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?