CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Michel Foucault, Heavy Metal Music, Goth Subculture
23 Feb 2016
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Chys 1f90: introduction to child and youth studies. Lecture 3 teenage wasteland: sex, violence, and other youth moral panics. Child labour laws (children could no longer work; designated by province) Automobile/privacy (massive shift from being observed to individual) This created what is known as youth culture. Traced the history of ideas and knowledge. Constrains what can be said and done: Organizes how we think, what we know, and how we can speak about the world around us (raby, p. 430) Border/deeper view of language as a form of power. Conflict with parent, mood disruptions, risky behaviour. We think the the worst (raby, p. 436) The more media outlets can make teens into a problem, the more they will sell and the more people will. Power to control public understanding (make sure to verify news, because stories are meant to sell and. Social problem as big news watch their show create fear) Power to control public opinion and shape reality.
