ANT322H1 Lecture : ANT322 Youth Culture Lec 1
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Define youth : birth, puberty, death ~ nature segments life this way, word adolescence invented before adult , we live by classification, child ~ defined by its association with schooling. Teenager/adolescent = after elementary: passage rite, coming of age ~ common in ethnic, religious groups. E. g. , bar mitzvah, confirmation: nature"s definition of maturity different from culture"s definition, culture = language, (traditions), clothing/body image, lifestyle, the arts (aesthetic expression) Constitution of youth culture = who am i: dominant in adolescence. Reconstructing oneself differently from how one was constructed during childhood. Angst - an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety or inner turmoil; intense frustration experienced by teenagers (wiki) Its music video (mv) started it all in the 80s ~ new mode. Generation gap especially in the 60s and 70s: different from childhood and adult culture. Counterculture era: it is when something is used to mean what it is opposite of.
