ANT322H1 Lecture Notes - Youth Culture, Rock And Roll, Anomie
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Adolescence and youth culture adolescence = anyone who left the family to find work, social personae, independence from the family. Used this word "adolescence" = distinct stage of development. Adolescence is not completely or necessarily a biological phenomenon (puberty is) but adolescence is a cultural construct. When we create it - must institutionalize it. If you were 5 years old and can stand and walk - go to work. 19thc, fairytales, disney movies, peter pan, childhood = invented. Youth culture produces narrative stories, music that deal with the main themes: sex and death. 1950: mortality is an issue, sex connected to death. 2 greek gods that rep these 2 themes: B (birth = a passage rite, always accompanied by acknowledgement: name giving) d (dea th) Between puberty and 20s-30s there is a certain culture. Adolescence = we all go through it, adolescence becoming adult (body slowing down, habits forming)
