ANT322H1 Lecture Notes - American Bandstand, The Platters, Electric Guitar
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80% of traditional culture; they are a societal structure; schemas: themes, idealism (siddhartha) About the buddha, who had all the riches and women he could want but was unhappy still and unfulfilled; so he journeys and finds spiritualism and leaves materialism. Used to be called prodigality; now is the discovery of meaning. The question you ask after puberty that you might not have asked before is. Mitigation of angst is what youth culture comes from. Youth is a period of idealism as well; i"m going to go out and save the world . Also a period of testing yourself in the world; going out and seeing it; not liking what you see results in: rebellion (against what?) Writing, discussing, composing content that acknowledges your issues with the world and expresses them: change. Change just for the sake of change is chaotic. Capitalism commoditizes youth culture: expression (music)
