SOC101Y1 Lecture : Lecture notes Nov 2 - Subcultures and Learning Lecture notes from November 2nd lecture on Subcultures and Learning. Very detailed,
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Ex: punks, musicians, office subcultures, goths etc. In the study of crime and deviance, it focuses on very specific groups this is a criticism of it. Subcultures form as a solution to problems. Typically lower class youth (though not limited to) Seen as reactions against achievement oriented and competitive middle class (against middle class values) Reaction against diminished opportunities for work and leisure. Primarily gangs and deviant subcultures that are looked at. No summary of main points for subculture and learning individual approaches are so different that they cannot be summarized. Prosperity and rise in consumerism in the 1950s. Superiority and nomalization of middle class values set in. Arguably believed that middle class values and norms won the war hard work, industriousness etc. Belief that their children had a right to university education. Idea that social forces cause crime (see strain theory) Learning theory derived from chicago school interactionism. Critiques of existing theory (no scientific, testable studies)
