Subculture

adolescents. This will be done by first finding the definitions of adolescents and sociology, secondly it will discuss the different sociological perspectives (Marxist, Functionalist and Post-modernist) on what their perspective on youth and youth subcultures are and how they can help people to understand the nature of adolescents. Leading on to the analysation of social construction; what it is all about and how society has socially constructed youth. Lastly I will be putting across a…

Elijah Anderson’s, Code of the Streets is a text which details direct observations which lead him to report findings on a new subculture of violence which exists within inner city impoverish neighborhoods. Anderson’s, code of the street is one of the latest subcultural theories of crime developed in the late 20th and the early 21st century. Anderson draws on extensive field research on the group in question; low status African American youths residing in impoverish inner cities. The ethnographic…

The connection between synaptic over-production and human social experience shows that we need certain networks in our brain in order for us to develop and interact with one another. Synaptic over-production refers to the idea that the brain over produces neuronal structures during early development, like during infancy. While the brain starts to develop during infancy, the brain produces more synapses than needed. Through social interaction with parents or others, the connections that are used…

Sexuality is everywhere, which is why it is so important for everyone to make an effort to learn about each identity to better understand others. In class this semester, we discussed three umbrella sexualities: homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality and learned about the different identities within each. A homosexual is someone who feels attracted to, desires and/or wants to practice with someone of the same sex and/or gender. This term was coined in the 1920s, when a writer accidentally…

How do I know this? The subculture promotes violence, which tries to put in a sense that killing and going to jail is okay. The youth culture 's norms, values and beliefs are at risk due to the music videos, song lyric and movies. The Hip-Hop culture does not “harbor traditional Black cultural concerns” but reconstructed their own social norms to follow (Kitwana 2004, 117). Conley states, “local traditions conflict with universally recognized human rights” because a subculture can create their…

a. Cultural Anthropology i. The world is a rich tapestry made of up of many different histories, traditions, and cultures. Where Social Anthropology emphasizes an understanding of social institutions and the relationships therein, Cultural Anthropology, is a study of the behaviors, language, foods, and material creations of different cultures. Cultural Anthropology provides a window into the ideas and beliefs of these cultures and the innate desire to understand the world in their own terms.…

legitimacy of the law has been shown to reduce the likelihood of a minor committing illegal act. Hirschi claims that in the United States there is a framework of conviction that focuses on ordinary appreciation. From this point of view, they see no subcultures robbery and attack as legitimate and fair, which is opposed to cases of theories of social aberration. The belief in the ethical legitimacy of the law seems to reduce the likelihood of committing unlawful acts (Akers…

Police officer discretion is also learned informally through the socialization and police subculture. There are four distinctive socialization processes in which one must go through to become a police officer. Van Maanen (1974) identifies these processes as choice, introduction, encounter, and metamorphosis. Choice is when someone decides to…

A shared label and belief about the homeless population consists of the idea that most are drug addicts and alcoholics. While substance abuse is prevalent among this population it is important to understand the background and reasoning behind what makes the statistics. The purpose of this paper is to explore the homeless population and understand how it in and of its self is a culture who is bound together by different mechanisms. Important questions are looked at in detail such as, which came…

In the reading, Economic Status and Raving, Christina Robinson writes about the raving subculture and how the amount of disposable income one has plays a factor into this subculture. Robinson wrote this essay based on her own personal experience 's with this subculture during her fist two years at Bentley College. Robinson starts her essay talking about the US economy and how it heavily affects the world economy as a whole. This has allowed many Americans to have more of a disposable income than…