Master Status
when a label overtakes everything else that the person is viewed as - a very strong label
Self-fulfilling prophecy
when a label begins to shape someone's life to live up to the label
Howard Becker
Labelling Theo
Chambliss
The Saints and the Roughnecks
Reiner
Canteen Culture
Canteen Culture
the way in which people working in a particular workplace can develop a shared set of norms and values
Gillborn
black children are treated differently and penalised more harshly, leading to them joining A
Sewell
schools are openly racist and assume that all black boys are anti school.
Cohen
Mods and Rockers
Durkheim
YC help children learn social solidarity which leads to value consensus
Eisenstadt
YC brings young people into society during a period of limbo. YC is a way of experimentation, testing boundaries and reinforcing acceptable norms and values as well as supplying a safe outlet.
Parsons
YC is a bridge that aids the stressful transition process and socialises young people into the world.
Hirschi
Young people who do not believe in value consensus of have attachment to family member are likely to go against norms and values. This period of rebellion is just a phase young people go through
Merton
Strain Theory
Conformists
those who pursue goals through socially accepted means
Ritualists
those who don't accept cultural goals but understand the means of achieving so go to work anyway.
Innovators
those who use illegal means to achieve the goals of society eg stealing, selling drugs
Retreatists
those who reject the goals of society and are viewed as drop outs eg drug addicts, alcoholics
Rebels
those who create alternative goals to that of society and seek a counter culture eg terrorists
Merton
offending behaviour is sometimes done for the thrill rather than being economically motivated caused by status frustration
Malestream
when sociologists carry out research that focusses on the masculine perspective and then assume the findings can be applied to women as well
Garber
the invisibility of girls in sociology youth cultures is because the research is carried out by men.
Frith
girls were present in youth cultures but are overlooked because the ethnography was carried out by men in public areas. Girls were more controlled by parents so not present in street cultures.
McRobbie and Garber
examined the role of girls within Teddy Boys, Mods, Rockers and Hippies and found different levels of involvement and the reinforcement of gender roles
McRobbie and Garber
Bedroom Culture
Jackson
laddish behaviour and ASS began to exist amongst female pupils
Jackson and Tinkler
labelling girls as laddish or bad is a form of social control linked to expected behaviour, the media created a moral panic towards the rise of female 'binge drinkers'
McRobbie
bedroom culture still exists today but has to developed to allow girls to access youth cultures from the safety of their room.
Frith
popular culture is sexist and promotes traditional gender stereotypes, music teaches gender roles, female music has less freedom, no self expression
Rose
less females in Hip Hop than 20 years ago, black woman in hip hop culture are an extreme form of sexualisation with no positive role models, Hip Hop has been demonised by the media