Post-Modernism and Youth Subcultures in Britain in the 1990s (From Gangs and Youth Subcultures: International Explorations, P 35-65, 1998, Kayleen Hazlehurst and Cameron Hazlehurst, eds. -- See NCJ-180177)

• NCJ Number: 180179
• Author(s): Roger Burke; Ros Sunley
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 31 pages
• Sale Source: Transaction Publishers
• Publication Format: Book (Hardbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article describes some of the youth cultures in Britain in the 1990s and discusses the criminal and public order implications of their existence.

Abstract

The article attempts to: (1) briefly outline the subcultural theory developed by the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) at the University of Birmingham in the 1970s; (2) explain how post-modernist theories help to develop the CCCS analysis to make sense of the fragmented social world of young people in the 1990s; (3) provide a brief discussion of how young people become members of subcultural groups; (4) outline some of the most significant youth cultures, and their interests and values, in Britain in the mid-1990s (Teddy Boys, Mods, Rockers, Skinheads, Punks, lager louts, football hooligans, the new fascists, and new age travelers) ; and (5) describe the points of intersection between the various subcultural groupings. The article suggests that the British youth subcultural profile will become more austere as a reflection of Britain's retreat from welfarism. References