernists argue about bedroom cultures?

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Would argue it is part of a neo tribe and not a youth culture. Maffesoli would say they’re just sitting in their bedrooms and don’t have distinct norms and values so what makes them a youth culture

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Who argues that more recently a different type of female youth culture has been identified and labelled as a ladette culture?

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Jackson and Tinkler

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Define the term ladette

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Young women who behave in a boisterously assertive or crude manner and engage in heavy drinking sessions

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What does Tinkler argue

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That labelling girls as ‘laddish’ or ‘bad girls’ can be seen as a form of social control linked to the expected behaviours of girls in comparison to boys

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What is used as AO3 for the argument ‘a different type of female youth culture has been identified and labelled as a ladette culture?

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Functionalist Parsons - rite of passage

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Who argues that the control of women within the music industry has a role to play in female youth cultures and self expression?

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Frith

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What does Frith argue?

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That popular culture such as hard rock music is a way for men to explore their sexuality

15
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What does Tricia Rose argue?

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That there are less females in hip hop now than 20 years ago. She discusses how black women in hip hop are seen as an extreme form of sexualisation only and there are no positive female hip hop artists

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What is used as AO3 for the argument ‘the control of women within the music industry has a role to play in female youth cultures and self expression?

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Attwood - riot girls

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Who argues that there is a third wave feminism which has become the basis of a female youth culture?

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Riot girls Attwood

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What is used as AO3 for the third wave feminism argument?

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Riot grrrl subculturists were overwhelmingly white and middle class and riot girls feminist discourses frequently excluded the experiences of people of colour - black feminists