Marxist explanations of youth subcultures

Marxist explanations of youth subcultures

1. Resistance against the crisis of capitalism

   • Hall and Jefferson
     • Subcultures could reject and resist the dominant, capitalist culture. Reacting to the crisis of capitalism
     • Teddy Boys
   • Hall
     • Hippies

2. Youth subcultures provide a magical solution to their members

   • Brake
     • magical solution to societies social problems
     • Punks

3. Youth subcultures emerge due to exaggeration of working class style (imaginary solution)

   • offered an imaginary solution to social problems by gaining status, protecting territory and recreating community
   • Skinheads

4. Evaluation

   • Ignores ethnicity and resisting racism
   • Assumes all youth subcultures are working class