wuthering heights

Youth culture is the way adolescents live, and the norms, values and practices they share. Culture is the way of life of a society so Youth culture differs from the culture of older generations. Elements of youth culture include beliefs, behaviors,styles and interests. Usually there is an emphasis on their style of clothes, genre of music, and dating which set adolescents apart from other age groups giving them a distinct culture of their own. Within youth culture, there are many distinct and constantly changing youth subcultures. These subcultures norms, values, behaviors and styles very and differ from the general Youth culture. Roberts (1997) said that youth culture developed in the 1950s. Youth culture was first developed in America after WW2, which then Britain decided to follow because of media and other influences from America. Leech (1976) described the 50’s as a ‘youth quake’. Explaining why There is no single reason that made the development of youth culture possible, it came about as a result of the number of different social changes occurring at the same time.

In my opinion the most important factor that developed youth culture was the Demographic change in numbers of young people. This happened because of the ‘baby boom’ (an increase in birth rate after the war, in 1939-45). Many couples during the war had been separated for a period of six years which meant once the war was over they were reunited. many children born at this time were not ‘teenagers’ until late 1950’s but they did ensure that youth culture grew as a cultural form.

Another important factor for the development was the economic changes in society. During the 1950’s it was a period of rapid economic growth. Because lots of housing and industry was destroyed during the war there was a huge reconstruction. This led to a high demand on workers. Abrams (1959) first realized the increased economic power of the teenage consumer. He saw that this was affecting young people and real