Response to the social and economic conditions faced

Response to the social and economic conditions faced

1. Economic conditions

   • Working class rebellion against capitalistic society (Marxist)
   • high unemployment
   • resistance through rituals
   • feel deprived when comparing with others- Lea and Young

2. Social conditions

   • Masculinity in crisis - Mac an Ghail
   • Cohen - status (functionalist)
   • Labelling- Becker
   • Racism
   • Sense of belonging
   • Punk rebeliion, resistance to media/ societal control- Hebdige.
   • Skinheads, territory reclaim - Cohen
   • media

3. Intro

   • Definitions of key words
   • outline argument

4. Theories

   • Interactionists - source of identity
     • only focus on social interaction
   • Postmodernists - just about the style, consumerism, neo-tribes
     • still some clear sub cultures, not neotribes
   • Marxists - Working class rebellion against capitalistic society
     • don't look at M/C subcultures
   • Functionalists- period of transition
     • generalise YCs & don't consider females