Sociologist Flashcards
(45 cards)
What does Sewell discuss
Hyper masculinity amounts black youths who look up to rappers such as 50cent as role models
Adapt the behaviour
What does Hodkinson discuss
Goths
Who discusses the emergence of youth subculture
Abrams - affluence without responsibility
Fyvle - fathers away in ww2
What does Jackson discuss
Laddets
What does Scott discuss
Upper class
Old boy network
Conspicuous consumption
What does Murray discuss
The underclass are lazy, workshy, immoral, criminals
What does Jordan discuss
Underclass feel a sense of shame because they can’t provide for their families
What does Gill study
Brasians
British Asians
Asians who adopt British lifestyles and attitudes
What does Griffin study
Youth are …
Suffering a deficit
Deviant
Delinquent
What does McRobbie and Garner study
Bedroom culture Privatised Away from boys A cult of femininity Where girls socialise
What study did Lincon revisit
Bedroom culture
Found that it’s not as relevant anymore since girls let the internet and boyfriends in their rooms
What does Brannen discuss
Middle Age
Pivot generation
Dual burden
Have to look after parents and children
What does Willis study
Working class lads Anti school subculture Follow dithers footsteps into a manual job
What does Mac an Ghail study
Crisis of masculinity
Due to deindustrialisation there aren’t many manual labour jobs needed
Can’t provide for family’s
Don’t have qualifications to get a white collar job
What did Shakespeare study
Victim mentality
Disabled people
Used disability as a reason for failure
What did King and Raynor study
Middle class families Child centerdness
What did Bourdieu study
Hidden curriculum Severed as an advantage to middle class children since it shared the same Norms and values
What did Goodwin study
Yummy mummies
Their parenting skills are portrayed by what car they have, how their kids dress and what they do
Acceptance form peers
What did Savage discuss
A middle class persona profession is a key source of their identity
What did Wright study
Middle class Contradictory class position Power over working class Controlled by upper class
What did Skeggs study
Working class women have an instumental attitude to work They only work for a means to an end Their job doesn’t define them
What did Offe study
Fewer individuals share the unifying common experience of full time work
What did Pakulski and Waters discuss
We are defined by what we wear/ how we look. Not by what we do for a job
What did Mertens and D’Haenes discuss
The digital divide Middle class use technology for school work more Lower class use internet less