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Sociology Assignment | Youth Culture and Sub-Culture

   

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Running head: YOUTH CULTURE AND SUB-CULTUREYouth Culture and Sub-culture Name of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Notes
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1YOUTH CULTURE AND SUB-CULTURETable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Literature review..............................................................................................................................2Theory related to the youth subculture........................................................................................2Globalization and youth culture and subculture..........................................................................3Concept of Youth Culture as portrayed in modern media...........................................................5The impact of modern youth within the society..........................................................................6Conclusion, Gaps and Recommendations for Future Study............................................................7Reference.........................................................................................................................................8
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2YOUTH CULTURE AND SUB-CULTUREIntroductionThe purpose of the study of youth culture is to understand the lifestyles and ethics orprinciples that are followed by the adolescents, which is ultimately responsible for shaping uptheir future. The culture is defined as the shared symbol that is used to describe the typicallifestyle habits that exist within a community. The youth belonging to the same culture issupposed to have common developmental pathway that defines their future. The subculture ofyouth defines a unique and distinct style and behavior that they follow. The current study aimsto analyze the existing literature related to that of the youth culture and sub-culture that isrelevant to their lifestyle and behavior. In conclusion, the existing gaps of the literature alongwith the recommendations for future study will be provided. Literature review Theory related to the youth subculture The study of Blackman (2005) has suggested that the ideas of post-modernists have beenhired from that of the theoretical concepts that are provided by Max Weber, Jean Baudrillard,and Michel Maffesoli. It is important to focus on the social structure of individual communitythat will help in the matter of critical thinking and formulate a well-balanced social theory. According to the Marxist theory of youth culture, it is essential to understand theunderpinned issues of oppress the needs of the adolescents. It also suggests that the lack ofpower within the working class of the society is one of the major issues that can deny the culturalrights of the youths (Agger 2014). There is also the Miliband’s interpretation, which suggests
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