A2 Youth Teddy boys cont . Characteristics of Teddy boys .s Group-mindedness -a reaffirmation of traditional working class values and the strong sense of territory. They demonstrated working class resistance through rituals os EXtreme touchiness to insults- this over-sensitivity became attached to the distinctive dre ess and appearance of the group &o Conditions for its formation -extensive welfare provision (social security, health, housing), European economic boom with Marshall plan, abolishing of draft, introduction of hire purchase Teddy Boys drastically and fundamentally altered the concept of the adolescent and introduced the concept of a youth subculture
A 2 Youth Teddy Boys cont. ❖ Characteristics of Teddy boys: ❖ Group-mindedness – a reaffirmation of traditional working class values and the strong sense of territory. They demonstrated working class resistance through rituals. ❖ Extreme touchiness to insults – this over-sensitivity became attached to the distinctive dress and appearance of the group ❖ Conditions for its formation – extensive welfare provision (social security, health, housing), European economic boom with Marshall plan, abolishing of draft, introduction of hire purchase ❖ Teddy Boys drastically and fundamentally altered the concept of the adolescent and introduced the concept of a youth subculture
A2 Youth cont Teddy Boys in the 1950s
A 2 Youth cont. Teddy Boys in the 1950s
A2 Youth cont The beatniks Beatniks- Members of the beat movement in the United States in the 1950s Beatniks frequently rejected middle-class American values, customs and tastes in favor of radical politics and exotic jazz, art, and literature .o Their visual symbols- jazz, poetry, marijuana were exported to Britain became the hallmarks of British Beatniks, a section of middle-class youth The beatniks therefore constituted a counter culture in the decade
A 2 Youth cont. The Beatniks ❖ Beatniks - Members of the “beat” movement in the United States in the 1950s. Beatniks frequently rejected middle-class American values, customs, and tastes in favor of radical politics and exotic jazz, art, and literature. ❖ Their visual symbols - jazz, poetry, marijuanna were exported to Britain & became the hallmarks of British Beatniks, a section of middle-class youth ❖ The Beatniks therefore constituted a counterculture in the decade