SOC IOLOGY OF YOUTH STUDIES

SO FAR

• Durkheim• Merton• Becker• Cohen

• Build on the work of Marx– Society is built on class divisions– Progress is the economic

advancement of one class– There is a play of power– Capitalism doesn’t benefit everyone

• Gramsci – Hegemony allows for cultural

domination– The Organic intellectual

• Bourdieu– Social, Cultural and Symbolic Capital– Hegemony in socialisation – symbolic

violence (blindess)

Conflict Theories

• Subcultural Theories• Chicago School (Merton)

– Thrasher– Albert Cohen– Gangs – subcultures can be defined through

their delinquent behaviours & function• Birmingham School (Marx)

– Phil Cohen– Subcultures take on styles– Are working-class and subjected– The style is a voice of resistance and the

taking on of labels• Countercultures• Recent developments

Conflict Theories

• Influenced by the work of Foucault, Said and Wittigenstein

• The concept of ‘adolescence’ is a social construction

• Inequalities are way deeper than class

• Exploring our history can reveal how the traces of inequalities remain today

• Psychology is a deeply problematic western science

• Authenticity and identity are key• The place of resistance

Postmodern Understandings

CASE STUDIES: SMASHPROOF: BROTHERDAVID DALLAS: SOUTHSIDETIPENE: WESTSIDETRU REZ CREW: I ’M A LUCKY ONEWARPARTY: FEEL IN’ RESERVED