MUS 3308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Connel, The Midlands, Alternative Rock
23 Apr 2016
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In the us, the consumer potential of the new teenagers outstripped that of any other segment of the population, as between 1946 and 1958 teenage buying potential grew to an estimated of 10 billion. A further explanation for the prominence of this youth or teenage culture was the dramatic growth of secondary and university education in western countries, as young people spending longer periods in education institutions encouraged youth separateness and solidarity. Initially, youth were seen as relatively passive consumer group, with youth culture" shaped by burgeoning leisure industries. 2: popular music, particularly emergent genres such as psychedelic or acid rock, was regarded as an age-specific means of cultural expression, uniting young people and confirming their radical potential. Sociological interest now concentrated on various youth subcultures, whose members were seen to rely on leisure and style as a means of winning of their own cultural space and thus represented cultural oppositional politics at the symbolic level.
