Postmodernist view on youth subcultures Flashcards
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What do post-modernists about youth subcultures ?
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- They believe that youth subcultures is increasingly fragmented and diverse
- Youth styles are more fluid and changeable and have become more diverse and hybrid
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What is evaluation of the post-modernist view of youth subcultures ?
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- still some distinct youth subcultures so not everyone mixes styles
- fluid world of neo-tribes isn’t true for people that divide themselves into there gender or ethnicity
- st-john, not just brought together through music but through resistant ideals such as human rights
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What are club cultures ?
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- researched in late 80’s and 90’s
- researched by the Manchester institute of popular cultures
- no clear gender, class, ethnicity
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What did Thornton say ?
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- club cultures isn’t a singular culture but instead a group of subcultures
- looks at subcultural capital - knowing whats ‘in’ or ‘out’
- says this is used to gain status and separates from ‘mainstream’ clubbers
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What does Redhead say ?
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- subcultures that developed outside of media cant be sustained
- subcultures mainly formed in or through media
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What are Neo-tribes ?
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- Maffesoli used the term instead of subculture
- refers to a loose group of people - no membership or commitment
- young people can move tribe to tribe and can be part of more than one tribe
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What is the supermarket of style ?
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- a development of the idea of fluidity
- youths can pick + mix various fashions and cultures
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What did Polthemus say ?
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- all choices mean commitment to one style is uncommon
- young people restrict giving labels to themselves
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What does Bennett say to support Neo-tribes ?
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- says nightclubs support his research
- found people mixed and matched styles with little relation to values and beliefs
- neo-tribes recognise change and fluidity
- says people move through trends like people move form room to room and floor to floor in a club
