SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Consumerism, Developing Country
16 Jul 2015
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Need to fit in, make friends, emotional support, while being unique. Sub allows people to be cool with being alone. Don"t put off obligations of adult world by choice. Jobs unqualified for or working at jobs that don"t offer enough in salary, hours, both. Ex: paul willis and study of anti-school subcultures. Young join anti-school sub, skinheads, other due to frustration of lack of economic opportunities. Working bad jobs, earning less than average income, cycle repeat in generations. Starts as reaction against and evolution of hip hop sub. Status of mass cultural movement in early 2000s. Well-off children from gen y move to brooklyn. Nyc mass media centre in the world: sub spreads across north america and globe. Today: hipsters tech savvy, educated, white, middle to upper-middle class. Mass cultural movement=everyone is a hipster or reacting to it consciously or unconsciously. Most heavily researched and marketed in gen history. Gen y controls and spends bil in n. a.
