Youth And Value

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youth express their individualism through youth cultures

such as punk, 'metallist' hard-rock groups and "golden youth". Although

they feel they are expressing individuality through these groups, they are

actually fitting into different structures, values and in fact, a totally

different societal group.



Soviet society is concerned about what these youth cultures stand for,

in particular the 'metallist' hard-rock groups. "They hate and despise our

whole system, all our values. That's why they're dangerous, and why I'm

pessimistic about the future" (Wilson, 1988, 22). In their defence, Alexei

Kozlov, a member of a band, "extolled the virtues of heavy-metal rock." He

said it was "an emotional outlet for underprivileged and unemployed young

people...to work out their resentment...if we forbid this music, they will

display their aggressiveness in other forms" (Traver, 1989, 1991).



In combining their musical talents with their rebellion against an

unjust society, these groups find an outlet for their anger and combine

with others having the same interests. They work together with a goal

similar to normal society groups.



Over the centuries the importance of the extended family, in Russia,

has decreased considerably. At one time the family included grandparents,

aunts, uncles and cousins and it was more important than the society in

which it lived. The children were protected and controlled from outer

forces by this large family with strong religious, cultural and family

ties.



Similarly, the Samoan children share this strong value system. The

longer the child is kept in controlled state, the more of the general

cultural attitude it will absorb and the less of a disturbing element it

will become (Mead, 1973, 163).



In recent years, with Russian urbanization, family has become limited

to parents and their children. They have more material go...