Lecture 3 - Midterm Flashcards
(40 cards)
Youth and youth culture(s) are examined here with an explicit focus on topics like…
- Rebellion
- Deviance
- Intersextuality
- Interdisciplinary
- Appropriation
- Generational change
Youth culture simultaneously does what?
Simultaneously paying homage to the past as much as rejecting it
What are potential motives for teen and youth rebellion, rule-breaking and resistance
- Capitalism
- Government
- Paternalism
Who is Timothy Shary?
American film scholar
Which year was important for teens interested in film?
1995
What 2 prominent films were released in 1995?
Kids and Clueless
Who directed Kids?
Larry Clark
Who directed Clueless?
Amy Heckerling
What were the main differences between KIDS and Clueless?
Kids:
- Low budget
- About teens in Manhattan
- Discusses sexuality
Clueless
- Larger budget
- Wealthy class teens
- Social acceptance based on social class
- Sex
What messaged did Marcel Danesi take away from “In Geeks, Goths, and Gangstas” ?
Before the nineteenth century, little or no distinction was made among children of different ages, cognitively or socially. Children were children, no matter what their age
In the first half of the 20th century why did we see more and more people moving to cities?
They were in search of employment opportunities
What book did Angela McRobbie write?
Postmodernism and Popular Culture
What is an example of the authentic class-based rebellion of 1970/80s
Skateboarding culture
How did skateboarding go from being “authentic rebellion” to “pseudo rebellion” ?
Skateboarding became corporatized, middle class and mainstream.
Going from being a real deviant to playing the role of a deviant
Who wrote The Meaning of Style (1979)?
Dick Hebdige
According to Dick Hebdige, why do people establish subcultures?
People establish subcultures in opposition to hegemonic power
Why does youth subculture becomes oppositional to the social norm?
Because youth challenge to dominant culture and challenge mainstream norms
How are cultural fields structured?
CF’s are structured internally in terms of power relations.
What is habitus?
the way that people perceive and respond to the social world they inhabit
Who wrote “No Logo” ?
Naomi Klein
What areas of public terrain has turned into skateboarding space?
Railings, benches and swimming pools
Name Barbara Wheaton’s book.
Subcultural Media and the Discourses of
Authenticity
What are the 5 steps of youth marketability?
- Deviance Marketability
- False Need
- Commodity Fetishism
- Taste
- Recuperation
What is deviance marketability?
When behaviors or styles considered “rebellious” or “different” are turned into products for profit
In pop culture, things that were once seen as breaking the rules, like certain fashion or music styles, can be sold or promoted to the mainstream, making money off what was once considered deviant.
