What is a subculture?
A group whose attitudes and values differ from those within a mainstream culture.
A subculture is the main attitudes and values of people within mainstream culture.
Who identified the key features of the working class subculture
Hyman
Sugarman
Parsons
Durkheim
How many key features of the working class subculture did Sugarman identify?
3
2
4
5
What are the 4 key features of the working class subculture?
Fatalism, Culturally deprived, Lack of ambition, Present time orientation
Present time orientation, Age, Collectivism, Material deprivation
Fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification, present time orientation
Fatalism is the belief that whatever happens in life cannot be changed and that it has happened for a reason.
What does collectivism mean?
Collectivism refers to the fact that the subculture is together.
Collectivism refers to how those within the subculture share the same view.
Collectivism refers to how the working-class within the subcultures prefer to be within a group, rather than to succeed alone.
Immediate gratification refers to how the working class prefer to finish their education at their GCSE'S instead of going to college
What is meant by the term present time orientation?
Present time orientation refers to how the working class want to live in the moment.
Present time orientation refers to how the working class see present time as more important than the future.
Present time orientation refers to how the working class spend all their money at once instead of saving up.
