A look a post-modernist perspective and its views on youth sub-culture.

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A look a post-modernist perspective and its views on youth sub-culture.

Theoretical re-cap Structural theories are Macro – they consider the big structures which determine how society works – social class, gender, functions of institutions like marriage or justice system. Social Action theories are Micro – they consider the interactions between people, how people are labelled by others Post Modernism does not fit into either of these because they believe that society is different now!

Post-modernism re-cap It is not possible to have an overriding theory of society things are too fluid and diverse. We live in a media saturated society which makes it difficult to see what reality really is. We can make choices about our identity and we can buy identities through consumerism. We can move in and out of identities as it suits us. Evaluation – is this true?

List Leisure activities you have taken part in, what specialist knowledge do you need?

Youth is all about style Who has style and who doesn’t Describe them !! Is youth culture more style less substance?

Post-Modernism and Youth Post modernists argue that since the 1990s youth style and culture has become increasingly diverse and fragmented. They argue that sub-cultures no longer necessarily form around commonalities like gender, class or ethnicity and that styles based around particular music or clothing tastes have broken down.

Tribalisation Refers to the breaking down of associations based on gender, ethnicity or class and the recomposition of associations based on ‘tribal’ identities which are mainly consumer and leisure orientated. – it is less a question of belonging to a gang, a family or a community than of switching from one group to another. Maffesoli (1996)

NEO Tribes This is what Bennett (1999) called a Neo Tribe. Youth is a social construction and in recent years has become elongated. Young people therefore may pick and choose their associations due to a need to find satisfying leisure activities. They are not identities that are fixed or rooted in particular gender,class etc they are loose associations which can change. Examples ………………..

Club Culture Clubbers in the late 80’s and early 90’s based on collective experience of dance not based on any particular class, gender etc. Researched by the MIPC – Manchester Institute of Popular Culture. Look at examples of Mosh Pits Post Modernists believe that we can move in and out of this type of culture. E.g clubber at the weekend, sensible bank clerk during the week.

The Supermarket of STyle Polemus (1997) develops the idea of fluidity of youth styles. The dazzling choice often means that styles are fused together to create new styles e.g Britney uses Bhangara beats in her music. More examples ……………….. This means that youth culture is more about style and it is not about shared identities such as class etc and therefore is a critique of CCCS.

Task Read and highlight page 28 in workbook. Work you way through the questions on the worksheet at your own pace and ask for help if you need it.

Criticisms In what ways can we criticise post modernist perspective on youth culture? Use the other perspectives to form a comparison e.g Marxists believe youth culture is mostly about class differences and resistance whereas post modernism…………………………………….

Key terms check Rite of passage Crisis of Identity Magical solution Resistance to capitalism The CCCS Diverse and fragmented identity The MIPC Tribalisation Neo-Tribes Risk Society.