ANT322H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marcel Mauss, Marshall Mcluhan, Anomie
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First true period with its own authentic youth culture with its own language, music, life style. All of it is meant to be a sort of silent rebellion (not overt) Need a lot of young people to form the cultural gestalt (baby boomers) Conditions need to be set: historical flow (from middle ages and fermented in the 20s) Affluence and the ability to spend on trivial matters (i. e. hairstyles, records, clothes, etc. ) The year with words like teenager , rebel . The year when elvis presley emerged; the culture"s leader. New reaction against bourgeois worldview; paradox that those with money could guide the youth culture against this. Inherent boredom in life; existential boredom from capitalism and affluence (ennui: french for boredom) Marcel mauss: habitus we all fit into our social classes and each has capital (some more than others) Marx: alienation: feeling like a stranger in a world of hypocrisy. Durkheim: anomie: sense of nothing; reaction to boredom/meaninglessness.
