from youth culture to street culture in the netherlands henk vinken pyrrhula bv social research...
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from youth culture to street culture in the netherlands
henk vinken
pyrrhula bvsocial research network
www.henkvinken.nl
Key questions
what happened to concept of youth culture
why concept of street culture gained popularity
1970s
1980s
youth culture
preferences for fashionsor
whole of values, symbols and activitiesor
everything in the realm of leisure and pleasureor
assertive expressions of masculinity
youth culture in NL
studied by cultural psychologistsstudied in 1980s (1 replication study in 2001)
categorization in style groups providing personal and social identities
strong correspondence aesthetics and ethics
youth culture in NL
new in 2001: style surfingalso: increasingly less self-categorizationyouth cultural belonging is generational?
(skeptic since 1980s youths)
1990s
2000s
street culture
concept copied from US 1990sstreet and decent families in bad neighborhoods
code of the street: getting/showing respectresponding harsh on disrespect (‘being dissed’)
code rules where institutions do not
street culture in NL
since 2000s on the riseyouth work books vs. just few scientific studiesdistrust of authority and mainstream culture
also need for respect/strong response to ‘dissen’provocative lifestyles and public action
being cool and perky
street culture in NL
primary and secondary street culture(1st street socialization version; 2nd is popularized
suburban version from which one can switch)half youths support and 10% identifies with
street culturecollision masculine street culture, feminine school culture, and traditional home culturefamily supervision is key for identification
2010s
conclusions
since 2000s anxiety multicultural society underpins focus on street culture
style surfing in youth and in street culturestudy male form street culture only
primary street culture outside US, in Japan too?