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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