Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Culture and Identity
- -Subcultures
- -Culture within a culture, where a
group develops specific norms
and values different to those of
mainstream culture.
- -Cohen (1955) - developed an
explanation of delinquent youth
subcultures. He tried to explain why
young working-class men were more
likely to commit crime than other
social classes. He claimed that these
men were the group who statistically
are least likely to succeed in
education and get a well-paid job as
a result, they were unable to get the
status to expect that they would be
regarded as successful.
- -James Patrick (1973) - "a Glasgow gang
observed". In the late 1950's James
Patrick joined a violent Glaswegian gang
for 4 months. One incident he observed
demonstrated Cohen's theory well. One
day the gang went to a public library and
made lots of noise, they then set a waste
bin on fire before running away.
- High and Low Culture
- -The Elite is the dominant group within a larger
society. The Elite enjoy high status and
priveledge within society.
- -Cultural capital was
suggested by BOURDIEU and
refers to the use of language,
confidence and social skills.
- -The Middle Class are seen as
having more cultural capital than the
working class.
- Popular Culture
- -A less value-laden than the term
'mass culture', but both concepts are
used to describe cultural forms
enjoyed by many people.
- Mass Culture
- -The term is often used in the same
way as low culture, it is a negative way
to describe the cultural tastes of the
working class.
- Through the socialisation
process we learn VALUES,
NORMS and MORES.
- -A norm is a guideline for
behaviour in a specific social
setting.
- -A value is a belief about
what is good and bad
- -A More is an attitude towards certain
social behaviours that are seen as
completely unacceptable, e.g incest.
- Folk Culture
- -The group habits or
customs of traditional,
rural communitites