Postmodernists

• Summarise postmodernist view of YC

  • Postmodernists believe the arguments made by other theories are outdated
  • As a result of glabalisation societies have become more interconnected and youth is experienced differently
• What’s the 1st postmodernist explanation for YC

  • Maffesoli use the term Neo tribes. Neo tribes are loose groups of young people based on fashion music and lifestyle.
  • There is no fixed commitment and fewer boundaries
  • Young people can flip between tribes and take different aspects of each
  • It’s not to create social change but to satisfy individual needs
• 2nd postmodernist view of YC

  • Polhemus oh there’s now a supermarket of style and young people create their identities by picking and mixing from various cultures fashions and lifestyles
  • Commitment to one style is less common and don’t want to be restricted by a label
  • style is based purely on aesthetics rather than deeper meanings
• 3rd postmodernist explanation

  • Thornton prefers the term taste cultures he researched club culture and found they were defined by a shared taste in music
  • he uses the term subcultural to describe being in the know about what is in or
  • Club is used cultural capital as a way to gain status and distinguish themselves from mainstream followers
• 4th postmodernist explanation

  • McLuhan suggests globalisation has created a global village
  • The world has become more interconnected creating more of a range of lifestyle
  • people are part of complex communities through the Internet and social media
  • Livingstone argue young people monitor others through the media this has resulted in hybrid youth cultures
• 5th post modern explanation

  • Livingstone argues young people’s bedrooms have become media rich areas where they focus a large amount of leisure time
  • Parents fear for their on the so encourage this use
  • boys and girls take part in this new bedroom culture and organise their life free social media
• 6th postmodernist explanation

  • Beck uses the concept of zombie categories to explain how concepts live on in society, even if the reality of them is dead
  • Karaoke use the concept of class has no relevance in the modern world but neo Marxism is keeping it alive like a zombie